Mario Martinez (tennis) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Mario Martinez is a former professional tennis

Tennis

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player from Bolivia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 35 in 1983.

Martinez participated in three Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

ties for Bolivia

Bolivia Davis Cup team

The Bolivia Davis Cup team represents Bolivia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Boliviana de Tenis.Bolivia currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group III. They have reached Group II on six occasions.-Current squad:...

from 1977-1978 and one more in 1988, posting a 3–5 record in singles and an 0–2 record in doubles.

Singles titles (5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (3)
Challengers (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Bordeaux ATP Bordeaux This is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was held annually under various names, The Bordeaux Open Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour from it then became an ATP Tour event until 1995...	Clay	Gianni Ocleppo Gianni Ocleppo Gianni Ocleppo is a retired professional tennis player from Italy.Ocleppo won one ATP Tour singles title and two doubles titles in his career. He played for Italy in the final of the 1980 Davis Cup, losing in a dead rubber to Ivan Lendl.Ocleppo reached a career high singles ranking of World No....	6–0, 7–5, 7–5
2.	1981	Venice ATP Venice This tournament is a defunct, Grand Prix tennis circuit affiliated tennis tournament. It was held from 1981-1983 in Venice, Italy and was played on outdoor clay courts. During its last year, the tournament was titled the International Tennis Championships of Venice.-Singles:-Doubles:...	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci Paolo Bertolucci Paolo Bertolucci is an Italian former tennis player, currently working as sport commentator for Italian Sky TV.Born at Forte dei Marmi, Bertolucci won the Davis Cup with Italy in 1976. His greatest success on tour was the victory at the 1977 Hamburg Masters, where he beat Manuel Orantes in the...	6–4, 6–4
3.	1981	Messina Messina, Italy Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the province...	Clay	Robbie Venter	6–4, 7–5
4.	1982	Palermo	Clay	John Alexander	6–4, 7–5
5.	1983	Messina Messina, Italy Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the province...	Clay	Patrice Kuchna Patrice Kuchna Patrice Kuchna is a former tennis player from France. He did not win any Grand Prix tour singles titles during his professional career....	6–7, 6–0, 9–7

Runner-ups (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Cuneo Cuneo Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...	Clay	Ricardo Cano Ricardo Cano Ricardo Cano , is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles...	5–7, 2–6
2.	1981	Nice ATP Nice The ATP Nice Open is an ATP World Tour 250 series and, formerly, Grand Prix tennis circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament...	Clay	Yannick Noah Yannick Noah Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...	4–6, 2–6
3.	1982	Messina Messina, Italy Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province of Messina. It has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the province...	Clay	Pablo Arraya Pablo Arraya Pablo Guillermo Arraya , is a former tennis player from Peru.Arraya was born in Córdoba, Argentina, and turned professional in 1980. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Argentina's Javier Frana. The right-hander won...	5–7, 4–6

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