Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in

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) is a Slovak professional

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player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020.

Career

2016: Best season: French Open third round, first ATP final, top 100 debut

He was a lucky loser at the

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and defeated

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in the first round of the main draw and 29th seed

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in the second, before losing to 8th-seed

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in the third round. In July 2016, Martin reached first ATP final, in

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, defeated Martin Klizan, Joao Sousa,

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and

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en route. In the final he lost to Italian No. 1

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. Later in the year, Martin participated in the

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. After comfortably defeating

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in the first round, Martin got a walkover into the 3rd round when opponent

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withdrew with an injury. However, Martin was then beaten by the 4th-seeded

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, 2–6, 2–6. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 98 in July 2016 following his runs to the third round of the

and the final in

2020: Career-high singles ranking

He reached a career-high ranking of No. 93 on 10 February 2020 after a semifinal showing at the 2020 Córdoba Open defeating

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in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion

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2021: Australian Open debut, ATP semifinal & loss to World No. 1

He made his main draw debut at the

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where he lost to

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. At the 2021 Belgrade Open he lost to top seed and World No. 1 and eventual champion

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in the semifinals.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 34 (22 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Doubles: 39 (23 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Top-10 wins per season

Notes

References

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