Martin Emmrich (born 17 December 1984) is a retired professional tennis player and current professional pickleball player on the PPA tour who specialized in doubles & mixed. He participated primarily on the ATP World Tour. On 12 October 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 604 whilst his highest doubles ranking of No. 35 was achieved on 5 August 2013.[1]

Martin Emmrich
Martin Emmrich playing at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceSolingen, Germany
Born (1984-12-17) 17 December 1984 (age 39)
Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2015
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$386,441
Singles
Career record0–1
Highest rankingNo. 604 (12 October 2009)
Doubles
Career record54–61
Career titles3
15 ATP Challenger Tour
Highest rankingNo. 35 (5 August 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2013, 2014)
French Open2R (2013)
Wimbledon2R (2012, 2013)
US Open2R (2011, 2013, 2014)

Personal life

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He is the son of Thomas Emmrich, a former German tennis player who played for the East Germany and the only one from that country to ever hold an ATP ranking.[2] Martin married Dutch player Michaëlla Krajicek in July 2015.[3][4] They separated in 2018.[5]

Emmrich has since remarried to Tamaryn Hendler.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 6 May
2012
Serbia Open,
Belgrade, Serbia
Clay   Andreas Siljeström   Jonathan Erlich
  Andy Ram
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Winner 1. 21 October 2012 Erste Bank Open,
Vienna, Austria
Hard (i)   Andre Begemann   Julian Knowle
  Filip Polášek
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Runner-up 2. 6 January 2013 Chennai Open,
Chennai, India
Hard   Andre Begemann   Benoît Paire
  Stanislas Wawrinka
2–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 25 May 2013 Power Horse Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Clay   Andre Begemann   Treat Conrad Huey
  Dominic Inglot
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 22 June 2013 Topshelf Open,
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass   Andre Begemann   Max Mirnyi
  Horia Tecău
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 3. 3 August 2013 Bet-at-home Cup,
Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay   Christopher Kas   František Čermák
  Lukáš Dlouhý
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 24 May 2014 Power Horse Cup,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Clay   Christopher Kas   Santiago González
  Scott Lipsky
5–7, 6–4, [3–10]

Challenger career finals

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Doubles: 23 (15–8)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 9 November 2009 Charlottesville, United States Hard (i)   Andreas Siljeström   Dominic Inglot
  Rylan Rizza
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Winner 2. 14 November 2009 Knoxville, United States Hard (i)   Andreas Siljeström   Raven Klaasen
  Izak van der Merwe
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 1 May 2010 Manta, Ecuador Hard   Andreas Siljeström   Ryler DeHeart
  Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 6 June 2010] Fürth, Germany Clay   Joseph Sirianni   Dustin Brown
  Rameez Junaid
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 5 September 2010 Como, Italy Clay   Mateusz Kowalczyk   Frank Moser
  David Škoch
7–5, 6–7(2–7), [5–10]
Winner 3. 12 September 2010 Genoa, Italy Clay   Andre Begemann   Brian Battistone
  Andreas Siljeström
1–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–7]
Winner 4. 3 October 2010 Cali, Colombia Clay   Andre Begemann   Gero Kretschmer
  Alex Satschko
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 5. 28 November 2010 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)   Dustin Brown   Henri Kontinen
  Jarkko Nieminen
7–6(19–17), 0–6, [10–7]
Runner-up 4. 5 June 2011 Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass   Dustin Brown   Colin Fleming
  Ross Hutchins
6–4, 6–7(6–8), [11–13]
Winner 6. 26 June 2011 Marburg, Germany Clay   Björn Phau   Federico del Bonis
  Horacio Zeballos
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner 7. 3 July 2011 Braunschweig, Germany Clay   Andreas Siljeström   Olivier Charroin
  Stéphane Robert
0–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner 8. 16 October 2011 Rennes, France Hard   Andreas Siljeström   Kenny de Schepper
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 19 November 2011 Champaign, United States Hard   Andreas Siljeström   Rik de Voest
  Izak van der Merwe
6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Winner 9. 26 November 2011 Helsinki, Finland Hard   Andreas Siljeström   James Cerretani
  Michal Mertiňák
6–4, 6–4
Winner 10. 7 April 2012 Tallahassee, United States Hard   Andreas Siljeström   Artem Sitak
  Blake Strode
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 6. 22 April 2012 Sarasota, United States Clay   Andreas Siljeström   Johan Brunström
  Izak van der Merwe
4–6, 1–6
Winner 11. 9 September 2012 Genoa, Italy Clay   Andre Begemann   Dominik Meffert
  Philipp Oswald
6–3, 6–1
Winner 12. 22 September 2012 Szczecin, Poland Clay   Andre Begemann   Tomasz Bednarek
  Mateusz Kowalczyk
3–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Winner 13. 12 October 2012 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard   Andre Begemann   Rameez Junaid
  Frank Moser
6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–8]
Runner-up 7. 21 April 2013 Rome, Italy Clay   Rameez Junaid   Andreas Beck
  Martin Fischer
6–7(2–7), 0–6
Winner 14. 12 May 2013 Rome, Italy Clay   Andre Begemann   Philipp Marx
  Florin Mergea
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner 15. 15 February 2015 Bergamo, Italy Hard (i)   Andreas Siljestrom   Mateusz Kowalczyk
  Blazej Koniusz
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 8. 8 March 2015 Quimper, France Hard (i)   Andreas Siljestrom   Mateusz Kowalczyk
  Blazej Koniusz
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 W–L
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R A 0–2
French Open A A 1R 2R 1R A 1–3
Wimbledon A Q1 2R 2R 1R Q1 2–3
US Open A 2R 1R 2R 2R A 3–4
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–4 1–4 0–0 6–12
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 7
Overall win–loss 0–1 2–5 10–11 26–23 11–16 5–5 54–61
Year-end ranking 109 87 58 42 108 164 51%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Martin Emmrich's biography at ITF". Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Breakpoint für Deutschland". Die Welt. 11 June 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Krajicek & Emmrich Get Married". WTA. 28 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Michaella Krajicek accepts Martin Emmrich's court marriage proposal". BBC Sport. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Tennisster Michaëlla Krajicek kondigt echtscheiding aan". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 May 2018.
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