Martín García (tennis)

Martín Alberto García (Latin American Spanish: [maɾˈtin alˈβeɾto ɣaɾˈsi.a];[a] born 2 May 1977) is a professional tennis player from Argentina.

Martin Garcia
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1977-05-02) 2 May 1977 (age 47)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$868,540
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 342 (2 February 1998)
Doubles
Career record188–188
Career titles8
10 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 21 (21 May 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2001)
French OpenSF (2000)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US Open2R (2001, 2003)
Mixed doubles
Career record5–16
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2001, 2002, 2008)
French Open1R (2000, 2001, 2007)
Wimbledon3R (2005)
US Open2R (2006)
Last updated on: 22 April 2023.

García turned pro in 1996, and has won 8 doubles titles on the ATP Tour during his career. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 21 on 21 May 2001.

Performance timeline

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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.

Doubles

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Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 9 4–9 31%
French Open A SF 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R A 0 / 8 7–8 47%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
US Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 9 2–9 18%
Win–loss 0–1 4–4 3–4 1–4 2–4 2–4 3–4 2–4 2–4 0–2 0 / 35 19–35 35%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A 1R A A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami Open A 1R 3R A A 2R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Monte-Carlo Masters A 2R QF A A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Hamburg A A 2R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Rome Masters A 1R 1R A A A A 1R A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canada Masters A 2R 1R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Cincinnati Masters A 2R QF A A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Paris Masters A SF QF A A A A A A A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Stuttgart A 1R A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 6–7 8–8 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–3 0–4 0–0 0 / 27 17–27 39%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R A A A A A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open 1R 1R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon 1R 2R A A 1R 3R 1R 2R A 0 / 6 4–6 40%
US Open 1R 1R 1R A A A 2R A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–3 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0 / 16 5–16 24%

