Martin Lee (tennis)

For other people named Martin Lee, see Martin Lee (disambiguation).

Martin Lee (born 13 January 1978) is an English former professional tennis player. Born in London, he resides in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

Martin Lee

Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	Marlow, England
Born	(1978-01-13) 13 January 1978 London, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2006
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	David Sammel
Prize money	$561,085
Singles
Career record	21–46
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 94 (11 March 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2002)
French Open	1R (2002)
Wimbledon	2R (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006)
US Open	1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	6–19
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 145 (30 October 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2003)
Last updated on: 17 October 2021.

Tennis career

Lee was a promising junior, reaching No. 1 in the world junior rankings. In 1995 he won the Boys Doubles at Wimbledon. A left-hander, he turned pro in 1996. He struggled with constant knee and groin problems throughout his career, which eventually forced his retirement from the professional circuit in November 2006.

Lee's best singles result on the ATP Tour was to reach the final of the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island in 2001. On 11 March 2002, Lee achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 94, establishing himself as the British number three behind Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. It was the first time in 23 years that Britain had three players in the Top 100. However, in November 2002 he underwent knee surgery and was out of action for 10 months, and his ranking never recovered.

Lee reached the second round of the men's singles at Wimbledon four times, in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2006. He appeared in the US Open in 2001, and managed to take two sets off of seeded player Sjeng Schalken, however the Dutchman prevailed 6–3 in the deciding set. Lee's ranking also ensured automatic qualification for the main draw of the Australian and French Opens in 2002, but he lost in the first round on both occasions. Overall he won 21 and lost 46 ATP Tour matches.

Lee won two of his three matches for Great Britain in the Davis Cup, however these were only dead rubbers. Lee lost his only live match against Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in straight sets.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2001	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Neville Godwin	1–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–3) ITF Futures (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1998	Great Britain F7, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Ross Matheson	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2000	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Mosé Navarra	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2000	Gramado, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Alexandre Simoni	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1–3	Mar 2001	Hamilton, New Zealand	Challenger	Hard	Bjorn Rehnquist	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–4	Sep 2005	Great Britain F12, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Matthew Smith	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	2–4	Mar 2006	Great Britain F3, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	James Auckland	6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 15 (5–10)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–5) ITF Futures (1–5)

Finals by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (0–2) Grass (3–2) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1998	Great Britain F7, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Jamie Delgado	Ross Matheson Tom Spinks	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	May 1999	Great Britain F7, Edinburgh	Futures	Clay	Arvind Parmar	Ben Ellwood Miles MacLagan	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 1999	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Jamie Delgado	Jeff Coetzee Neville Godwin	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Aug 1999	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Jamie Delgado	Daniel Melo Antonio Prieto	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	0–5	Dec 1999	Lucknow, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Jamie Delgado	Kristian Pless Paradorn Srichaphan	7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–6	Apr 2000	Great Britain F3, London	Futures	Clay	Oliver Freelove	James Davidson Ville Liukko	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–7	Aug 2000	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Jamie Delgado	Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–8	Feb 2001	Hull, United Kingdom	Challenger	Carpet	Barry Cowan	Michael Kohlmann Michael Llodra	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–8	Jul 2003	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Arvind Parmar	Daniel Kiernan David Sherwood	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win	2–8	Apr 2005	Great Britain F6, Bath	Futures	Hard	Ross Hutchins	Lee Childs Alexander Flock	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	3–8	Jul 2005	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Josh Goodall	Jean-Michel Pequery Aisam Qureshi	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Loss	3–9	Sep 2005	Great Britain F11, Nottingham	Futures	Hard	Lee Childs	Frederick Sundsten Olivier Charroin	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–10	Mar 2006	Great Britain F4, Manchester	Futures	Hard	David Sherwood	Jean-Francois Bachelot Aisam Qureshi	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	4–10	Jul 2006	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Jonathan Marray	Josh Goodall Ross Hutchins	3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win	5–10	Aug 2006	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	Scott Lipsky David Martin	6–4, 7–5

Performance timeline

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.

Singles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	Q2	Q1	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	2R	0 / 8	4–8	33%
US Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	1R	Q2	Q2	A	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 11	4–11	27%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	0%

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Win	1995	Wimbledon	Grass	James Trotman	Alejandro Hernandez Mariano Puerta	7–6, 6–4
Loss	1996	Australian Open	Hard	James Trotman	Jocelyn Robichaud Daniele Bracciali	2–6, 4–6

External links

• Martin Lee at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Martin Lee at the International Tennis Federation
• Martin Lee at the Davis Cup