Martin Damm

Martin Damm (born 1 August 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known as a doubles player (his highest ranking being No. 5 in the world in April 2007). His highest singles ranking was No. 42 in August 1997. Damm won a total of 40 titles in doubles, including one Grand Slam title. He reached five singles finals. He played his last tournament in September 2011 at the US Open (with Radek Štěpánek) and lost to Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins 6–3, 6–3.

Martin Damm

Martin Damm (left), with doubles partner Robert Lindstedt (right)
Country (sports)	Czechoslovakia (1990–92)  Czech Republic (1993–2011)
Residence	Bradenton, FL, USA
Born	1 August 1972 Liberec, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$5,730,972
Singles
Career record	157–210
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (18 August 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1994)
French Open	2R (1999)
Wimbledon	3R (1994, 2000)
US Open	3R (1997)
Doubles
Career record	567–412
Career titles	40
Highest ranking	No. 5 (30 April 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2006)
French Open	QF (2002, 2005)
Wimbledon	SF (1997, 2006)
US Open	W (2006)

Personal life

Damm is married to Michaela Damm. They have two sons (Maxmillian Martin (born 1 February 2002) and Martin Joseph (born 30 September 2003)) and one daughter (Laura Michelle Damm (born 3 December 2007)). All were born in Bradenton, Florida.

Grand Slam finals

Men's Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1993	US Open	Hard	Karel Nováček	Ken Flach Rick Leach	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	2006	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–3

Mixed Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2006	US Open	Hard	Květa Peschke	Martina Navratilova Bob Bryan	2–6, 3–6

Career finals

Doubles (40 wins, 24 losses)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (4) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (9) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (26)

Titles by surface Hard (21) Clay (5) Grass (5) Carpet (9)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	8 March 1993	Copenhagen	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1.	22 March 1993	Zaragoza	Carpet	Karel Nováček	Mike Bauer David Rikl	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	2.	3 May 1993	Munich	Clay	Henrik Holm	Carl-Uwe Steeb Karel Nováček	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	2.	13 September 1993	US Open	Hard	Karel Nováček	Ken Flach Rick Leach	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	7 February 1994	Marseille	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jan Siemerink Daniel Vacek	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	3.	7 March 1994	Copenhagen	Carpet	Brett Steven	David Prinosil Udo Riglewski	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4.	21 March 1994	Zaragoza	Carpet	Karel Nováček	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	5–7, 2–6
Win	4.	4 April 1994	Osaka	Hard	Sandon Stolle	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	17 October 1994	Ostrava	Carpet	Karel Nováček	Gary Muller Piet Norval	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	5.	25 October 1994	Lyon	Carpet	Patrick Rafter	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win	6.	6 March 1995	Rotterdam	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
Win	7.	27 March 1995	St. Petersburg	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6.	5 February 1996	Zagreb	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	Menno Oosting Libor Pimek	3–6, 6–7
Loss	7.	7 October 1996	Singapore	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 6–7
Win	8.	14 October 1996	Beijing	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Patrik Kühnen Gary Muller	6–4, 7–5
Win	9.	14 April 1997	Hong Kong	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Karsten Braasch Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	21 April 1997	Tokyo	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter	2–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	11.	10 November 1997	Moscow	Carpet	Cyril Suk	David Adams Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 6–3
Win	12.	9 February 1998	Split	Carpet	Jiří Novák	Frederik Bergh Patrik Frederiksson	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Win	13.	2 March 1998	London	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–4, 7–5
Win	14.	10 August 1998	Toronto	Hard	Jim Grabb	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	15.	3 May 1999	Prague	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Keil Nicolás Lapentti	6–0, 6–2
Win	16.	6 March 2000	Copenhagen	Hard (i)	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Sébastien Lareau	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	8.	3 April 2000	Miami	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	17.	15 May 2000	Rome	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	18.	26 June 2000	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	9.	25 June 2001	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	13 August 2001	Cincinnati	Hard	David Prinosil	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Win	19.	20 August 2001	Washington, D.C.	Hard	David Prinosil	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Win	20.	15 October 2001	Vienna	Hard (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–2
Loss	11.	4 March 2002	Acapulco	Clay	David Rikl	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Win	21.	11 March 2002	Delray Beach	Hard	Cyril Suk	David Adams Ben Ellwood	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–5]
Win	22.	13 May 2002	Rome	Clay	Cyril Suk	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–5, 7–5
Win	23.	24 June 2002	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Brian MacPhie	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(6–8), 6–4
Win	24.	6 January 2003	Doha	Hard	Cyril Suk	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–6^(10–8)
Loss	12.	16 June 2003	Halle	Grass	Cyril Suk	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Win	25.	23 June 2003	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Donald Johnson Leander Paes	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	26.	28 July 2003	Kitzbühel	Clay	Cyril Suk	Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13.	25 August 2003	Long Island	Hard	Cyril Suk	Robbie Koenig Martín Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	27.	12 January 2004	Doha	Hard	Cyril Suk	Stefan Koubek Andy Roddick	6–2, 6–4
Loss	14.	1 March 2004	Marseille	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Loss	15.	17 May 2004	Prague	Clay	Dušan Karol	Karol Kučera Cyril Suk	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
Win	28.	21 June 2004	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Lars Burgsmüller Jan Vacek	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), 6–3
Win	29.	18 October 2004	Vienna	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	30.	14 February 2005	Marseille	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	31.	28 February 2005	Dubai	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Jonas Björkman Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–4
Loss	16.	23 May 2005	St. Pölten	Clay	Mariano Hood	Lucas Arnold Ker Paul Hanley	3–6, 4–6
Loss	17.	30 January 2006	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	32.	20 February 2006	Marseille	Hard (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), [10–3]
Win	33.	26 June 2006	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Leander Paes	Chris Haggard Arnaud Clément	6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	34.	11 September 2006	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss	18.	8 January 2007	Doha	Hard	Leander Paes	Mikhail Youzhny Nenad Zimonjić	1–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	35.	26 February 2007	Rotterdam	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
Win	36.	19 March 2007	Indian Wells	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–4, 6–4
Loss	19.	2 April 2007	Miami	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(9–7), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	20.	25 June 2007	s'Hertogenbosch	Grass	Leander Paes	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–12]
Win	37.	11 February 2008	Marseille	Hard (i)	Pavel Vízner	Yves Allegro Jeff Coetzee	7–6^(7–0), 7–5
Loss	21.	8 March 2008	Dubai	Hard	Pavel Vízner	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	5–7, 6–7^(7–9)
Win	38.	12 January 2009	Auckland	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
Win	39.	8 February 2009	Zagreb	Hard (i)	Robert Lindstedt	Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	22.	28 February 2009	Dubai	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	23.	10 May 2009	Estoril	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	3–6, 2–6
Win	40.	9 August 2009	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	24.	13 June 2010	Halle	Grass	Filip Polášek	Sergiy Stakhovsky Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

