Martin Emmrich

Martin Emmrich
	Martin Emmrich playing at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Solingen, Germany
Born	17 December 1984 (age 39); Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2015
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$386,441
Singles
Career record	0–1
Highest ranking	No. 604 (12 October 2009)
Doubles
Career record	54–61
Career titles	3; 15 ATP Challenger Tour
Highest ranking	No. 35 (5 August 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2013, 2014)
French Open	2R (2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2012, 2013)
US Open	2R (2011, 2013, 2014)

Last updated November 06, 2024

Martin Emmrich (born 17 December 1984) is a retired professional tennis player and current professional pickleball player on the PPA tour who specialized in doubles & mixed. He participated primarily on the ATP World Tour. On 12 October 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 604 whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 35 was achieved on 5 August 2013.^[1]

Personal life

He is the son of Thomas Emmrich, a former German tennis player who played for the East Germany and the only one from that country to ever hold an ATP ranking.^[2] Martin married Dutch player Michaëlla Krajicek in July 2015.^[3]^[4] They separated in 2018.^[5]

Emmrich has since remarried to Tamaryn Hendler.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–4)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 May 2012	Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Andreas Siljeström	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Winner	1.	21 October 2012	Erste Bank Open, Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Andre Begemann	Julian Knowle Filip Polášek	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	2.	6 January 2013	Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Andre Begemann	Benoît Paire Stanislas Wawrinka	2–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	25 May 2013	Power Horse Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Andre Begemann	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	22 June 2013	Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Andre Begemann	Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Winner	3.	3 August 2013	Bet-at-home Cup, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Christopher Kas	František Čermák Lukáš Dlouhý	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	24 May 2014	Power Horse Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Christopher Kas	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	5–7, 6–4, [3–10]

Challenger career finals

Doubles: 23 (15–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	9 November 2009	Charlottesville, United States	Hard (i)	Andreas Siljeström	Dominic Inglot Rylan Rizza	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Winner	2.	14 November 2009	Knoxville, United States	Hard (i)	Andreas Siljeström	Raven Klaasen Izak van der Merwe	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	1 May 2010	Manta, Ecuador	Hard	Andreas Siljeström	Ryler DeHeart Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	6 June 2010]	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Joseph Sirianni	Dustin Brown Rameez Junaid	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	5 September 2010	Como, Italy	Clay	Mateusz Kowalczyk	Frank Moser David Škoch	7–5, 6–7^(2–7), [5–10]
Winner	3.	12 September 2010	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Andre Begemann	Brian Battistone Andreas Siljeström	1–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–7]
Winner	4.	3 October 2010	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Andre Begemann	Gero Kretschmer Alex Satschko	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	5.	28 November 2010	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Dustin Brown	Henri Kontinen Jarkko Nieminen	7–6^(19–17), 0–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	4.	5 June 2011	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Dustin Brown	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), [11–13]
Winner	6.	26 June 2011	Marburg, Germany	Clay	Björn Phau	Federico del Bonis Horacio Zeballos	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Winner	7.	3 July 2011	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Andreas Siljeström	Olivier Charroin Stéphane Robert	0–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	8.	16 October 2011	Rennes, France	Hard	Andreas Siljeström	Kenny de Schepper Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	19 November 2011	Champaign, United States	Hard	Andreas Siljeström	Rik de Voest Izak van der Merwe	6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Winner	9.	26 November 2011	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Andreas Siljeström	James Cerretani Michal Mertiňák	6–4, 6–4
Winner	10.	7 April 2012	Tallahassee, United States	Hard	Andreas Siljeström	Artem Sitak Blake Strode	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	6.	22 April 2012	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Andreas Siljeström	Johan Brunström Izak van der Merwe	4–6, 1–6
Winner	11.	9 September 2012	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Andre Begemann	Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald	6–3, 6–1
Winner	12.	22 September 2012	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Andre Begemann	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	3–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Winner	13.	12 October 2012	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Andre Begemann	Rameez Junaid Frank Moser	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–2), [10–8]
Runner-up	7.	21 April 2013	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Andreas Beck Martin Fischer	6–7^(2–7), 0–6
Winner	14.	12 May 2013	Rome, Italy	Clay	Andre Begemann	Philipp Marx Florin Mergea	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Winner	15.	15 February 2015	Bergamo, Italy	Hard (i)	Andreas Siljestrom	Mateusz Kowalczyk Blazej Koniusz	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	8 March 2015	Quimper, France	Hard (i)	Andreas Siljestrom	Mateusz Kowalczyk Blazej Koniusz	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [8–10]

Grand Slam 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	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0–2
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	1–3
Wimbledon	A	Q1	2R	2R	1R	Q1	2–3
US Open	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	3–4
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–4	1–4	0–0	6–12
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 2	2 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 0	3 / 7
Overall win–loss	0–1	2–5	10–11	26–23	11–16	5–5	54–61
Year-end ranking	109	87	58	42	108	164	51%

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References

↑ "Martin Emmrich's biography at ITF" . Retrieved 15 July 2010.
↑ "Breakpoint für Deutschland". Die Welt . 11 June 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
↑ "Krajicek & Emmrich Get Married". WTA. 28 July 2015.
↑ "Michaella Krajicek accepts Martin Emmrich's court marriage proposal". BBC Sport. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
↑ "Tennisster Michaëlla Krajicek kondigt echtscheiding aan". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 May 2018.

External links

Martin Emmrich at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Martin Emmrich at the International Tennis Federation
Martin Emmrich at the Davis Cup

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[1] "Martin Emmrich's biography at ITF" . Retrieved 15 July 2010.

[2] "Breakpoint für Deutschland". Die Welt . 11 June 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[3] "Krajicek & Emmrich Get Married". WTA. 28 July 2015.

[4] "Michaella Krajicek accepts Martin Emmrich's court marriage proposal". BBC Sport. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

[5] "Tennisster Michaëlla Krajicek kondigt echtscheiding aan". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 May 2018.

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