Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in

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) is a Slovak professional

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player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020 and a doubles ranking of world No. 69 on 11 July 2016.

Career

2016: Best season: French Open third round, Maiden ATP singles final, top 100

He was a lucky loser at the

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and defeated

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in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed

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in the second, before losing to 8th-seed

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in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in

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, defeated

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and

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en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1

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. Later in the year, Martin participated in the

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. After comfortably defeating

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in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent

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withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten by the 4th-seeded

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, 2–6, 2–6. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 98 in July 2016 following his runs to the third round of the

and the final in

2020: Career-high singles ranking

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in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion

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. He entered directly into the main draw of the US Open but lost in the first round to 21st seed

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2021: Australian Open debut, ATP semifinal & loss to World No. 1

He made his main draw debut at the

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where he lost to Thiago Monteiro. At the 2021 Belgrade Open after qualifying for the main draw, he defeated Christopher O'Connell, third seed

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, fifth seed

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but lost to top seed and World No. 1 and eventual champion

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in the semifinals.

2022–24: Maiden doubles final, suspension, comeback

Martin reached his maiden doubles final at the 2022 Córdoba Open partnering Sam Weissborn. In 2023, he was banned from professional tennis for 14 months till 5 June 2024 by the

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after testing positive for Ostarine. Martin explained that he had mistakenly drunk from a

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teammate's water bottle; the teammate admitted to adding the prohibited drug to his own bottle.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 37 (24 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Doubles: 39 (23 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Top-10 wins per season

Notes

References

External links

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