Todd Christopher Martin (born July 8 1970, in Hinsdale, Illinois) a native of East Lansing, Michigan, is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Career

Martin played tennis for Northwestern University, where he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, for two years before turning professional in 1990. He won his first top-level singles title in 1993 at Coral Springs, Florida.

1994 proved to be a breakout year for Martin. At the year's first Grand Slam tournament, he reached the men's singles final at the Australian Open, where he lost in straight sets to World No. 1 Pete Sampras 7–6, 6–4, 6–4. At Wimbledon, he made it to the semifinals before falling to the eventual champion Sampras - the set that Martin took from Sampras in the match was the only set that Sampras lost during the entire tournament. Martin's third Grand Slam semifinal of 1994 came at the US Open, where he again fell to the eventual champion, this time being Andre Agassi. He also captured singles titles at Queen's Club and the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, the latter of which was the first of back to back titles.

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 Ivanišević 7–6, 6–3, 6–4. He reached the Wimbledon semi-finals again in 1996, but eventually lost 10–8 in the fifth set against MaliVai Washington, after holding a 5–1 lead in the final set and serving for the match twice. Martin would later reflect on the outcome and admit that he choked during the crucial moments of the match. 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.

In 1999, Martin had a solid year, reaching the quarterfinals of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and reached his second Grand Slam final in 1999 at the US Open. Along the way, Martin had a memorable battle with Greg Rusedski in the fourth round, in which Rusedski held numerous advantages, including a two sets to love lead, serving for the match in the third set, and a 4–1 advantage in the fifth. Yet Martin was able to prevail, winning 5–7, 0–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4. Martin won 20 of the final 21 points of the match despite playing with a heavily bandaged leg and dealing with dehydration (he needed intravenous fluids after the match). In the final, he faced Andre Agassi in a very high-quality five-set contest, which Agassi eventually 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.

In 2000, Martin again turned in a strong performance at the U.S. Open, reaching the semifinals before falling to the eventual champion, Marat Safin, in straight sets 6–3, 7–6, 7–6. As with the previous year's tournament, Martin made another grueling comeback from a two set deficit in the fourth round, this time against Carlos Moya 6–7, 6–7, 6–1, 7–6, 6–2.

Martin was named the 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.

From 1996 to 2002, Martin retained the services of Dean Goldfine as coach.

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 2004.

Currently, Martin coaches Mardy Fish part-time and is a contributor to ESPN.com. He also plays on the Outback Champions Series tennis event for senior players. Martin finished 2006 ranked third and 2007 ranked first in the Outback Series.

Grand Slam singles finals

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1994	Australian Open	Pete Sampras	7–6, 6–4, 6–4
1999	U.S. Open	Andre Agassi	6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2

Titles

Singles wins (8)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (8)

Titles by Surface Hard (5) Grass (1) Clay (2) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 May 1993	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	David Wheaton	6–3, 6–4
2.	14 February 1994	Memphis, U.S.	Hard	Brad Gilbert	6–4, 7–5
3.	13 June 1994	London, UK	Grass	Pete Sampras	7–64, 7–64
4.	20 February 1995	Memphis, U.S.	Hard	Paul Haarhuis	7-6², 6–4
5.	15 January 1996	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Goran Ivanišević	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
6.	20 April 1998	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
7.	16 November 1998	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Thomas Johansson	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
8.	18 January 1999	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Àlex Corretja	6–3, 7–65

Singles runner-ups

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	15 February, 1993	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jim Courier	5–7, 7–64, 7–64
2.	26 July, 1993	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Amos Mansdorf	7–63, 7–5
3.	2 August, 1993	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Mikael Pernfors	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
4.	18 October, 1993	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 6–4
5.	31 January, 1994	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Pete Sampras	7–64, 6–4, 6–4
6.	2 May, 1994	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Michael Chang	6–74, 7–64, 6–0
7.	9 May, 1994	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Jared Palmer	6–4, 7–65
8.	18 December, 1995	Grand Slam Cup, Munich	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	7–6, 6–3, 6–4
9.	26 February, 1996	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Pete Sampras	6–4, 7–62
10.	22 August, 1996	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Thomas Enqvist	7–5, 6–4, 7–60
11.	12 April, 1999	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Albert Costa	7–64, 2–6, 6–3
12.	13 September, 1999	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–4, 6–75, 6–72, 6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	F	4R	3R	A	2R	QF	2R	QF	3R	A	3R
French Open	A	4R	A	1R	3R	3R	3R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	QF	SF	4R	SF	A	4R	QF	2R	4R	2R	3R	2R
U.S. Open	1R	3R	3R	3R	SF	4R	3R	2R	2R	F	SF	2R	1R	4R	1R

A = did not participate in the tournament

Senior tour titles

• 2006: Champions Cup Boston - defeated John McEnroe 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 (tiebreaker)
• 2007: Gibson Guitars Champions Cup - defeated McEnroe 7-5, 7-5
• 2008: The Oliver Group Champions Cup - defeated McEnroe 6-3, 6-1

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