Martín Rodríguez (tennis)

Martín Rodríguez

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1969-12-18) 18 December 1969 Córdoba, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,221,361
Singles
Career record	16–40
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 71 (14 June 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2000)
French Open	2R (1999)
Wimbledon	1R (1999)
US Open	1R (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record	143–151
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 15 (25 October 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2003, 2004)
French Open	QF (2003, 2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2003, 2005)
US Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Other doubles tournaments
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.

Rodríguez's coach was Horacio de la Peña. He currently resides in Buenos Aires.

After testing positive for an excessive amount of caffeine, Rodríguez forfeited prize money and ranking points from the 2002 ATP tournament in Basel.

Rodríguez is brother-in-law to Chilean former tennis player Jaime Fillol Jr., son-in-law of Jaime Fillol and, through his wife, is an uncle of Nicolás Jarry.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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

Singles: 9 (1–8)

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)

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

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

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	2R	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	1R	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	1–7	13%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Monte Carlo	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid	Not Masters Series								A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

Doubles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	A	SF	SF	1R	0 / 4	8–4	67%
French Open	A	3R	3R	2R	1R	QF	QF	2R	0 / 7	12–7	63%
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	0 / 7	5–7	42%
US Open	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 7	0–7	0%
Win–loss	0–1	2–3	2–3	1–3	0–3	9–4	8–4	3–4	0 / 25	25–25	50%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	NH			A	Not Held			2R	NH	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Year-End Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify					SF	RR	DNQ	0 / 2	1–6	14%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Miami	A	1R	A	2R	QF	2R	1R	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Monte Carlo	A	A	Q2	A	A	1R	F	2R	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Madrid	Not Masters Series				A	1R	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	5–7	6–9	6–6	0 / 25	21–25	46%

External links

• Martín Rodríguez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Martín Rodríguez at World Tennis
• Martín Rodríguez at the Davis Cup (archived)