Martin Damm (born 2003)

"Martin Damm Jr." redirects here. For his father Martin Sr., see Martin Damm.

Martin Damm

Damm at the 2023 US Open
Full name	Martin Damm Jr. [1]
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(2003-09-30) September 30, 2003 (age 21) Bradenton, Florida, United States
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2020
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Martin Damm, Micah Klousia
Prize money	US $300,319
Singles
Career record	2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 175 (April 1, 2024)
Current ranking	No. 309 (November 11, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 303 (November 6, 2023)
Current ranking	No. 586 (November 11, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	2R (2019)
Last updated on: November 15, 2024.

Martin Damm Jr. (born September 30, 2003) is an American professional tennis player. Damm has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 175 achieved on April 1, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 303 achieved on November 6, 2023.

Juniors

On the junior tour, Damm has a career high junior ranking of No. 3, achieved on 1 January 2021.

In August 2019, Damm and his partner Toby Kodat won the USTA Boys 18s National Championships doubles title, earning the pair a wildcard entry into the doubles main draw of the 2019 US Open. ^{[2] [3]} Damm age 15 and fellow American Toby Kodat age 16 became the youngest men's doubles team to win a US Open match in the Open Era.

Career

2022-2023

He received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the 2022 Miami Open and the 2022 US Open.

He also entered the qualifying competitions at the 2023 Miami Open, ^{[4] [5]} and at the 2023 US Open as a wildcard. ^[6]

2024: Masters debut & first win, top 175

In March, he was also awarded a main draw wildcard at the 2024 Miami Open for his Masters debut where he recorded his first ATP Tour and Masters level win over Zhizhen Zhang ^{[7] [8]} and 14th seed and compatriot Tommy Paul by retirement. ^[9] As a result, he reached the top 175 in the rankings on 1 April 2024.

Personal life

Damm is the son of former Czech tennis player Martin Damm Sr. He has two other siblings. ^[10]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF WTT (6–5)

Finals by surface Hard (6–3) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2024	Oeiras Indoors, Portugal	Challenger	Hard (i)	Leandro Riedi	6–7(6–8), 2–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2019	M25 Naples, USA	WTT	Clay	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Loss	0–2	Mar 2021	M15 Rovinj, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Corentin Denolly	6–3, 5–7, 0–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2021	M15 Champaign, USA	WTT	Hard	Gabi Adrian Boitan	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	1–3	May 2022	M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Khumoyun Sultanov	7–6(12–10), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win	2–3	Jun 2022	M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	WTT	Hard	Dan Added	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–3	Oct 2022	M25 Harlingen, USA	WTT	Hard	Bernard Tomic	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
Win	4–3	Jun 2023	M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	WTT	Hard	Liam Draxl	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	4–4	Aug 2023	M25 Southaven, USA	WTT	Hard	Chris Rodesch	7–6(7–3), 1–6, 3–6
Win	5–4	Sep 2023	M25 Setúbal, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Dali Blanch	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Win	6–4	Feb 2025	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Alexandr Binda	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	6–5	Feb 2025	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Federico Cinà	6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF WTT (6–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (4–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2022	Knoxville Challenger, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mitchell Krueger	Hunter Reese Tennys Sandgren	7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [5–10]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2020	M25 Naples, USA	WTT	Clay	Toby Kodat	Nicolás Barrientos Cristian Rodríguez	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	1–1	Mar 2020	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Tristan Boyer	Peter Heller Peter Torebko	5–7, 2–6
Win	2–1	Mar 2021	M15 Opatija, Croatia	WTT	Clay	Alex Rybakov	Alen Rogic Hadzalic Matic Špec	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–7]
Win	3–1	May 2021	M15 Valldoreix, Spain	WTT	Clay	Alex Rybakov	Francisco Cabral Gonçalo Falcão	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	4–1	May 2021	M15 Skopje, North Macedonia	WTT	Clay	Robin Stanek	Max Houkes Sidane Pontjodikromo	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	5–1	Oct 2021	M25 Rodez, France	WTT	Hard (i)	Felix Corwin	Gijs Brouwer Jelle Sels	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	5–2	May 2023	M25 Prague, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Alex Rybakov	Stuart Parker Jakub Paul	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	6–2	Sep 2023	M25 Sintra, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Dali Blanch	Jaime Faria Henrique Rocha	6–1, 6–2

References

1. Profile, imgacademy.com. Accessed 2 February 2024.
2. "Florida's Bernard, Damm/Kodat Win Titles at USTA National Boys' Hard Courts". www.ustaflorida.com. 16 August 2019.
3. "Damm, Kodat earn US Open berth, win USTA Boys Nationals 18-year-old doubles title". wwmt.com. 10 August 2019.
4. "Full List of Wild Card Entries Announced for 2023 Miami Open Presented by Itaú". 14 March 2023.
5. "Shang Juncheng, Dominic Thiem Among Miami Wild Cards | ATP Tour | Tennis".
6. "John Isner joins talented teenagers among 2023 US Open men's wild cards".
7. https://twitter.com/TennisChannel/status/1770585054843937233 ^{[ bare URL ]}
8. "Inside the rise of Martin Damm". 23 March 2024.
9. "Damm advances after Paul suffers injury in Miami". 23 March 2024.
10. "Mark Mandlik to Meet Martin Damm In Boys' ITF 18s Semifinals". www.easterbowl.com.

External links

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