Todd Martin
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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|---|---|
| Residence | ?, Rhode Island, United States |
| Born |
July 8, 1970 Hinsdale, Illinois, United States |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Turned pro | 1990 |
| Retired | 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 8,254,455 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 411–234 |
| Career titles | 8 |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (September 13, 1999) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1994) |
| French Open | 4R (1991) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1994, 1996) |
| US Open | F (1999) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (1999) |
| Grand Slam Cup | F (1995) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2000) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 100–85 |
| Career titles | 5 |
| Highest ranking | No. 30 (April 26, 1996) |
| Last updated on: August 15, 2012. | |
Todd Martin (born July 8, 1970) is an American retired professional tennis player. He reached the Men's Singles final at the 1994 Australian Open and the 1999 US Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 4.
Martin was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and played tennis for two years at Northwestern University before turning professional in 1990. His parents lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Martin went to nearby East Lansing High School. At Northwestern, he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He won his first top-level singles title in 1993 at Coral Springs, Florida. Martin traveled with good friend David Helfer for much of the '92 season. Helfer went on to play at Kalamazoo College.
Coached by Robert Van't Hof, 1994 proved to be a breakout year for Martin. At the year's first Grand Slam tournament, he reached the men's singles final at the Australian Open, where he lost in straight sets to world no. 1 Pete Sampras, 6-7, 4-6, 4-6. At Wimbledon, he made it to the semifinals, before falling to the eventual champion Sampras; the set that Martin took from Sampras in the match was the only set that Sampras lost during the entire tournament. Martin's third Grand Slam semifinal of 1994 came at the US Open, where he again fell to the eventual champion, this time Andre Agassi. He also captured singles titles at Queen's Club and the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, the latter of which was the first back-to-back titles.
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