Andrej Martin

Andrej Martin
	Martin at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	20 September 1989 (age 35); Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,591,619
Singles
Career record	27–38
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 93 (10 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 680 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	3R (2016)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2010, 2021, 2022)
US Open	1R (2013, 2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	11–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 69 (11 July 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	8–11
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing Slovakia
European Youth Olympic Festival
	Last updated on: 15 August 2024.

Andrej Martin (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈandrej ˈmartin];^[1]^[2]^[3] born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis 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 French Open and defeated Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed Lucas Pouille in the second, before losing to 8th-seed Milos Raonic in the third round.^[4]

In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in Umag, defeated Martin Kližan, João Sousa, Carlos Berlocq and Sergiy Stakhovsky en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1 Fabio Fognini.^[5]

Later in the year, Martin participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After comfortably defeating Denis Kudla in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten by the 4th-seeded Kei Nishikori, 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 French Open and the final in Umag.

2020: Career-high singles ranking

He reached a career-high ranking of No. 93 on 10 February 2020 after a semifinal showing at the 2020 Córdoba Open defeating Corentin Moutet in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Cristian Garín.

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

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

He made his main draw debut at the 2021 Australian Open where he lost to Thiago Monteiro.

At the 2021 Belgrade Open after qualifying for the main draw, he defeated Christopher O'Connell, third seed Nikoloz Basilashvili, fifth seed Dušan Lajović^[6] but lost to top seed and World No. 1 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.^[7]

2022–24: Maiden doubles final, provisional 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 International Tennis Integrity Agency after testing positive for Ostarine. Martin explained that he had mistakenly drunk from a floorball teammate's water bottle; the teammate admitted to adding the prohibited drug to his own bottle.^[8]

Grand Slam performance timelines

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.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	Q3	A	Q1	Q3	Q1	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	3R	Q1	Q2	Q1	2R	1R	Q1	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Wimbledon	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	NH	Q2	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	1R	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	0 / 6	3–6	33%

Doubles

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
ATP Masters 1000
ATP 500 Series
ATP 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Jul 2016	Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
ATP Masters 1000
ATP 500 Series
ATP 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2022	Córdoba Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Santiago González Andrés Molteni	5–7, 3–6

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 36 (24 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (12–8)
ITF Futures Tour (12–4)

Titles by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (19–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2008	Czech Rep. F4, Karlovy Vary	Futures	Clay	Michal Tabara	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2008	Slovak Rep. F2, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Dušan Lojda	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	May 2009	Slovenia F1, Domžale	Futures	Clay	Dušan Lojda	6–3, 5–7, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	1–3	Jul 2009	Austria F4, Vandans	Futures	Clay	Johannes Ager	2–6, 0–6
Win	2–3	Jul 2009	Austria F6, Kramsach	Futures	Clay	Janez Semrajc	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	3–3	Jan 2010	Israel F1, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Todd Paul	6–2, 6–2
Win	4–3	Feb 2010	Israel F2, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Zhang Ze	6–1, 6–1
Win	5–3	Mar 2010	Great Britain F4, Bath	Futures	Hard (i)	Igor Sijsling	2–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	6–3	Aug 2010	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Marek Semjan	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–3	Mar 2012	Portugal F2, Faro	Futures	Hard	Daniel Smethurst	6–2, 6–2
Loss	7–4	Mar 2012	Croatia F3, Umag	Futures	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–4	May 2012	Czech Republic F3, Jablonec nad Nisou	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–4	Aug 2012	Slovakia F1, Piešťany	Futures	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Win	10–4	Oct 2012	Croatia F10, Solin	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–4	Oct 2012	Croatia F11, Dubrovnik	Futures	Clay	Dušan Lojda	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	11–5	Jan 2013	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	4–6, 3–6
Win	12–5	Apr 2013	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	12–6	Jun 2013	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Filippo Volandri	3–6, 2–6
Win	13–6	Jul 2013	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	João Sousa	6–4, 6–3
Win	14–6	Aug 2014	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	15–6	Jul 2015	Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Albert Montañés	0–6, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	16–6	Aug 2015	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Kicker	6–4, 6–2
Loss	16–7	Aug 2015	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Tobias Kamke	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Loss	16–8	Nov 2015	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Gastão Elias	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	17–8	Apr 2017	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	7–5, 6–4
Win	18–8	Jul 2017	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Yannick Maden	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Win	19–8	Aug 2018	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Sousa	6–1, 6–2
Win	20–8	Apr 2019	Nanchang, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay (i)	Jordan Thompson	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win	21–8	May 2019	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Dmitry Popko	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	22–8	Jun 2019	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	6–4, 6–4
Loss	22–9	Aug 2019	L'Aquila, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Collarini	3–6, 1–6
Loss	22–10	Sep 2019	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Mena	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	22–11	Nov 2020	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cerúndolo	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	22–12	May 2022	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Altmaier	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	23–12	Jun 2024	M15 Bergamo, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Gianluca Cadenasso	6–3, 6–3
Win	24–12	Jul 2024	M15 Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Felix Corwin	5–7, 6–4, 6–2

