David Martin (tennis)

David Martin
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Huntington Beach, California
Born	February 22, 1981 (age 43); Tulsa, Oklahoma
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2011
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$354,753
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 459 (June 26, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	45–68
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 38 (May 12, 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2008)
French Open	2R (2008)
Wimbledon	3R (2007)
US Open	1R (1998, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
	Last updated on: February 16, 2013.

David Martin (born February 22, 1981) is an American professional tennis player.

He teamed with Scott Lipsky to win his first ATP doubles title in February 2008 at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan.

Tennis career[edit]

Before attending Stanford, David was a US Open Boys' Doubles champion with eventual Stanford teammate K. J. Hippensteel in 1998.

He first teamed up with fellow American Scott Lipsky in doubles in college. They finished their college career ranked as the #2 team in the nation, and they extended their partnership into their pro careers. In 2007, Martin and Lipsky qualified for the 2007 Wimbledon men's doubles tournament, where the pair lost in the third round. He and Lipsky reached the ATP Los Angeles men's doubles final in 2007, where the team lost in straight sets to the top-ranked Bob and Mike Bryan. Lipsky and Martin captured their first ATP title in February 2008 at the SAP Open at HP Pavilion in San Jose, defeating the number one ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 7–5 in the finals.^[1]^[2]^[3]

His career-high doubles ranking was World No. 38, achieved in May 2008.

ATP career finals[edit]

Doubles: 6 (1–5)[edit]

Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold (0)
ATP Tour (1–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 2007	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Winner	1.	February 2008	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Scott Lipsky	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
Runner-up	2.	April 2008	Munich, Germany	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Michael Berrer Rainer Schüttler	5–7, 6–3, [8–10]
Runner-up	3.	July 2008	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips	6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	4.	September 2008	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Scott Lipsky	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	5.	January 2011	Chennai, India	Hard	Robin Haase	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), [7–10]