Martín Rodríguez (tennis)

Martín Rodríguez (American Spanish: [maɾˈtin roˈðɾiɣes]; born 18 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

Martín Rodríguez

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1969-12-18) 18 December 1969 Córdoba, Argentina
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
Olympic Games	2R (2004)

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.

Rodríguez won six doubles titles in his career, but failed to win a singles title in his career which gave him $US1,220,943. Although he played with many doubles partners, he played most of the time with fellow Argentine Gastón Etlis.

Rodríguez's coach was Horacio de la Peña. He currently resides in Buenos Aires.

After testing positive for an excessive amount of caffeine, Rodríguez forfeited prize money and ranking points from the 2002 ATP tournament in Basel.[1]

Career finals

Doubles (6 wins, 8 losses)

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	Bogota, 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, New York, U.S.	Hard	Robbie Koenig	Cyril Suk Martin Damm	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	3–3	Feb 2004	Santiago, 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

References

1. http://www.itftennis.com/news/137917.aspx

External links

• Martín Rodríguez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Martín Rodríguez at the International Tennis Federation
• Martín Rodríguez at the Davis Cup