Martin Lee (tennis)
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Marlow, England |
Born | London, England | 13 January 1978
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1996 |
Retired | 2006 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | David Sammel |
Prize money | $561,085 |
Singles | |
Career record | 21–46 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 94 (11 March 2002) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2002) |
French Open | 1R (2002) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006) |
US Open | 1R (2001) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 6–19 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 145 (30 October 2006) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (2003, 2004) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2003) |
Last updated on: 17 October 2021. |
Martin Lee (born 13 January 1978) is an English former professional
.Tennis career
Lee was a promising junior, reaching No. 1 in the world junior rankings. In 1995 he won the Boys Doubles at
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
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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2001 | Newport, United States | International Series | Grass | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (2–4)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 1998 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2000 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Aug 2000 | Gramado, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2001 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | Bjorn Rehnquist
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6–3, 2–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2005 | Great Britain F12, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Win | 2–4 | Mar 2006 | Great Britain F3, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2 |
Doubles: 15 (5–10)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 1998 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 1999 | Great Britain F7, Edinburgh | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
Miles MacLagan
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2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Jul 1999 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Aug 1999 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–5 | Dec 1999 | Lucknow, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–6 | Apr 2000 | Great Britain F3, London | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–7 | Aug 2000 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–8 | Feb 2001 | Hull, United Kingdom | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() |
Michael Llodra
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2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–8 | Jul 2003 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 6–2 | |
Win | 2–8 | Apr 2005 | Great Britain F6, Bath | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Win | 3–8 | Jul 2005 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | ![]() |
Aisam Qureshi
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6–4, 7–6(7–0) |
Loss | 3–9 | Sep 2005 | Great Britain F11, Nottingham | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–10 | Mar 2006 | Great Britain F4, Manchester | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
Aisam Qureshi
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1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Win | 4–10 | Jul 2006 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–3] |
Win | 5–10 | Aug 2006 | Bronx, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||||
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Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||
Wimbledon
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Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% | |||||||||
US Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||
Win–loss | 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 | 27% | |||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000
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Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||
Cincinnati Masters
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A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
Win–loss | 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 | 0% |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1995 | Wimbledon |
Grass | ![]() |
7–6, 6–4 | |
Loss | 1996 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
References
- ^ "Briton Lee announces retirement". BBC Sport. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2008.