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

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (15–11)
ITF Futures Tour (8–5)

Titles by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (15–14)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2007	Slovak Rep. F1, Žilina	Futures	Clay	Adrian Sikora	Jakub Čech Filip Zeman	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2007	Iran F4, Kish Island	Futures	Clay	Marek Semjan	Attila Balázs György Balázs	3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	0–3	Jun 2008	Czech Rep. F4, Karlovy Vary	Futures	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	Kornél Bardóczky Martin Vacek	w/o
Win	1–3	Jan 2009	Austria F1, Bergheim	Futures	Carpet (i)	Aljaž Bedene	Gerald Melzer Nicolas Reissig	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–3	Oct 2009	Egypt F14, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	Alexander Flock Gero Kretschmer	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	3–3	Nov 2009	Czech Rep. F5, Opava	Futures	Carpet (i)	Roman Jebavý	Jaroslav Pospíšil Pavel Šnobel	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	4–3	Jan 2010	Israel F1, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Miloslav Mečíř	Wu Di Zhang Ze	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Feb 2010	Israel F2, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Miloslav Mečíř	Cory Parr Todd Paul	6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	5–4	Mar 2010	Great Britain F3, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	Kamil Čapkovič	Olivier Charroin Ludovic Walter	6–0, 6–2
Win	6–4	Mar 2010	Great Britain F4, Bath	Futures	Hard (i)	Kamil Čapkovič	Tim Bradshaw John Millman	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Win	7–4	Mar 2012	Portugal F2, Faro	Futures	Hard	Adrian Sikora	Hugo Dellien Federico Zeballos	6–1, 6–2
Win	8–4	Mar 2012	Croatia F3, Umag	Futures	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Marin Draganja Dino Marcan	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8–5	Oct 2012	Croatia F10, Solin	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	Mate Delić Tomislav Draganja	3–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	9–5	Feb 2013	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Karol Beck	Claudio Grassi Amir Weintraub	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	10–5	Feb 2014	Morelos, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Gerald Melzer	Alejandro Moreno Figueroa Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–2, 6–4
Win	11–5	Jun 2014	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Igor Zelenay	Mateusz Kowalczyk Błażej Koniusz	6–1, 7–5
Win	12–5	May 2015	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral	4–6, 7–5, [10–1]
Win	13–5	Jul 2015	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Dino Marcan	7–5, 1–6, [10–8]
Win	14–5	Aug 2015	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), [10–5]
Win	15–5	Aug 2015	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Igor Zelenay	Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	15–6	Sep 2015	St Remy, France	Challenger	Clay	Igor Zelenay	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	4–6, 1–6
Loss	15–7	Oct 2015	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Guillermo Durán Máximo González	6–7^(2–7), 5–7
Win	16–7	Oct 2015	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Rogério Dutra Silva João Souza	6–3, 6–4
Win	17–7	Nov 2015	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Marcelo Demoliner Gastão Elias	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	18–7	Apr 2016	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Rameez Junaid Mateusz Kowalczyk	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [12–10]
Loss	18–8	Jun 2016	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Facundo Argüello Roberto Maytín	3–6, 4–6
Loss	18–9	Jun 2016	Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Ariel Behar Andrey Golubev	2–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss	18–10	Jul 2016	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Andre Begemann Leander Paes	4–6, 4–6
Win	19–10	Sep 2016	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Nils Langer Gerald Melzer	3–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	19–11	Oct 2016	Mohammedia, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Win	20–11	Oct 2016	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić	6–4, 6–2
Loss	20–12	Sep 2016	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet (i)	Roman Jebavý	Kevin Krawietz Albano Olivetti	7–6^(10–8), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	20–13	Aug 2018	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	21–13	Sep 2018	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Laurynas Grigelis Alessandro Motti	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	22–13	Jun 2019	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Gonçalo Oliveira Andrei Vasilevski	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, [10–8]
Win	23–13	Oct 2021	Lošinj, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Victor Vlad Cornea Ergi Kırkın	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	23–14	Dec 2021	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Gonçalo Oliveira	Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral	3-6, 4-6
Loss	23–15	Jan 2022	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	23–16	May 2022	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni	3-6, 5-7