From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
Martin Lee (tennis)
English tennis player
English tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Martin Lee |
| country | |
| residence | Marlow, England |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | London, England |
| height | |
| turnedpro | 1996 |
| retired | 2006 |
| plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| coach | David Sammel |
| careerprizemoney | $561,085 |
| singlesrecord | 21–46 |
| singlestitles | 0 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 94 (11 March 2002) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 1R (2002) |
| FrenchOpenresult | 1R (2002) |
| Wimbledonresult | 2R (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006) |
| USOpenresult | 1R (2001) |
| doublesrecord | 6–19 |
| doublestitles | 0 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 145 (30 October 2006) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | 2R (2003, 2004) |
| WimbledonMixedresult | 1R (2003) |
| updated | 17 October 2021 |
** Martin Lee ** (born 13 January 1978) is an English former professional tennis player. Born in London, he resides in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
Tennis career
Lee was a promising junior, reaching No. 1 in the world junior rankings. In 1995 he won the Boys Doubles at Wimbledon. A left-hander, he turned pro in 1996. He struggled with constant knee and groin problems throughout his career, which eventually forced his retirement from the professional circuit in November 2006.
Lee's best singles result on the ATP Tour was to reach the final of the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island in 2001. On 11 March 2002, Lee achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 94, establishing himself as the British number three behind Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. It was the first time in 23 years that Britain had three players in the Top 100. However, in November 2002 he underwent knee surgery and was out of action for 10 months, and his ranking never recovered.
Lee reached the second round of the men's singles at Wimbledon four times, in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2006. He appeared in the US Open in 2001, and managed to take two sets off of seeded player Sjeng Schalken, however the Dutchman prevailed 6–3 in the deciding set. Lee's ranking also ensured automatic qualification for the main draw of the Australian and French Opens in 2002, but he lost in the first round on both occasions. Overall he won 21 and lost 46 ATP Tour matches.
Lee won two of his three matches for Great Britain in the Davis Cup, however these were only dead rubbers. Lee lost his only live match against Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in straight sets.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour World Series (0–1) |
|
| Titles by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Titles by setting |
|---|
| Outdoor (0–1) |
| Indoor (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | [](2001-miller-lite-hall-of-fame-championships-singles) | Newport, United States | International Series | Grass | RSA Neville Godwin | 1–6, 4–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (2–4)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (0–3) |
| ITF Futures (2–1) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (2–3) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | GBR Ross Matheson | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | ITA Mosé Navarra | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Gramado, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | BRA Alexandre Simoni | 4–6, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 1–3 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | SWE Bjorn Rehnquist | 6–3, 2–6, 0–6 | |
| Loss | 1–4 | Great Britain F12, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | GBR Matthew Smith | 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 | |
| Win | 2–4 | Great Britain F3, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | GBR James Auckland | 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2 |
Doubles: 15 (5–10)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (4–5) |
| ITF Futures (1–5) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (2–5) |
| Clay (0–2) |
| Grass (3–2) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
|}
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | GBR Jamie Delgado | GBR Ross Matheson | ||
| GBR Tom Spinks | 3–6, 4–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–2 | Great Britain F7, Edinburgh | Futures | Clay | GBR Arvind Parmar | AUS Ben Ellwood | ||
| GBR Miles MacLagan | 2–6, 3–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–3 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | GBR Jamie Delgado | RSA Jeff Coetzee | ||
| RSA Neville Godwin | 4–6, 2–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–4 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | GBR Jamie Delgado | BRA Daniel Melo | ||
| BRA Antonio Prieto | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–5 | Lucknow, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | GBR Jamie Delgado | DEN Kristian Pless | ||
| THA Paradorn Srichaphan | 7–5, 3–6, 5–7 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–6 | Great Britain F3, London | Futures | Clay | GBR Oliver Freelove | GBR James Davidson | ||
| FIN Ville Liukko | 5–7, 2–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–7 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | GBR Jamie Delgado | BRA Daniel Melo | ||
| BRA Alexandre Simoni | 4–6, 4–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 0–8 | Hull, United Kingdom | Challenger | Carpet | GBR Barry Cowan | GER Michael Kohlmann | ||
| FRA Michael Llodra | 2–6, 3–6 | |||||||
| Win | 1–8 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | GBR Arvind Parmar | GBR Daniel Kiernan | ||
| GBR David Sherwood | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 | |||||||
| Win | 2–8 | Great Britain F6, Bath | Futures | Hard | GBR Ross Hutchins | GBR Lee Childs | ||
| GER Alexander Flock | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | |||||||
| Win | 3–8 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | GBR Josh Goodall | FRA Jean-Michel Pequery | ||
| PAK Aisam Qureshi | 6–4, 7–6(7–0) | |||||||
| Loss | 3–9 | Great Britain F11, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | GBR Lee Childs | NOR Frederick Sundsten | ||
| FRA Olivier Charroin | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 | |||||||
| Loss | 3–10 | Great Britain F4, Manchester | Futures | Hard | GBR David Sherwood | FRA Jean-Francois Bachelot | ||
| PAK Aisam Qureshi | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 | |||||||
| Win | 4–10 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | GBR Jonathan Marray | GBR Josh Goodall | ||
| GBR Ross Hutchins | 3–6, 6–3, [10–3] | |||||||
| Win | 5–10 | Bronx, United States | Challenger | Hard | ISR Harel Levy | USA Scott Lipsky | ||
| USA David Martin | 6–4, 7–5 |
Performance timeline
Singles
| Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | SR | W–L | Win % | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 11 | 4–11 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
References
References
- (2006-11-20). "Briton Lee announces retirement". [[BBC Sport]].
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about Martin Lee (tennis) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report