Martin Damm

Martin Damm Sr. (born 1 August 1972) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He had a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in the world, achieved in April 2007, and a singles ranking of No. 42, achieved in August 1997. Damm won 40 ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including a major at the 2006 US Open. He reached five ATP Tour singles finals. Damm retired from the sport in September 2011. His son, Martin Damm, Jr., is also a professional tennis player.

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.[citation needed]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1993	US Open	Hard	Czech Republic Karel Nováček	United States Ken Flach United States Rick Leach	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Loss	2006	Australian Open	Hard	India Leander Paes	United States Bob Bryan United States Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	2006	US Open	Hard	India Leander Paes	Sweden Jonas Björkman Belarus 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	Czech Republic Květa Peschke	United States Martina Navratilova United States Bob Bryan	2–6, 3–6

Career finals

Doubles (40 wins, 24 losses)

Legend
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)
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	Czech Republic Daniel Vacek	South Africa David Adams Russia Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1.	Mar 1993	Zaragoza	Carpet	Czech Republic Karel Nováček	United States Mike Bauer Czech Republic David Rikl	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	2.	May 1993	Munich	Clay	Sweden Henrik Holm	Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb Czech Republic Karel Nováček	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	2.	Sep 1993	US Open	Hard	Czech Republic Karel Nováček	United States Ken Flach United States Rick Leach	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	Feb 1994	Marseille	Carpet	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Netherlands Jan Siemerink Czech Republic Daniel Vacek	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	3.	Mar 1994	Copenhagen	Carpet	New Zealand Brett Steven	Germany David Prinosil Germany Udo Riglewski	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4.	Mar 1994	Zaragoza	Carpet	Czech Republic Karel Nováček	Sweden Henrik Holm Sweden Anders Järryd	5–7, 2–6
Win	4.	Apr 1994	Osaka	Hard	Australia Sandon Stolle	South Africa David Adams Russia Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	Oct 1994	Ostrava	Carpet	Czech Republic Karel Nováček	South Africa Gary Muller South Africa Piet Norval	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	5.	Oct 1994	Lyon	Carpet	Australia Patrick Rafter	Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win	6.	Mar 1995	Rotterdam	Carpet	Sweden Anders Järryd	Spain Tomás Carbonell Spain Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
Win	7.	Mar 1995	St. Petersburg	Carpet	Sweden Anders Järryd	Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6.	Feb 1996	Zagreb	Carpet	Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids	Netherlands Menno Oosting Belgium Libor Pimek	3–6, 6–7
Loss	7.	Oct 1996	Singapore	Carpet	Russia Andrei Olhovskiy	Australia Todd Woodbridge Australia Mark Woodforde	6–7, 6–7
Win	8.	Oct 1996	Beijing	Carpet	Russia Andrei Olhovskiy	Germany Patrik Kühnen South Africa Gary Muller	6–4, 7–5
Win	9.	Apr 1997	Hong Kong	Hard	Czech Republic Daniel Vacek	Germany Karsten Braasch United States Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	Apr 1997	Tokyo	Hard	Czech Republic Daniel Vacek	United States Justin Gimelstob Australia Patrick Rafter	2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	11.	Nov 1997	Moscow	Carpet	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	South Africa David Adams France Fabrice Santoro	6–4, 6–3
Win	12.	Feb 1998	Split	Carpet	Czech Republic Jiří Novák	Sweden Frederik Bergh Sweden Patrik Frederiksson	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win	13.	Mar 1998	London	Carpet	United States Jim Grabb	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Czech Republic Daniel Vacek	6–4, 7–5
Win	14.	Aug 1998	Toronto	Hard	United States Jim Grabb	South Africa Ellis Ferreira United States Rick Leach	6–7(2–7), 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	15.	May 1999	Prague	Clay	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	United States Mark Keil Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti	6–0, 6–2
Win	16.	Mar 2000	Copenhagen	Hard (i)	Germany David Prinosil	Sweden Jonas Björkman Canada Sébastien Lareau	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	8.	Apr 2000	Miami	Hard	Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý	Australia Todd Woodbridge Australia Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	17.	May 2000	Rome	Clay	Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý	South Africa Wayne Ferreira Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	18.	Jun 2000	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Netherlands Paul Haarhuis Australia Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	9.	Jun 2001	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Netherlands Paul Haarhuis Netherlands Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	Aug 2001	Cincinnati	Hard	Germany David Prinosil	India Mahesh Bhupathi India Leander Paes	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	19.	Aug 2001	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Germany David Prinosil	United States Bob Bryan United States Mike Bryan	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	20.	Oct 2001	Vienna	Hard (i)	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	Czech Republic Jiří Novák Czech Republic David Rikl	6–3, 6–2
Loss	11.	Mar 2002	Acapulco	Clay	Czech Republic David Rikl	United States Bob Bryan United States Mike Bryan	1–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Win	21.	Mar 2002	Delray Beach	Hard	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	South Africa David Adams Australia Ben Ellwood	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Win	22.	May 2002	Rome	Clay	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Zimbabwe Wayne Black Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett	7–5, 7–5
