Marty Riessen

Marty Riessen (born December 4, 1941 in Hinsdale, Illinois) played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings (achieving that ranking on September 4, 1974).

Career

Marty Riessen played collegiate tennis at Northwestern University, where he reached the NCAA Singles finals three times: 1962 (falling to Rafael Osuna of USC); 1963 and 1964 (falling to Dennis Ralston of USC both times). He was a semifinalist at the NCAA doubles championship with Clark Graebner in 1963 and 1964.

He won six singles titles in the Open Era, with the biggest coming in Cincinnati in 1974. (He won numerous other pre-Open Era titles, including two other Cincinnati titles in the pre-Open Era.) He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at both the Australian Open and the U.S. Open in 1971.

He also won 53 doubles titles, including the U.S. Open (in 1976), the French Open (1971, with Arthur Ashe), and seven ATP Masters Series events: Paris Indoor (1976), Canada (1971 & 1970), Monte Carlo (1970), Hamburg (1968 & 1969), and Rome (1968). He reached the doubles final at U.S. Open in 1978 & 1975, the Australian Open in 1971, and Wimbledon in 1969.

Distinctions and honors

• He was a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1963, '65, '67, '73 and '81.
• The Marty Riessen tennis courts are in Osmond, Nebraska.
• Dunlop named one of its wooden racquets the "Marty Riessen."
• Riessen has been enshrined in the United States Tennis Association/Midwest Hall of Fame.

Open Era Career highlights

Singles titles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	John Alexander	6–7, 6–1, 6–3, 7–6
2.	1972	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Rod Laver	7–5, 6–2, 7–5
3.	1973	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–0, 7–6
4.	1974	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	7–6, 7–6
5.	1975	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 5–7, 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
6.	1979	Lafayette, U.S.	Carpet	Pat Du Pré	6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Singles runner-ups (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1970	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	7–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.	1971	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
3.	1971	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
4.	1971	Paris Indoor, France	Clay	Arthur Ashe	7–6, 6–4, 6–3
5.	1972	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Rod Laver	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
6.	1972	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tony Roche	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
7.	1972	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Outdoor	John Newcombe	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 7–5
8.	1973	Copenhagen WCT, Denmark	Carpet	Roger Taylor	6–2, 6–3, 7–6
9.	1973	Quebec, Canada	Other	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–4, 6–7, 6–0
10.	1974	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	6–2, 6–2
11.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
12.	1977	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 6–2
13.	1979	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Harold Solomon	7–5, 6–4
14.	1979	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Butch Walts	6–3, 6–4

Career Doubles Titles (53):

• 1981--Philadelphia;
• 1980--Baltimore WCT;
• 1979--Baltimore WCT, Lafayette, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Tokyo Indoor, Washington, Woodlands Doubles;
• 1977--Woodlands Doubles, San Francisco;
• 1976--US Open, Paris Indoor, South Orange, Johannesburg WCT, La Costa;
• 1974--Chicago, Washington, Stockholm;
• 1973--Charlotte WCT, Houston WCT, London/Queen's Club, London WCT, Milan WCT, Washington WCT;
• 1972--Alamo WCT, Charlotte WCT, Chicago WCT, Fort Worth WCT, Gothenburg WCT, Miami WCT, Montreal WCT, Richmond WCT, Stockholm, Washington WTC;
• 1971--French Open, Canada Masters, Chicago WCT, Cologne WCT, Dallas WCT, London/Queen's Club, Toronto WCT, Washington WTC;
• 1970--Canada Masters, Monte Carlo Masters, London/Queen's Club, Los Angeles;
• 1969--Hamburg Masters, Gstaad, Philadelphia WCT;
• 1968--Hamburg Masters, Rome Masters

Career Doubles Finals (28):

• 1980--Houston, Tokyo Indoor;
• 1979--Surbiton, London/Queen's Club;
• 1978--US Open, Springfield, Woodlands Doubles;
• 1977--Hong Kong, Palm Springs;
• 1976--Stockholm, Memphis WCT;
• 1975--US Open, Los Angeles, Nottingham;
• 1974--Johannesburg, Miami WCT, Toronto WCT, Washington WCT, Boston;
• 1973--Quebec, Cologne WCT, Denver WCT, World Doubles WCT;
• 1971--Australian Open, Boston WCT, Quebec WCT;
• 1970--Gstaad;
• 1969--Wimbledon