Martín García (tennis)

Martin Garcia
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1977-05-02) 2 May 1977
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doubles: 25 (13–12)

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

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