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Argentine tennis player
Martin Garcia Country (sports) ArgentinaResidence Buenos Aires , Argentina Born (1977-05-02 ) 2 May 1977 (age 47) Buenos Aires , Argentina Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Turned pro 1996 Retired 2008 Plays Right-handed Prize money $ 868,540Career record 0–3 Career titles 0 0 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 342 (2 February 1998) Career record 188–188 Career titles 8 10 Challenger , 3 Futures Highest ranking No. 21 (21 May 2001) Australian Open 3R (2001 ) French Open SF (2000 ) Wimbledon 3R (2006 ) US Open 2R (2001 , 2003 ) Career record 5–16 Career titles 0 Australian Open 1R (2001 , 2002 , 2008 ) French Open 1R (2000 , 2001 , 2007 ) Wimbledon 3R (2005 ) US Open 2R (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.
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: 22 (8 titles, 14 runner-ups)[ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Doubles: 25 (13–12)[ edit ]
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