Argentine tennis player
Martín Rodríguez Country (sports) ArgentinaResidence Buenos Aires , Argentina Born (1969-12-18 ) 18 December 1969 (age 54) Córdoba, Argentina Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Turned pro 1991 Retired 2008 Plays Right-handed Prize money $ 1,221,361Career record 16–40 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 71 (14 June 1999) Australian Open 1R (2000 ) French Open 2R (1999 ) Wimbledon 1R (1999 ) US Open 1R (1998 , 1999 ) Career record 143–151 Career titles 6 Highest ranking No. 15 (25 October 2004) Australian Open SF (2003 , 2004 ) French Open QF (2003 , 2004 ) Wimbledon 3R (2003 , 2005 ) US Open 1R (1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 ) Tour Finals SF (2003 ) Olympic Games 2R (2004 )
Martín Rodríguez (Latin American Spanish: [maɾˈtin roˈðɾiɣes] ; born 18 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina . Rodríguez turned professional in 1991. He reached his career-high singles ranking when he became World Number 71 on June 14, 1999. On 25 October 2004, he reached his career-high doubles rank, when he became World Number 15.[1]
Rodríguez's coach was Horacio de la Peña . He currently resides in Buenos Aires .[2]
After testing positive for an excessive amount of caffeine, Rodríguez forfeited prize money and ranking points from the 2002 ATP tournament in Basel .[1]
Rodríguez' brother-in-law is Chilean former tennis player Jaime Fillol Jr. [3]
ATP career finals [ edit ]
Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) [ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (0–2)
ATP World Series (6–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (4–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–7)
Indoors (0–1)
Result
W/L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Feb 2000
Mexico City , Mexico
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Byron Black Donald Johnson
3–6, 5–7
Loss
0–2
Feb 2001
Bogotá , Colombia
Clay
André Sá
Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
6–2, 6–4
Win
1–2
Feb 2002
Viña del Mar , Chile
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Lucas Arnold Ker Luis Lobo
6–3, 6–4
Win
2–2
Feb 2002
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win
3–2
Aug 2003
Long Island , U.S.
Hard
Robbie Koenig
Cyril Suk Martin Damm
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss
3–3
Feb 2004
Viña del Mar , Chile
Clay
Nicolás Lapentti
Juan Ignacio Chela Gastón Gaudio
6–7(2–7) , 6–7(3–7)
Win
4–3
Apr 2004
Valencia , Spain
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Feliciano López Marc López
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
4–4
Apr 2004
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Tim Henman Nenad Zimonjić
5–7, 2–6
Loss
4–5
Sep 2004
Delray Beach , U.S.
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek
0–6, 3–6
Loss
4–6
Sep 2004
Palermo , Italy
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood
5–7, 2–6
Loss
4–7
Oct 2004
Vienna , Austria
Hard
Gastón Etlis
Martin Damm Cyril Suk
7–6(7–4) , 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
4–8
Feb 2005
Viña del Mar , Chile
Clay
Gastón Etlis
David Ferrer Santiago Ventura
3–6, 4–6
Win
5–8
Aug 2005
New Haven , United States
Hard
Gastón Etlis
Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds
6–4, 6–3
Win
6–8
Apr 2005
Valencia , Spain
Clay
Fernando González
Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood
6–4, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Singles: 9 (1–8) [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–8)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Aug 1994
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
José Francisco Altur
6–7, 4–6
Loss
0–2
Jul 1998
Ostend , Belgium
Challenger
Clay
Andrew Ilie
2–6, 2–6
Loss
0–3
Aug 1998
Scheveningen , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
3–6, 1–6
Loss
0–4
Aug 1998
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Christian Ruud
6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Loss
0–5
Feb 1999
Punta del Este , Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
Marcelo Charpentier
2–6, 2–6
Loss
0–6
May 1999
Birmingham , United States
Challenger
Clay
Francisco Costa
7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Loss
0–7
Apr 2000
Cagliari , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Andrea Gaudenzi
6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Loss
0–8
Jul 2000
Scheveningen , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Nicolas Coutelot
3–6, ret.
Win
1–8
Apr 2001
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Ota Fukárek
6–7(7–9) , 7–6(7–2) , 7–6(10–8)
Doubles: 17 (11–6) [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (11–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (11–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Feb 1993
Viña del Mar , Chile
Challenger
Clay
Marcelo Rebolledo
Andrey Merinov Laurence Tieleman
6–3, 7–6
Loss
1–1
Sep 1996
Brașov , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Mariano Hood
George Cosac Dinu Pescariu
6–7, 1–6
Win
2–1
Dec 1996
Santiago , Chile
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Alejandro Aramburú Acuña Ramón Delgado
6–4, 6–4
Win
3–1
Feb 1997
Punta del Este , Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
Daniel Orsanic
Nelson Aerts Fernando Meligeni
6–2, 6–4
Loss
3–2
Jul 1997
Venice , Italy
Challenger
Clay
David Roditi
Giorgio Galimberti Massimo Valeri
4–6, 6–0, 6–7
Loss
3–3
Jun 1998
Furth , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Álex López Morón Albert Portas
4–6, 4–6
Win
4–3
Jul 1998
Contrexéville , France
Challenger
Clay
Diego del Río
Álex López Morón Jairo Velasco
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss
4–4
Aug 1998
Scheveningen , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Agustín Calleri Tobias Hildebrand
2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win
5–4
Aug 1998
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Cristian Brandi Márcio Carlsson
6–3, 6–4
Win
6–4
Oct 1998
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Diego del Río
Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels
7–6, 6–3
Win
7–4
Nov 1998
Lima , Peru
Challenger
Clay
Diego del Río
Federico Browne Eduardo Medica
6–4, 7–6
Loss
7–5
Jun 1999
Furth , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Diego del Río
Nebojša Đorđević Marcos Ondruska
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win
8–5
Dec 1999
Caracas , Venezuela
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
José de Armas Jimy Szymanski
6–4, 6–3
Loss
8–6
Jun 2000
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Mariano Hood
Alberto Martín Eyal Ran
6–7(2–7) , 7–6(7–5) , 2–6
Win
9–6
Oct 2000
Lima , Peru
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Juan Ignacio Chela Luis Horna
6–2, 5–2 ret.
Win
10–6
Sep 2001
Florianópolis , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Stephen Huss Lee Pearson
6–2, 6–1
Win
11–6
Oct 2001
Guadalajara , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Agustín Calleri Ignacio Hirigoyen
7–5, 7–5
Loss
11–7
Nov 2001
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Federico Browne Ignacio Hirigoyen
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss
11–8
Mar 2002
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Diego Veronelli
Brandon Coupe Jeff Salzenstein
7–6(7–3) 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Performance timelines [ edit ]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles [ edit ]
Doubles [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]