Martín Rodríguez (tennis)

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]

Martín Rodríguez
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1969-12-18) 18 December 1969 (age 55)
Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$1,221,361
Singles
Career record16–40
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (14 June 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000)
French Open2R (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1999)
US Open1R (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record143–151
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 15 (25 October 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2003, 2004)
French OpenQF (2003, 2004)
Wimbledon3R (2003, 2005)
US Open1R (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2003)
Olympic Games2R (2004)

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 is brother-in-law to Chilean former tennis player Jaime Fillol Jr.,[3] son-in-law of Jaime Fillol and, through his wife, is an uncle of Nicolás Jarry.

ATP career finals

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

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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

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Singles: 9 (1–8)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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%

References

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  1. ^ a b "ITF Tennis – ANTIDOPING – Articles – Decision in the case of Martin Rodriguez". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12.
  2. ^ "Martin Rodriguez | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  3. ^ Torres Cautivo, Ximena (8 June 2019). "Jaime Fillol Durán: Por el tenis, Dios y la universidad". La Tercera (in Spanish).
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