ATP Career Finals

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Doubles: 22 (8 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–2)
ATP International Series (8–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (6–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (8–14)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1999 Boston, United States World Series Hard   Guillermo Cañas   Marius Barnard
  T. J. Middleton
5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1999 Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Francisco Montana
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2000 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay   Tomás Carbonell   Pablo Albano
  Marc-Kevin Goellner
walkover
Loss 3–1 Jan 2001 Auckland, New Zealand International Series Hard   David Adams   Marius Barnard
  Jim Thomas
6–7(8–10), 4–6
Loss 3–2 Mar 2001 Acapulco, Mexico Championship Series Clay   David Adams   Donald Johnson
  Gustavo Kuerten
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3–3 Jan 2002 Auckland, New Zealand International Series Hard   Cyril Suk   Jonas Björkman
  Todd Woodbridge
6–7(5–7), 6–7(7–9)
Loss 3–4 Apr 2002 Casablanca, Morocco International Series Clay   Luis Lobo   Stephen Huss
  Myles Wakefield
4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–5 Jul 2004 Kitzbühel, Austria Championship Series Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   František Čermák
  Leoš Friedl
3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–6 Aug 2004 Sopot, Poland International Series Clay   Sebastián Prieto   František Čermák
  Leoš Friedl
6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Apr 2005 Casablanca, Morocco International Series Clay   Luis Horna   František Čermák
  Leoš Friedl
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–8 Apr 2005 Houston, United States International Series Clay   Luis Horna   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
3–6, 4–6
Win 4–8 Jul 2005 Amersfoort, Netherlands International Series Clay   Luis Horna   Fernando González
  Nicolás Massú
6–4, 6–4
Win 5–8 Oct 2005 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay   Mariano Hood   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–3
Loss 5–9 Aug 2006 Sopot, Poland International Series Clay   Sebastián Prieto   František Čermák
  Leoš Friedl
3–6, 5–7
Loss 5–10 Sep 2006 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay   Luis Horna   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win 6–10 Oct 2006 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay   Luis Horna   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
Win 7–10 Feb 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina International Series Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Álbert Montañés
  Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–11 May 2007 Estoril, Portugal International Series Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Marcelo Melo
  André Sá
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 7–12 Jul 2007 Båstad, Sweden International Series Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Simon Aspelin
  Julian Knowle
2–6, 4–6
Loss 7–13 Aug 2007 Sopot, Poland International Series Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
1–6, 1–6
Loss 7–14 Sep 2007 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Oliver Marach
  Michal Mertiňák
6–7(2–7), 6–7(10–12)
Win 8–14 Jan 2008 Adelaide, Australia International Series Hard   Marcelo Melo   Chris Guccione
  Robert Smeets
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Doubles: 25 (13–12)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (10–12)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (10–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1997 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Ramón Delgado   Bernardo Martínez
  Marco Osorio
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 May 1998 Germany F4, Esslingen Futures Clay   Federico Browne   Julien Boutter
  Jean-Rene Lisnard
7–6, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jul 1998 Brazil F1, Londrina Futures Clay   Damián Furmanski   Alexandre Simoni
  Paulo Taicher
7–5, 5–4 ret.
Win 3–1 Nov 1998 Paraguay F1, Asunción Futures Clay   Damián Furmanski   Roberto Marcelo Alvarez
  Jose-Maria Arnedo
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Nov 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Guillermo Cañas   Alberto Martín
  Salvador Navarro
2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 4–2 Dec 1998 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Sander Groen
  Ali Hamadeh
4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Feb 1999 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Cristiano Testa   Michael Kohlmann
  Filippo Veglio
4–6, 6–7
Loss 4–4 Mar 1999 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard   Cristiano Testa   Adam Peterson
  Chris Tontz
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–5 Mar 1999 Besançon, France Challenger Hard   Cristiano Testa   Juan Ignacio Carrasco
  Jairo Velasco
1–6, 6–7
Win 5–5 Apr 1999 Nice, France Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Tomáš Cibulec
  Leoš Friedl
7–6, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Sep 1999 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Guillermo Cañas   Aleksandar Kitinov
  Jack Waite
1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 6–6 Oct 1999 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Pablo Albano   Sebastián Prieto
  Mariano Hood
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win 7–6 Nov 1999 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Pablo Albano   Diego del Río
  Daniel Orsanic
6–2, 6–3
Win 8–6 Nov 1999 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Guillermo Cañas   Paul Rosner
  Dušan Vemić
6–4, 6–4
Win 9–6 Sep 2000 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay   Mariano Puerta   Simon Aspelin
  Fredrik Bergh
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 9–7 Feb 2003 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard   Graydon Oliver   Justin Gimelstob
  Scott Humphries
6–7(7–9), 6–7(4–7)
Win 10–7 Feb 2003 Joplin, United States Challenger Hard   Graydon Oliver   Diego Ayala
  Brandon Coupe
6–1, 6–4
Win 11–7 Mar 2003 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard   Sebastián Prieto   Michael Kohlmann
  Harel Levy
walkover
Loss 11–8 May 2003 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Tomáš Berdych
  Michal Navrátil
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 11–9 Aug 2003 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard   Graydon Oliver   Julien Benneteau
  Nicolas Mahut
1–6, 1–6
Loss 11–10 Nov 2003 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard   Mario Ančić   Harel Levy
  Jonathan Erlich
6–7(7–9), 3–6
Loss 11–11 Oct 2006 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Guillermo Cañas   Sergio Roitman
  Máximo González
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 12–11 Mar 2007 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Diego Hartfield   Fred Gil
  Dick Norman
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 13–11 Oct 2007 Andrézieux, France Challenger Hard   Sebastián Prieto   José Acasuso
  Diego Hartfield
6–3, 6–1
Loss 13–12 Oct 2008 Asunción, Paraguay Challenger Clay   Mariano Hood   Alejandro Fabbri
  Leonardo Mayer
5–7, 4–6

Notes

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  1. ^ In isolation, García is pronounced [ɡaɾˈsi.a].
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