Alberto Martín Magret (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto maɾˈtim maˈɣɾet] ;[ a] born 20 August 1978) is a retired tennis player from Spain. He won three singles titles and reached five Masters Series quarterfinals on clay.
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, Andy Roddick , in their fifth encounter. Martín led by two sets when Roddick retired with an ankle injury. Martín also beat No. 1 seed, Lleyton Hewitt , in the first round of the 2002 Australian Open , though Hewitt was recovering from chickenpox at the time of his victory.[ 1]
Martín suffered the heaviest defeat in the history of the Australian Open . Andy Murray 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 2004 , Martín was a member of the victorious Spain Davis Cup team for the Davis Cup first round against Czech Republic in Brno, although he did not play.[ 2]
In 2017, he was a member of the victorious H30 Team of TV Ober-Eschbach which got promoted to the Bezirks-Oberliga (HTV) in 2018.
He studied psychology at the University of Barcelona and graduated with a master's degree from Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia .[ 3]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (3–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Mar 1999
Grand Prix Hassan II , Morocco
World Series
Clay
Spain Fernando Vicente
6–3, 6–4
Win
2–0
Oct 1999
Bucharest , Romania
World Series
Clay
Morocco Karim Alami
6–2, 6–3
Win
3–0
May 2001
Majorca Open , Spain
World Series
Clay
Argentina Guillermo Coria
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss
3–1
Feb 2005
Brasil Open , Brazil
International Series
Clay
Spain Rafael Nadal
0–6, 7–6(7–2) , 1–6
Loss
3–2
Feb 2006
Brasil Open , Brazil
International Series
Clay
Chile Nicolás Massú
3–6, 4–6
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (3–3)
Indoor (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Sep 1997
Brighton International , United Kingdom
World Series
Clay
United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson
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6–7(7–9) , 2–6
Loss
0–2
Oct 1999
Palermo , Italy
World Series
Clay
South Africa Lan Bale
Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Sebastián Prieto
3–6, 1–6
Loss
0–3
May 2000
Majorca Open , Spain
World Series
Clay
Spain Fernando Vicente
France Michaël Llodra Italy Diego Nargiso
6–7(2–7) , 6–7(3–7)
Win
1–3
Sep 2000
Bucharest , Romania
World Series
Clay
Israel Eyal Ran
Error creating thumbnail: Devin Bowen Argentina Mariano Hood
7–6(7–4) , 6–1
Win
2–3
Jul 2006
Dutch Open , Netherlands
World Series
Clay
Spain Fernando Vicente
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Germany Christopher Kas
6–4, 6–3
Win
3–3
Feb 2009
Buenos Aires , Argentina
250 Series
Clay
Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Nicolás Almagro Spain Santiago Ventura
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Legend
ATP Challenger (5–9)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Aug 1997
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
2–6, 1–6
Win
1–1
Sep 1998
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Italy Davide Scala
6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Loss
1–2
Oct 1998
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Spain Albert Portas
2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss
1–3
Nov 1998
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Challenger
Clay
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
6–7, 1–6
Loss
1–4
Mar 1999
Singapore , Singapore
Challenger
Hard
Italy Mosé Navarra
2–6, 2–6
Loss
1–5
Jun 2000
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
0–6, 2–6
Loss
1–6
Sep 2005
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Argentina Agustín Calleri
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss
1–7
Mar 2006
Sunrise , United States
Challenger
Hard
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
3–6, 1–6
Win
2–7
Oct 2007
Tarragona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Australia Peter Luczak
6–4, 7–5
Loss
2–8
Apr 2008
Monza , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Spain Albert Montañés
6–3, 6–7(1–7) , 3–6
Loss
2–9
Apr 2008
Chiasso , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
6–7(2–7) , 3–6
Win
3–9
Sep 2008
Trnava , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Germany Julian Reister
6–2, 6–0
Win
4–9
Oct 2008
Tarragona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Germany Simon Greul
6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 6–4
Win
5–9
Sep 2009
Genova , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Argentina Carlos Berlocq
6–3, 6–3
Legend
ATP Challenger (7–12)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (7–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 1997
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Spain Albert Portas
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt Portugal Nuno Marques
3–6, 4–6
Loss
0–2
Aug 1997
Graz , Austria
Challenger
Clay
Spain Albert Portas
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
1–6, 2–6
Loss
0–3
Apr 1998
Espinho , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Czech Republic Tomas Anzari
Germany Jens Knippschild Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 5–7
Loss
0–4
May 1998
Ljubljana , Slovenia
Challenger
Clay
Czech Republic Tomas Anzari
South Africa Marius Barnard Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Loss
0–5
Jun 1998
Split , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Spain Álex López Morón
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6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win
1–5
Sep 1998
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Spain Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Netherlands Edwin Kempes Netherlands Rogier Wassen
2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss
1–6
Oct 1998
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Spain Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Spain Albert Portas Spain Álex López Morón
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss
1–7
Nov 1998
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Challenger
Clay
Spain Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Argentina Martin Garcia Argentina Guillermo Cañas
7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss
1–8
Oct 1999
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Spain Javier Sánchez
Spain Eduardo Nicolás Espin Spain Germán Puentes Alcañiz
6–7, 6–7
Win
2–8
Jun 2000
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Israel Eyal Ran
Czech Republic Petr Luxa Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
6–2, 6–2
Win
3–8
Jun 2000
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Israel Eyal Ran
Argentina Martín Rodríguez Argentina Mariano Hood
7–6(7–2) , 6–7(5–7) , 6–2
Loss
3–9
Sep 2004
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Spain Óscar Hernández
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Argentina Mariano Hood
0–6, 4–6
Loss
3–10
Aug 2007
Manerbio , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Portugal Fred Gil
Netherlands Antal van der Duim Netherlands Boy Westerhof
6–7(4–7) , 6–3, [8–10]
Win
4–10
Mar 2008
Meknes , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Spain Daniel Munoz De La Nava
Russia Yuri Schukin Russia Mikhail Elgin
6–4, 6–7(2–7) , [10–6]
Win
5–10
Apr 2008
Monza , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Italy Stefano Galvani
Germany Denis Gremelmayr Germany Simon Greul
7–5, 2–6, [10–3]
Win
6–10
Apr 2008
Chiasso , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Argentina Mariano Hood
Italy Fabio Colangelo Italy Marco Crugnola
4–6, 7–6(7–4) , [11–9]
Loss
6–11
Jul 2008
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Colombia Santiago Giraldo
Sweden Johan Brunström Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
6–4, 0–6, [6–10]
Win
7–11
Aug 2008
Como , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Argentina Mariano Hood
Chile Guillermo Hormazábal Croatia Antonio Veić
6–1, 6–4
Loss
7–12
Mar 2009
Marrakesh , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Spain Daniel Munoz De La Nava
Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Spain Santiago Ventura
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Season
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Total
Wins
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
#
Player
Rank
Tournament
Surface
Rd
Score
1997
1.
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
10
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
2R
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
2002
2.
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
1
Australian Open , Melbourne
Hard
1R
1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2004
3.
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
2
Barcelona, Spain
Clay
3R
6–2, 6–3
4.
France Sébastien Grosjean
10
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
2R
6–4, 6–2
2006
5.
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5
French Open , Paris
Clay
1R
6–4, 7–5, 1–0 ret.
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