Alberto Martín Magret (; born 20 August 1978) is a retired

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from Spain. He won three singles titles and reached five Masters Series quarterfinals on clay.

Tennis career

Martín turned professional in 1995. He won three singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 34 in June 2001. His best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2006. En route to this performance, Martín's first-round win was his first victory over former world No. 1,

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, in their fifth encounter. Martín led by two sets when Roddick retired with an ankle injury. Martín also beat No. 1 seed,

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, in the first round of the

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, though Hewitt was recovering from

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at the time of his victory. Martín suffered the heaviest defeat in the history of the

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beat him in the first round of the 2007 tournament, 6–0, 6–0, 6–1. Martín had to wait until the penultimate game of the match before winning his only game. In

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, Martín was a member of the victorious

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for the Davis Cup first round against Czech Republic in Brno, although he did not play. In 2017, he was a member of the victoriou
H30 Team of TV Ober-Eschbach
which got promoted to the Bezirks-Oberliga (HTV) in 2018.

Personal life

He studied psychology at the

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and graduated with a masters degree from

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ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (5–9)

Doubles: 19 (7–12)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Top 10 wins per season

Wins over top-ten players per season

Notes

References

External links

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Alberto Martín at TV Ober-Eschbach
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Alberto 1978 births Tennis players from Catalonia French Open junior champions Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles