Martin Garcia
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1977-05-02) 2 May 1977
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$868,540
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 342 (2 February 1998)
Doubles
Career record188–188
Career titles8
10 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 21 (21 May 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2001)
French OpenSF (2000)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US Open2R (2001, 2003)
Mixed doubles
Career record5–16
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2001, 2002, 2008)
French Open1R (2000, 2001, 2007)
Wimbledon3R (2005)
US Open2R (2006)
Last updated on: 22 April 2023.

Martín Alberto García (Latin American Spanish: [maɾˈtin alˈβeɾto ɣaɾˈsi.a];[lower-alpha 1] 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.

Performance timeline

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

Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 9 4–9 31%
French Open A SF 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R A 0 / 8 7–8 47%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
US Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 9 2–9 18%
Win–loss 0–1 4–4 3–4 1–4 2–4 2–4 3–4 2–4 2–4 0–2 0 / 35 19–35 35%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A 1R A A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami Open A 1R 3R A A 2R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Monte-Carlo Masters A 2R QF A A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Hamburg A A 2R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Rome Masters A 1R 1R A A A A 1R A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canada Masters A 2R 1R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Cincinnati Masters A 2R QF A A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Paris Masters A SF QF A A A A A A A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Stuttgart A 1R A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 6–7 8–8 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–3 0–4 0–0 0 / 27 17–27 39%

Mixed doubles

Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R A A A A A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open 1R 1R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon 1R 2R A A 1R 3R 1R 2R A 0 / 6 4–6 40%
US Open 1R 1R 1R A A A 2R A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–3 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0 / 16 5–16 24%

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 22 (8 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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 Argentina Guillermo Cañas South Africa Marius Barnard
United States T. J. Middleton
5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 1999 Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
United States Francisco Montana
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2000 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay Spain Tomás Carbonell Argentina Pablo Albano
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
walkover
Loss 3–1 Jan 2001 Auckland, New Zealand International Series Hard South Africa David Adams South Africa Marius Barnard
United States Jim Thomas
6–7(8–10), 4–6
Loss 3–2 Mar 2001 Acapulco, Mexico Championship Series Clay South Africa David Adams United States Donald Johnson
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3–3 Jan 2002 Auckland, New Zealand International Series Hard Czech Republic Cyril Suk Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–7(5–7), 6–7(7–9)
Loss 3–4 Apr 2002 Casablanca, Morocco International Series Clay Argentina Luis Lobo Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Myles Wakefield
4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–5 Jul 2004 Kitzbühel, Austria Championship Series Clay Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–6 Aug 2004 Sopot, Poland International Series Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Apr 2005 Casablanca, Morocco International Series Clay Peru Luis Horna Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–8 Apr 2005 Houston, United States International Series Clay Peru Luis Horna The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
3–6, 4–6
Win 4–8 Jul 2005 Amersfoort, Netherlands International Series Clay Peru Luis Horna Chile Fernando González
Chile Nicolás Massú
6–4, 6–4
Win 5–8 Oct 2005 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–3
Loss 5–9 Aug 2006 Sopot, Poland International Series Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
3–6, 5–7
Loss 5–10 Sep 2006 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay Peru Luis Horna Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win 6–10 Oct 2006 Palermo, Italy International Series Clay Peru Luis Horna Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
Win 7–10 Feb 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina International Series Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Spain Álbert Montañés
Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–11 May 2007 Estoril, Portugal International Series Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil André Sá
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 7–12 Jul 2007 Båstad, Sweden International Series Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Sweden Simon Aspelin
Austria Julian Knowle
2–6, 4–6
Loss 7–13 Aug 2007 Sopot, Poland International Series Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
1–6, 1–6
Loss 7–14 Sep 2007 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Austria Oliver Marach
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
6–7(2–7), 6–7(10–12)
Win 8–14 Jan 2008 Adelaide, Australia International Series Hard Brazil Marcelo Melo Australia Chris Guccione
Australia Robert Smeets
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 25 (13–12)

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 Paraguay Ramón Delgado Mexico Bernardo Martínez
Mexico Marco Osorio
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 May 1998 Germany F4, Esslingen Futures Clay Argentina Federico Browne France Julien Boutter
Monaco Jean-Rene Lisnard
7–6, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jul 1998 Brazil F1, Londrina Futures Clay Argentina Damián Furmanski Brazil Alexandre Simoni
Brazil Paulo Taicher
7–5, 5–4 ret.
Win 3–1 Nov 1998 Paraguay F1, Asunción Futures Clay Argentina Damián Furmanski Argentina Roberto Marcelo Alvarez
Argentina Jose-Maria Arnedo
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Nov 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Guillermo Cañas Spain Alberto Martín
Spain Salvador Navarro
2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 4–2 Dec 1998 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Netherlands Sander Groen
Lebanon Ali Hamadeh
4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Feb 1999 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Brazil Cristiano Testa Germany Michael Kohlmann
Switzerland Filippo Veglio
4–6, 6–7
Loss 4–4 Mar 1999 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard Brazil Cristiano Testa United States Adam Peterson
United States Chris Tontz
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4–5 Mar 1999 Besançon, France Challenger Hard Brazil Cristiano Testa Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Jairo Velasco
1–6, 6–7
Win 5–5 Apr 1999 Nice, France Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
7–6, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Sep 1999 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Argentina Guillermo Cañas North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
United States Jack Waite
1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 6–6 Oct 1999 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Argentina Pablo Albano Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Argentina Mariano Hood
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win 7–6 Nov 1999 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Pablo Albano Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
6–2, 6–3
Win 8–6 Nov 1999 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Guillermo Cañas South Africa Paul Rosner
Serbia Dušan Vemić
6–4, 6–4
Win 9–6 Sep 2000 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Puerta Sweden Simon Aspelin
Sweden Fredrik Bergh
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 9–7 Feb 2003 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard United States Graydon Oliver United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Scott Humphries
6–7(7–9), 6–7(4–7)
Win 10–7 Feb 2003 Joplin, United States Challenger Hard United States Graydon Oliver United States Diego Ayala
United States Brandon Coupe
6–1, 6–4
Win 11–7 Mar 2003 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Argentina Sebastián Prieto Germany Michael Kohlmann
Israel Harel Levy
walkover
Loss 11–8 May 2003 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Michal Navrátil
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 11–9 Aug 2003 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard United States Graydon Oliver France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
1–6, 1–6
Loss 11–10 Nov 2003 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Croatia Mario Ančić Israel Harel Levy
Israel Jonathan Erlich
6–7(7–9), 3–6
Loss 11–11 Oct 2006 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Guillermo Cañas Argentina Sergio Roitman
Argentina Máximo González
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 12–11 Mar 2007 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Diego Hartfield Portugal Fred Gil
Belgium Dick Norman
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 13–11 Oct 2007 Andrézieux, France Challenger Hard Argentina Sebastián Prieto Argentina José Acasuso
Argentina Diego Hartfield
6–3, 6–1
Loss 13–12 Oct 2008 Asunción, Paraguay Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Hood Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
5–7, 4–6

Notes

  1. In isolation, García is pronounced [ɡaɾˈsi.a].
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