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Todd Christopher Martin (b. July 8 1970, in
Hinsdale, Illinois) is a former professional
tennis player from the United States. 

Martin played tennis for Northwestern University
in Illinois for two years before turning
professional in 1990. He won his first top-level
singles title in 1993 at Coral Springs, Florida. 

In 1994, Martin reached the men's singles final at
the Australian Open, where he lost in straight
sets to the World No. 1 Pete Sampras 7-6, 6-4,
6-4. Later that year, he reached the semi-finals
at both Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon and the
U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open, and won singles titles
at Queen's Club Championships|Queen's Club and
Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis. 

Martin was a member of the US team which won the
Davis Cup in 1995 (beating Russia 3-2 in the
final). He also reached the final of the 1995
Grand Slam Cup, where he lost in straight sets to
Goran Ivanisevic 7-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Martin reached the Wimbledon semi-finals again in
1996. He missed most of the 1997 season due to
injury, but came back strongly in 1998 when he won
two singles titles in Barcelona and Stockholm.

Martin reached his second Grand Slam
(tennis)|Grand Slam final in 1999 at the US Open.
He faced Andre Agassi in a very high-quality
five-set final, which Agassi eventaully won 6-4,
6-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2. Martin also won another
singles title in Sydney that year, and reached his
career-high singles ranking of World No. 4. 

Martin was named the Association of Tennis
Professionals|ATP's Most Improved Player in 1993,
and won its Sportsmanship Award in 1993 and 1994.
He was President of ATP Players Council for
1995-97 and 1998-99.

During his career Martin won eight singles and
five doubles titles, and earned prize money
totalling US$8,254,455. He retired from the
professional tour in 2003.

Currently, Martin coaches Mardy Fish part-time and
is a contributor to ESPN.com.

== External Links ==

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ATP Profile