Martin Damm (tennis player, 1972)

Martin Damm
Martin Damm (left) 2009 with Robert Lindstedt
Nation:	Czech Republic
Birthday:	August 1, 1972
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	88 kg
1st professional season:	1990
Resignation:	2010
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 5,735,972
singles
Career record:	157: 210
Highest ranking:	42 (August 18 1997)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	567: 412
Career title:	40
Highest ranking:	5 (April 30, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Martin Damm (born August 1, 1972 in Liberec , ČSSR ) is a former Czech tennis player .

Career

The doubles specialist won 39 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career and made it into a final 20 more times. His greatest success was winning the US Open in 2006 with Leander Paes , with whom he had advanced to the final of the Australian Open that same year . Already in 1993 he had reached the final of the US Open with compatriot Daniel Vacek . In singles, Damm moved into five finals at ATP tournaments, but none of which he could win.

In 2006 he was at the side of Květa Peschke in the final of the mixed competition of the US Open , where she was defeated in two sets by Martina Navrátilová and Bob Bryan .

Damm achieved his highest rating in the individual tennis world ranking in August 1997 with position 42. In the double ranking he was in 5th place at the end of April 2007.

In November 2010, Martin Damm announced his retirement from professional tennis.

His son Martin Damm Jr. also plays tennis.

successes

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (4) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (9) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (26) ATP Challenger Tour (12)

Title after covering Hard Court (21) Sand (5) Grass (5) Carpet (9)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 28, 1991	Warsaw	sand	David Rikl	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
2.	October 11, 1992	Dublin	Carpet (i)	Arne Thoms	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	November 8, 1992	Aachen	Carpet (i)	Brett Steven	6: 4, 7: 6
4th	October 31, 1993	Munich	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Lareau	6: 3, 6: 1
5.	February 20, 2000	Wroclaw	Hard court (i)	Gianluca Pozzi	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 22, 1993	Zaragoza	Carpet (i)	Karel Nováček	Mike Bauer David Rikl	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
2.	May 3, 1993	Munich	sand	Henrik Holm	Carl-Uwe Steeb Karel Nováček	6: 0, 3: 6, 7: 5
3.	March 7, 1994	Copenhagen (1)	Carpet (i)	Brett Steven	David Prinosil Udo Riglewski	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	April 4, 1994	Osaka	Hard court	Sandon Stolle	David Adams Andrei Olchowski	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	17th October 1994	Ostrava	Carpet (i)	Karel Nováček	Gary Muller Piet Norval	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3
6th	March 6, 1995	Rotterdam	Carpet (i)	Järryd is different	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6: 3, 6: 2
7th	March 27, 1995	St. Petersburg	Carpet (i)	Järryd is different	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikow	6: 4, 6: 2
8th.	October 14, 1996	Beijing	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olchowski	Patrik Kühnen Gary Muller	6: 4, 7: 5
9.	April 14, 1997	Hong Kong	Hard court	Daniel Vacek	Karsten Braasch Jeff Tarango	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	April 21, 1997	Tokyo	Hard court	Daniel Vacek	Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter	2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
11.	November 10, 1997	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	David Adams Fabrice Santoro	6: 4, 6: 3
12.	February 9, 1998	Split	Carpet (i)	Jiří Novák	Fredrik Bergh Patrik Fredriksson	7: 6, 6: 2
13.	March 2, 1998	London	Carpet (i)	Jim Grabb	Jewgewni Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek	6: 4, 7: 5
14th	August 10, 1998	Montreal	Hard court	Jim Grabb	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6
15th	May 3, 1999	Prague	sand	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Keil Nicolás Lapentti	6-0, 6-2
16.	March 6, 2000	Copenhagen (2)	Hard court (i)	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Sébastien Lareau	6: 1, 5: 7, 7: 5
17th	May 15, 2000	Rome (1)	sand	Dominik Hrbatý	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
18th	June 26, 2000	's-Hertogenbosch (1)	race	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6: 4, 6: 7, 7: 6
19th	August 20, 2001	Washington DC (1)	Hard court	David Prinosil	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6, 6: 3
20th	October 15, 2001	Vienna (1)	Hard court (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6: 3, 6: 2
21st	March 11, 2002	Delray Beach	Hard court	Cyril Suk	David Adams Ben Ellwood	6: 4, 6: 7, [10: 5]
22nd	May 13, 2002	Rome (2)	sand	Cyril Suk	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7: 5, 7: 5
23.	June 24, 2002	's-Hertogenbosch (2)	race	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Brian MacPhie	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 4
24.	January 6, 2003	Doha (1)	Hard court	Cyril Suk	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 4, 7: 6 8
25th	June 23, 2003	's-Hertogenbosch (3)	race	Cyril Suk	Donald Johnson Leander Paes	7: 5, 7: 6
26th	July 28, 2003	Kitzbühel	sand	Cyril Suk	Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya	6: 4, 6: 4
27.	January 12, 2004	Doha (2)	Hard court	Cyril Suk	Stefan Koubek Andy Roddick	6: 2, 6: 4
28.	June 21, 2004	's-Hertogenbosch (4)	race	Cyril Suk	Lars Burgsmüller Jan Vacek	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3
29	October 18, 2004	Vienna (2)	Hard court (i)	Cyril Suk	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6
30th	February 14, 2005	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7: 6, 7: 6
31.	February 28, 2005	Dubai	Hard court	Radek Štěpánek	Jonas Björkman Fabrice Santoro	6: 2, 6: 4
32.	February 20, 2006	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 2, 6: 7, [10: 3]
33.	June 26, 2006	's-Hertogenbosch (5)	race	Leander Paes	Chris Haggard Arnaud Clément	6: 1, 7: 6
34.	September 11, 2006	US Open	Hard court	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny	6: 7 5 , 6: 4, 6: 3
35.	February 26, 2007	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Leander Paes	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	6: 3, 6: 7, [10: 7]
36.	March 19, 2007	Indian Wells	Hard court	Leander Paes	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6: 4, 6: 4
37.	February 11, 2008	Marseille (3)	Hard court (i)	Pavel Vízner	Yves Allegro Jeff Coetzee	7: 6 0 , 7: 5
38.	January 12, 2009	Auckland	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	7: 5, 6: 4
39.	February 6, 2009	Zagreb	Hard court (i)	Robert Lindstedt	Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen	6: 4, 6: 3
40.	August 9, 2009	Washington DC (2)	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7: 5, 7: 6 3

