Michal Mertiňák (born 11 October 1979) is a retired professional
tennis
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player from
Slovakia
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. He turned professional in 1999, and has won six doubles titles in his career on the
ATP Tour
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. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 12 in February 2010. He played in the
2005 Davis Cup
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for
Slovakia
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, who finished runner-up to
Croatia
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. Mertiňák played two ties in the final, including losing the deciding fifth rubber to
Mario Ančić
Mario Ančić (; born 30 March 1984) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who currently works as a private equity vice president in New York City. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Ančić's career- ...
.
From 2009 until 2010 his doubles partner was Czech
František Čermák
František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech former professional tennis player.
Career
In his career, Čermák won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour and he was a finalist 24 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world ...
. He won five tournaments with him in the 2009 season. Subsequently he partnered up with
André Sá
André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player.
In singles, he was a The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP ...
.
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
ATP career finals
Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (6–8)
Doubles: 41 (19–22)
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Považská Bystrica
Slovak male tennis players