Martin Damm Sr. (born 1 August 1972) is a former professional

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. He is best known as a doubles player (his highest ranking being No. 5 in the world in April 2007). His highest singles ranking was No. 42 in August 1997. Damm won a total of 40 titles in doubles, including one Grand Slam title. He reached five singles finals. He played his last tournament in September 2011 at the US Open (with

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) and lost to Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins 6–3, 6–3.

Personal life

Damm is married to Michaela Damm. They have two sons (Maxmillian Martin (born 1 February 2002) and Martin Jr. (born 30 September 2003)) and one daughter (Laura Michelle Damm (born 3 December 2007)). All were born in

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Grand Slam finals

Men's Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Mixed Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Career finals

Doubles (40 wins, 24 losses)

ATP Tour and Challenger finals (5–12)

Doubles performance timeline

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Damm, Martin 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Liberec Czech male tennis players Olympic tennis players of the Czech Republic Czech people of German descent Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics US Open (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Czechoslovak male tennis players