Martín Rodríguez (tennis)

Martín Rodríguez
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1969-12-18) 18 December 1969
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)

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]

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

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

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

Singles: 9 (1–8)

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)

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

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

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

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

  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).