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 27, 1990	Brest (1)	Hard court (i)	Ģirts Dzelde	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	July 6, 1991	Nyon	sand	Branislav Stankovič	Otis Smith Vince van Gelderen	6: 1, 7: 6
3.	October 19, 1991	Cairo	Hard court	David Rikl	Byron Black Marcos Ondruska	6: 2, 6: 3
4th	March 14, 1992	Tunis	sand	David Adams	Marcelo Filippini Diego Pérez	7: 6, 6: 1
5.	May 9, 1992	Prague	sand	David Rikl	Johan Carlsson Niclas Kroon	6: 2, 6: 0
6th	October 30, 1999	Brest (2)	Carpet (i)	Max Mirny	Justin Gimelstob Brian MacPhie	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
7th	March 20, 2010	Sunrise	Hard court	Filip Polášek	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	4: 6, 6: 1, [13:11]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 8, 1993	Copenhagen	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	David Adams Andrei Olchowski	3: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
2.	September 13, 1993	US Open	Hard court	Daniel Vacek	Ken Flat Rick Leach	7: 6, 4: 6, 2: 6
3.	February 7, 1994	Marseille (1)	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jan Siemerink Daniel Vacek	7: 6, 4: 6, 1: 6
4th	March 21, 1994	Zaragoza	Carpet (i)	Karel Nováček	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	5: 7, 2: 6
5.	October 25, 1994	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Patrick Rafter	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikow	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 7
6th	5th February 1996	Zagreb	Carpet (i)	Hendrik Jan Davids	Menno Oosting Libor Pimek	3: 6, 6: 7
7th	October 7, 1996	Singapore	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olchowski	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 7, 6: 7
8th.	April 3, 2000	Miami (1)	Hard court	Dominik Hrbatý	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3: 6, 4: 6
9.	June 25, 2001	's-Hertogenbosch (1)	race	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken	4: 6, 4: 6
10.	August 13, 2001	Cincinnati	Hard court	David Prinosil	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6: 7, 3: 6
11.	March 4, 2002	Acapulco	sand	David Rikl	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1: 6, 6: 3, [2:10]
12.	June 16, 2003	Hall	race	Cyril Suk	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3: 6, 4: 6
13.	August 25, 2003	long Island	Hard court	Cyril Suk	Robbie Koenig Martín Rodríguez	3: 6, 6: 7
14th	March 1, 2004	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Cyril Suk	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	5: 7, 3: 6
15th	May 17, 2004	Prague	sand	Dušan Karol	Karol Kučera Cyril Suk	3: 6, 7: 6, 3: 6
16.	May 23, 2005	St. Polten	sand	Mariano Hood	Lucas Arnold Ker Paul Hanley	3: 6, 4: 6
17th	January 30, 2006	Australian Open	Hard court	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 3: 6, 4: 6
18th	January 8, 2007	Doha	Hard court	Leander Paes	Michail Juschny Nenad Zimonjić	1: 6, 6: 7
19th	April 2, 2007	Miami (2)	Hard court	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6, 3: 6, [7:10]
20th	June 25, 2007	's-Hertogenbosch (2)	race	Leander Paes	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6: 3, 6: 7, [10:12]
21st	March 8, 2008	Dubai (1)	Hard court	Pavel Vízner	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	5: 7, 6: 7 7
22nd	February 28, 2009	Dubai (2)	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Rik De Voest Dmitri Tursunov	6: 4, 3: 6, [5:10]
23.	May 10, 2009	Estoril	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	3: 6, 2: 6

Web links

Commons : Martin Damm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Martin Damm (English)
• ITF profile of Martin Damm (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Martin Damm (English)