Win	23.	Jun 2002	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Netherlands Paul Haarhuis United States Brian MacPhie	7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win	24.	Jan 2003	Doha	Hard	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	The Bahamas Mark Knowles Canada Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss	12.	Jun 2003	Halle	Grass	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Sweden Jonas Björkman Australia Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Win	25.	Jun 2003	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	United States Donald Johnson India Leander Paes	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win	26.	Jul 2003	Kitzbühel	Clay	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Austria Jürgen Melzer Austria Alexander Peya	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13.	Aug 2003	Long Island	Hard	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	South Africa Robbie Koenig Argentina Martín Rodríguez	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	27.	Jan 2004	Doha	Hard	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Austria Stefan Koubek United States Andy Roddick	6–2, 6–4
Loss	14.	Mar 2004	Marseille	Hard (i)	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	The Bahamas Mark Knowles Canada Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Loss	15.	May 2004	Prague	Clay	Czech Republic Dušan Karol	Slovakia Karol Kučera Czech Republic Cyril Suk	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win	28.	Jun 2004	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Germany Lars Burgsmüller Czech Republic Jan Vacek	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Win	29.	Oct 2004	Vienna	Hard (i)	Czech Republic Cyril Suk	Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Martín Rodríguez	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	30.	Feb 2005	Marseille	Hard	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	The Bahamas Mark Knowles Canada Daniel Nestor	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win	31.	Feb 2005	Dubai	Hard	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	Sweden Jonas Björkman France Fabrice Santoro	6–2, 6–4
Loss	16.	May 2005	St. Pölten	Clay	Argentina Mariano Hood	Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Australia Paul Hanley	3–6, 4–6
Loss	17.	Jan 2006	Australian Open	Hard	India Leander Paes	United States Bob Bryan United States Mike Bryan	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	32.	Feb 2006	Marseille	Hard (i)	Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	The Bahamas Mark Knowles Canada Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–3]
Win	33.	Jun 2006	s’Hertogenbosch	Grass	India Leander Paes	South Africa Chris Haggard France Arnaud Clément	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win	34.	Sep 2006	US Open	Hard	India Leander Paes	Sweden Jonas Björkman Belarus Max Mirnyi	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Loss	18.	Jan 2007	Doha	Hard	India Leander Paes	Russia Mikhail Youzhny Serbia Nenad Zimonjić	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	35.	Feb 2007	Rotterdam	Hard (i)	India Leander Paes	Romania Andrei Pavel Germany Alexander Waske	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win	36.	Mar 2007	Indian Wells	Hard	India Leander Paes	Israel Jonathan Erlich Israel Andy Ram	6–4, 6–4
Loss	19.	Apr 2007	Miami	Hard	India Leander Paes	United States Bob Bryan United States Mike Bryan	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	20.	Jun 2007	s'Hertogenbosch	Grass	India Leander Paes	South Africa Jeff Coetzee Netherlands Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–12]
Win	37.	Feb 2008	Marseille	Hard (i)	Czech Republic Pavel Vízner	Switzerland Yves Allegro South Africa Jeff Coetzee	7–6(7–0), 7–5
Loss	21.	Mar 2008	Dubai	Hard	Czech Republic Pavel Vízner	India Mahesh Bhupathi The Bahamas Mark Knowles	5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Win	38.	Jan 2009	Auckland	Hard	Sweden Robert Lindstedt	United States Scott Lipsky India Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
Win	39.	Feb 2009	Zagreb	Hard (i)	Sweden Robert Lindstedt	Germany Christopher Kas Netherlands Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	22.	Feb 2009	Dubai	Hard	Sweden Robert Lindstedt	South Africa Rik de Voest Russia Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	23.	May 2009	Estoril	Clay	Sweden Robert Lindstedt	United States Eric Butorac United States Scott Lipsky	3–6, 2–6
Win	40.	Aug 2009	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Sweden Robert Lindstedt	Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg Poland Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	24.	Jun 2010	Halle	Grass	Slovakia Filip Polášek	Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky Russia 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	Czechoslovakia David Rikl	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	2.	5 October 1992	Dublin	Hard	Germany Arne Thoms	6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	2 November 1992	Aachen	Carpet	New Zealand Brett Steven	6–4, 7–6
Loss	1.	25 January 1993	Heilbronn	Carpet	Germany David Prinosil	3–6, 6–7
Win	4.	25 October 1993	Munich	Carpet	Canada Sébastien Lareau	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2.	30 May 1994	Annenheim	Grass	Italy Diego Nargiso	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	2 January 1995	Wellington	Hard	New Zealand Brett Steven	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	5 June 1995	Annenheim	Grass	Sweden Henrik Holm	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	30 October 1995	Aachen	Carpet	Germany Jörn Renzenbrink	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	29 April 1996	Seoul	Hard	Zimbabwe Byron Black	6–7, 3–6
Loss	7.	26 August 1996	Long Island	Hard	Ukraine Andrei Medvedev	5–7, 3–6
Loss	8.	14 October 1996	Beijing	Carpet	United Kingdom Greg Rusedski	6–7, 4–6
Loss	9.	17 March 1997	Copenhagen	Carpet	Sweden Thomas Johansson	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	10.	22 June 1998	s'Hertogenbosch	Grass	Australia Patrick Rafter	6–7, 2–6
Loss	11.	31 May 1999	Surbiton	Grass	Armenia Sargis Sargsian	6–7, 5–7
Loss	12.	29 November 1999	Nuembrecht	Carpet	Switzerland George Bastl	6–7, 3–6
Win	5.	14 February 2000	Wrocław	Hard (i)	Italy Gianluca Pozzi	4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

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

at the Association of Tennis Professionals
at the International Tennis Federation
at the Davis Cup (archived)