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]
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Born | Córdoba, Argentina | 18 December 1969
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) |
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' brother-in-law is Chilean former tennis player Jaime Fillol Jr.[3]
ATP career finals
editDoubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
editSingles: 9 (1–8)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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
editW | 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
editTournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win% | |||||||||||
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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
editTournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | SR | W–L | Win% | |||||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ a b "ITF Tennis – ANTIDOPING – Articles – Decision in the case of Martin Rodriguez". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Martin Rodriguez | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ Torres Cautivo, Ximena (8 June 2019). "Jaime Fillol Durán: Por el tenis, Dios y la universidad". La Tercera (in Spanish).