Martin Lee (tennis)

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Martin Lee
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Residence Marlow, England
Born (1978-01-13) 13 January 1978 (age 47)
London, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2006
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach David Sammel
Prize money$561,085
Singles
Career record21–46
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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 record6–19
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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 player. Born in London, he resides in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

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Tennis career

Lee was a promising junior, reaching No. 1 in the world junior rankings. In 1995 he won the Boys Doubles at Wimbledon. A left-hander, he turned pro in 1996. He struggled with constant knee and groin problems throughout his career, which eventually forced his retirement from the professional circuit in November 2006. [1]

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 US Open in 2001, and managed to take two sets off of seeded player Sjeng Schalken, however the Dutchman prevailed 6–3 in the deciding set. Lee's ranking also ensured automatic qualification for the main draw of the Australian and French Opens in 2002, but he lost in the first round on both occasions. Overall he won 21 and lost 46 ATP Tour matches.

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)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jul 2001 Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin 1–6, 4–6


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–3)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 1998Great Britain F7, Sunderland FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Matheson 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss1–1Jul 2000 Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of Italy.svg Mosé Navarra 4–6, 3–6
Loss1–2Aug 2000 Gramado, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Simoni 4–6, 5–7
Loss1–3Mar 2001 Hamilton, New ZealandChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Bjorn Rehnquist 6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Loss1–4Sep 2005Great Britain F12, Glasgow FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Smith4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win2–4Mar 2006Great Britain F3, Sunderland FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Auckland 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–2


Doubles: 15 (5–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (1–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (3–2)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 1998Great Britain F7, Sunderland FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Matheson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Spinks
3–6, 4–6
Loss0–2May 1999Great Britain F7, Edinburgh FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvind Parmar Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Ellwood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Miles MacLagan
2–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Jul 1999 Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee
Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin
4–6, 2–6
Loss0–4Aug 1999 Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Melo
Flag of Brazil.svg Antonio Prieto
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss0–5Dec 1999 Lucknow, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Pless
Flag of Thailand.svg Paradorn Srichaphan
7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Loss0–6Apr 2000Great Britain F3, London FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Freelove Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Davidson
Flag of Finland.svg Ville Liukko
5–7, 2–6
Loss0–7Aug 2000 Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Melo
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Simoni
4–6, 4–6
Loss0–8Feb 2001 Hull, United KingdomChallengerCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barry Cowan Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
Flag of France.svg Michael Llodra
2–6, 3–6
Win1–8Jul 2003 Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvind Parmar Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Kiernan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Sherwood
6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win2–8Apr 2005Great Britain F6, Bath FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee Childs
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Flock
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win3–8Jul 2005 Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Goodall Flag of France.svg Jean-Michel Pequery
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam Qureshi
6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Loss3–9Sep 2005Great Britain F11, Nottingham FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee Childs Flag of Norway.svg Frederick Sundsten
Flag of France.svg Olivier Charroin
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss3–10Mar 2006Great Britain F4, Manchester FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Sherwood Flag of France.svg Jean-Francois Bachelot
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam Qureshi
1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win4–10Jul 2006 Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Marray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Goodall
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Hutchins
3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win5–10Aug 2006 Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy Flag of the United States.svg Scott Lipsky
Flag of the United States.svg David Martin
6–4, 7–5


Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAA Q2 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
French Open AAA Q1 AA Q2 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R AA 2R 0 / 84–833%
US Open AAAA Q1 Q3 1R Q2 Q2 AA Q1 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–01–10–10–11–11–20–30–10–00–01–10 / 114–1127%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open AAAAAAA 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
Canadian Open AAAAAA 1R AAAAA0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati Masters AAAAAA Q1 AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–00–00–00–00 / 20–20%


Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScore
Win 1995 Wimbledon Grass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Trotman Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Hernandez
Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Puerta
7–6, 6–4
Loss 1996 Australian Open Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Trotman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jocelyn Robichaud
Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
2–6, 4–6


References

  1. "Briton Lee announces retirement". BBC Sport. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2008.