Martin Lee (tennis)

For other people named Martin Lee, see Martin Lee (disambiguation).

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Martin Lee

Country	United Kingdom
Residence	Maidenhead, England
Born	13 January 1978 (1978-01-13) (age 33) London, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2006
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$561,085
Singles
Career record	21–46
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 94 (11 March 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1st (2002)
French Open	1st (2002)
Wimbledon	2nd (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006)
US Open	1st (2001)
Doubles
Career record	6-19
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	145 (30 Oct 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	2nd (2003, 2004)
US Open	-
Last updated on: 20 February 2010.

Martin Lee (born 13 January 1978) is an English former professional tennis player. Born in London, he resides in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Lee was a promising junior, reaching No.1 in the World Junior rankings. In 1995 he won the Boys Doubles at Wimbledon. A left-hander, he turned pro in 1996. He struggled with constant knee and groin problems throughout his career, which eventually forced his retirement from the professional circuit in November 2006.^[1]

Lee's best singles result on the ATP Tour was to reach the final of the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island in 2001. On 11 March 2002, Lee achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 94, establishing himself as the British number three behind Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. It was the first time in 23 years that Britain had three players in the Top 100. However in November 2002 he underwent knee surgery and was out of action for 10 months, and his ranking never recovered.

Lee reached the second round of the men's singles at Wimbledon four times, in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2006. He appeared in the US Open in 2001, and managed to take two sets off of seeded player Sjeng Schalken, however the Dutchman prevailed 6-3 in the deciding set. Lee's ranking also ensured automatic qualification for the main draw of the Australian and French Opens in 2002, but he lost in the first round on both occasions. Overall he won 21 and lost 46 ATP Tour matches.

Lee won two of his three matches for Great Britain in the Davis Cup, however these were only dead rubbers. Lee lost his only live match against Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in straight sets.

Career finals

Runner-ups (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	2001	Newport, USA	Grass	Neville Godwin	1-6, 4–6

References

1. ^ "Briton Lee announces retirement". BBC Sport. 2006-11-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6166590.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-25. 

External links

• ATP Tour profile for Martin Lee

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Name	Lee, Martin
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Date of birth	13 January 1978
Place of birth	London, England
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