Andres Martin (born July 7, 2001) is an American

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player.

Personal life

His mother Andrea and father Rafael moved to

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in 2001 having previously lived in

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. He has a younger sister named Eva. He turned down offers from

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, Dartmouth and the

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, amongst others, to become a student at

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where he is an engineering major.

Career

He made his ATP tour debut as a wildcard at the

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, playing doubles alongside Keshav Chopra. He made his ATP Tour singles debut at the

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as a wildcard and in the first round defeated

Thanasi Kokkinakis Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis ( ; born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player and a doubles specialist. He has been ranked as high as world No. 69 in singles by the ATP, which he first achieved on 8 June 2015. He has won o ...

for his first ATP win.

ITF World Tennis Tour and Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

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