Birth Date: | 22 June 1999 |
Birth Place: | Vigo, Spain |
Turnedpro: | 2014 |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singlesrecord: | 448-199 |
Singlestitles: | 31 |
Currentsinglesranking: | No. 4 (17 July 2023) |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 4 (24 June 2024) |
Australianopenresult: | QF (2023) |
Frenchopenresult: | SF (2023) |
Wimbledonresult: | F (2024) |
Usopenresult: | QF (2022, 2023) |
Othertournaments: | yes |
Paralympicsresult: | 3R (2020) |
Doublesrecord: | 299-154 |
Doublestitles: | 44 |
Currentdoublesranking: | No. 4 (24 June 2024) |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 1 (7 November 2022) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | QF (2023, 2024) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | F (2023) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | SF (2023) |
Usopendoublesresult: | W (2022) |
Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
Paralympicsdoublesresult: | QF (2016, 2020) |
Martín de la Puente Riobó (born 22 June 1999) is a Spanish professional wheelchair tennis player. De la Puente is the 2022 US Open doubles champion with Nicolas Peifer and 2023 French Open wheelchair men's doubles finalist with Gustavo Fernandez. He is a former world No. 1 in the doubles rankings, acheived in November 2022. He reached the quarterfinals at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1] [2] [3]
De la Puente was born with Proteus syndrome, with fingers on one of his hands larger than on the other, and had his left foot amputated when he was eight years old. Playing wheelchair tennis since he was ten years old, he admires Rafael Nadal as his idol.[4] [5]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Win | 2022 | US Open | Hard | Nicolas Peifer | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] | ||
Loss | 2023 | French Open | Clay | Gustavo Fernandez | Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid | 6–7,(6–8), 5–7 |