ATP Tour and Challenger finals (5–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	22 July 1991	Warsaw	Clay	David Rikl	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	2.	5 October 1992	Dublin	Hard	Arne Thoms	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	2 November 1992	Aachen	Carpet	Brett Steven	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	25 January 1993	Heilbronn	Carpet	David Prinosil	3–6, 6–7
Winner	4.	25 October 1993	Munich	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	30 May 1994	Annenheim	Grass	Diego Nargiso	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	2 January 1995	Wellington	Hard	Brett Steven	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	5 June 1995	Annenheim	Grass	Henrik Holm	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	30 October 1995	Aachen	Carpet	Jörn Renzenbrink	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	29 April 1996	Seoul	Hard	Byron Black	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	26 August 1996	Long Island	Hard	Andrei Medvedev	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	14 October 1996	Beijing	Carpet	Greg Rusedski	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	17 March 1997	Copenhagen	Carpet	Thomas Johansson	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	22 June 1998	s'Hertogenbosch	Grass	Patrick Rafter	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	31 May 1999	Surbiton	Grass	Sargis Sargsian	6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	12.	29 November 1999	Nuembrecht	Carpet	George Bastl	6–7, 3–6
Winner	5.	14 February 2000	Wrocław	Hard (i)	Gianluca Pozzi	4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	SF	2R	QF	QF	A	1R	3R	A	QF	3R	2R	1R	F	3R	QF	2R	2R	A	0 / 16
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	1R	3R	1R	QF	2R	1R	QF	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 19
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	3R	A	1R	SF	3R	1R	2R	1R	QF	QF	3R	2R	SF	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R	0 / 20
US Open	A	A	1R	F	QF	2R	1R	3R	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R	QF	3R	3R	W	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	1 / 20
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 75
Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	QF	QF	A	2R	W	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 9
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	QF	F	A	2R	QF	QF	1R	QF	F	QF	2R	2R	A	0 / 12
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	QF	QF	SF	QF	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 8
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	W	A	W	SF	2R	2R	A	SF	A	A	A	A	0 / 8
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	SF	QF	QF	SF	QF	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 10
Canada Masters	A	A	1R	2R	QF	1R	A	1R	W	2R	1R	1R	2R	SF	2R	QF	SF	QF	2R	A	A	A	1 / 16
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	F	SF	QF	2R	QF	SF	SF	2R	A	A	A	0 / 15
Shanghai Masters	Not Held																			1R	A	A	0 / 1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 11
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	2R	A	1R	2R	QF	NM1			0 / 6
Masters SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 5	0 / 5	1 / 6	0 / 3	1 / 8	0 / 9	0 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 8	1 / 8	0 / 7	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 0	4 / 86
Year End Ranking	238	103	94	46	17	64	38	20	22	55	21	36	12	15	17	21	9	12	30	29	72	–

External links

• Martin Damm at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Martin Damm at the International Tennis Federation
• Martin Damm at the Davis Cup