Martin Damm

This article is about the former tennis player who represented Czech Republic. For his son Martin Jr., also a tennis player, see Martin Damm (born 2003).

Not to be confused with Martin Dam.

Martin Damm Sr. (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, Florida, USA
Born	(1972-08-01) 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 and wife, Michaela, have two sons (Maxmillian Martin; born 1 February 2002) and Martin Jr. (born 30 September 2003), and one daughter (Laura Michelle Damm; born 3 December 2007), all born in Bradenton, Florida.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1993	US Open	Hard	Karel Nováček	Ken Flach Rick Leach	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Loss	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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	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.	Mar 1993	Copenhagen	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1.	Mar 1993	Zaragoza	Carpet	Karel Nováček	Mike Bauer David Rikl	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	2.	May 1993	Munich	Clay	Henrik Holm	Carl-Uwe Steeb Karel Nováček	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	2.	Sep 1993	US Open	Hard	Karel Nováček	Ken Flach Rick Leach	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	Feb 1994	Marseille	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jan Siemerink Daniel Vacek	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	3.	Mar 1994	Copenhagen	Carpet	Brett Steven	David Prinosil Udo Riglewski	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4.	Mar 1994	Zaragoza	Carpet	Karel Nováček	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	5–7, 2–6
Win	4.	Apr 1994	Osaka	Hard	Sandon Stolle	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	Oct 1994	Ostrava	Carpet	Karel Nováček	Gary Muller Piet Norval	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	5.	Oct 1994	Lyon	Carpet	Patrick Rafter	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win	6.	Mar 1995	Rotterdam	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
Win	7.	Mar 1995	St. Petersburg	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6.	Feb 1996	Zagreb	Carpet	Hendrik Jan Davids	Menno Oosting Libor Pimek	3–6, 6–7
Loss	7.	Oct 1996	Singapore	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 6–7
Win	8.	Oct 1996	Beijing	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Patrik Kühnen Gary Muller	6–4, 7–5
Win	9.	Apr 1997	Hong Kong	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Karsten Braasch Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	Apr 1997	Tokyo	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter	2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	11.	Nov 1997	Moscow	Carpet	Cyril Suk	David Adams Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 6–3
Win	12.	Feb 1998	Split	Carpet	Jiří Novák	Frederik Bergh Patrik Frederiksson	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win	13.	Mar 1998	London	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–4, 7–5
Win	14.	Aug 1998	Toronto	Hard	Jim Grabb	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–7(2–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	15.	May 1999	Prague	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Keil Nicolás Lapentti	6–0, 6–2
Win	16.	Mar 2000	Copenhagen	Hard (i)	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Sébastien Lareau	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	8.	Apr 2000	Miami	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	17.	May 2000	Rome	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	18.	Jun 2000	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	9.	Jun 2001	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	Aug 2001	Cincinnati	Hard	David Prinosil	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	19.	Aug 2001	Washington, D.C.	Hard	David Prinosil	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	20.	Oct 2001	Vienna	Hard (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–2
Loss	11.	Mar 2002	Acapulco	Clay	David Rikl	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Win	21.	Mar 2002	Delray Beach	Hard	Cyril Suk	David Adams Ben Ellwood	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win	22.	May 2002	Rome	Clay	Cyril Suk	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–5, 7–5
Win	23.	Jun 2002	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Brian MacPhie	7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win	24.	Jan 2003	Doha	Hard	Cyril Suk	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss	12.	Jun 2003	Halle	Grass	Cyril Suk	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Win	25.	Jun 2003	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Donald Johnson Leander Paes	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win	26.	Jul 2003	Kitzbühel	Clay	Cyril Suk	Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13.	Aug 2003	Long Island	Hard	Cyril Suk	Robbie Koenig Martín Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	27.	Jan 2004	Doha	Hard	Cyril Suk	Stefan Koubek Andy Roddick	6–2, 6–4
Loss	14.	Mar 2004	Marseille	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Loss	15.	May 2004	Prague	Clay	Dušan Karol	Karol Kučera Cyril Suk	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win	28.	Jun 2004	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Cyril Suk	Lars Burgsmüller Jan Vacek	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Win	29.	Oct 2004	Vienna	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	30.	Feb 2005	Marseille	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win	31.	Feb 2005	Dubai	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	Jonas Björkman Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–4
Loss	16.	May 2005	St. Pölten	Clay	Mariano Hood	Lucas Arnold Ker Paul Hanley	3–6, 4–6
Loss	17.	Jan 2006	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	32.	Feb 2006	Marseille	Hard (i)	Radek Štěpánek	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–3]
Win	33.	Jun 2006	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Leander Paes	Chris Haggard Arnaud Clément	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win	34.	Sep 2006	US Open	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss	18.	Jan 2007	Doha	Hard	Leander Paes	Mikhail Youzhny Nenad Zimonjić	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	35.	Feb 2007	Rotterdam	Hard (i)	Leander Paes	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win	36.	Mar 2007	Indian Wells	Hard	Leander Paes	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–4, 6–4
Loss	19.	Apr 2007	Miami	Hard	Leander Paes	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	20.	Jun 2007	s'Hertogenbosch	Grass	Leander Paes	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–12]
Win	37.	Feb 2008	Marseille	Hard (i)	Pavel Vízner	Yves Allegro Jeff Coetzee	7–6(7–0), 7–5
Loss	21.	Mar 2008	Dubai	Hard	Pavel Vízner	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Win	38.	Jan 2009	Auckland	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
Win	39.	Feb 2009	Zagreb	Hard (i)	Robert Lindstedt	Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	22.	Feb 2009	Dubai	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	23.	May 2009	Estoril	Clay	Robert Lindstedt	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	3–6, 2–6
Win	40.	Aug 2009	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	24.	Jun 2010	Halle	Grass	Filip Polášek	Sergiy Stakhovsky Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

ATP Tour and Challenger finals

Singles (5–12)

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

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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 Slam tournaments
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