Michal Mertiňák Explained

Michal Mertiňák (born 11 October 1979) is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia. He turned professional in 1999, and has won six doubles titles in his career on the ATP Tour. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 12 in February 2010. He played in the 2005 Davis Cup for Slovakia, who finished runner-up to Croatia. Mertiňák played two ties in the final, including losing the deciding fifth rubber to Mario Ančić.

From 2009 until 2010 his doubles partner was Czech František Čermák. He won five tournaments with him in the 2009 season. Subsequently he partnered up with André Sá.

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	1R	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	Q2	A	Q3	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0

Doubles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 8	5–8
French Open	A	3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 9	9–9
Wimbledon	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 8	7–8
US Open	2R	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	A	3R	1R	A	0 / 8	7–8
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	4–2	4–4	3–4	4–4	4–4	3–4	1–2	3–4	2–4	0–1	0 / 33	28–33
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify	style=background:yellow	SF	Did not qualify	0 / 1	2–2
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	QF	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Miami Open	A	1R	A	A	QF	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 4	4–4
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	3–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2
Shanghai Masters	Not Held	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	8–6	12–9	5–5	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 21	25–21

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	A	A	0 / 2	3–2
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 4	1–4
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	2–1	0–0	0–1	0 / 9	4–9

ATP career finals

Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (3–0) ATP International Series (10–10)

Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (8–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (9–6) Indoors (4–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Chennai, India	International Series	Hard	Petr Pála	Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0		Zagreb, Croatia	International Series	Carpet	Jaroslav Levinský	Davide Sanguinetti Andreas Seppi	7–6(9–7), 6–1
Win	3–0		Umag, Croatia	International Series	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	6–1, 6–1
Win	4–0		Bucharest, Romania	International Series	Clay	Oliver Marach	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8)
Win	5–0		Acapulco, Mexico	Championship Series	Clay	Oliver Marach	Agustín Calleri Luis Horna	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Win	6–0		Umag, Croatia	International Series	Clay	Petr Pála	Fabio Fognini Carlos Berlocq	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	7–0		Acapulco, Mexico	500 Series	Clay	František Čermák	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	8–0		Stuttgart, Germany	250 Series	Clay	František Čermák	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	7–5, 6–4
Win	9–0		Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	František Čermák	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–4, 6–4
Win	10–0		Bucharest, Romania	250 Series	Clay	František Čermák	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10–1		Moscow, Russia	250 Series	Hard	František Čermák	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	11–1		Valencia, Spain	500 Series	Hard	František Čermák	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–2		Doha, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	František Čermák	Guillermo García López Albert Montañés	6–4, 7–5
Loss	11–3		Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	František Čermák	Leoš Friedl Filip Polášek	6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Win	12–3		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	250 Series	Hard	František Čermák	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	12–4		São Paulo, Brazil	250 Series	Clay	André Sá	Eric Butorac Bruno Soares	6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	12–5		Buenos Aires, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	André Sá	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–6		Delray Beach, United States	250 Series	Hard	André Sá	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [13–15]
Loss	12–7		Stuttgart, Germany	250 Series	Clay	André Sá	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	1–6, 3–6
Win	13–7		Moscow, Russia	250 Series	Hard	František Čermák	Simone Bolelli Daniele Bracciali	7–5, 6–3
Loss	13–8		São Paulo, Brazil	250 Series	Clay	František Čermák	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	13–9		Zagreb, Croatia	250 Series	Hard	Philipp Marx	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Loss	13–10		Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Andre Begemann Robin Haase	3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (6–8)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–4) ITF Futures (4–4)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Egypt F1, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Amr Ghoneim	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2		Egypt F2, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Hisham Hemeda	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–3		Uzbekistan F3, Guliston	Futures	Hard	Alexander Shvets	7–6(12–10), 1–6, 4–6
Win	1–3		Hungary F1, Sopron	Futures	Clay	Andreas Fasching	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–3		Czech Republic F3, Karlovy Vary	Futures	Clay	Radim Zitko	walkover
Win	3–3		Portugal F3, Espinho	Futures	Clay	Roberto Menendez Ferre	6–1, 6–1
Loss	3–4		Portugal F6, Carcavelos	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	1–6, 0–6
Win	4–4		Hungary F2, Hódmezővásárhely	Futures	Clay	Leonardo Azzaro	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–1)
Loss	4–5		St. Petersburg, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Florian Mayer	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	4–6		Saransk, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Martin Štěpánek	1–6, 1–6
Loss	4–7		Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Alex Bogdanovic	1–6, 3–6
Win	5–7		Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–8		Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Vladimir Voltchkov	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win	6–8		Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý	7–6(7–4), 6–4

Doubles: 41 (19–22)

Legend ATP Challenger (12–12) ITF Futures (7–10)

Finals by surface Hard (9–9) Clay (8–13) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Egypt F1, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Tomas Janci	Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–1		Egypt F2, Cairo	Futures	Clay	Tomas Janci	Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win	2–1		India F5, Chandigarh	Futures	Hard	Tomas Janci	Branislav Sekáč Viktor Bruthans	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–2		Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Tomas Janci	Andrej Kračman Borut Urh	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3		Slovakia F1, Levice	Futures	Clay	Tomas Janci	Petr Dezort Radomír Vašek	walkover
Loss	2–4		Slovakia F3, Trnava	Futures	Clay	Tomas Janci	Bartlomiej Dabrowski Mariusz Fyrstenberg	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5		Hungary F1, Sopron	Futures	Clay	Branislav Sekáč	Kornél Bardóczky Zoltán Nagy	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	2–6		Greece F1, Syros	Futures	Hard	Karol Beck	Thierry Ascione Florent Serra	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	3–6		Greece F2, Kalamata	Futures	Hard	Karol Beck	Tapio Nurminen Marko Tkalec	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3–7		Poland F1, Wrocław	Futures	Clay	Tomas Janci	Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen	0–6, 3–6
Loss	3–8		Slovakia F1A, Košice	Futures	Clay	Frantisek Babej	Juraj Hasko Igor Zelenay	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	4–8		Austria F4, Seefeld	Futures	Clay	David Sebok	Jiri Folber David Miketa	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–9		Jamaica F17, Negril	Futures	Hard	Darko Madjarovski	Cedric Kauffmann Miles Maclagan	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7)
Win	5–9		Germany F1C, Munich	Futures	Carpet	Igor Zelenay	Daniel Elsner Philipp Petzschner	4–6, 7–6(20–18), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	5–10		Portugal F1, Espinho	Futures	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	Christopher Kas Mike Scheidweiler	3–6, 2–6
Win	6–10		Portugal F2, Espinho	Futures	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win	7–10		Portugal F3, Espinho	Futures	Clay	Marco Mirnegg	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–11		Tumkur, India	Challenger	Hard	Branislav Sekáč	Prakash Amritraj Rik de Voest	4–6, 3–6
Win	8–11		Belgaum, India	Challenger	Hard	Branislav Sekáč	Mustafa Ghouse Vishal Uppal	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Win	9–11		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Waske	Jun Kato Emilio Benfele Álvarez	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win	10–11		Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Pavel Šnobel	Paul Logtens Melle van Gemerden	6–4, 6–2
Win	11–11		Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Sébastien de Chaunac	Gilles Elseneer Gilles Müller	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	11–12		Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Jean-Claude Scherrer	Jason Marshall Huntley Montgomery	7–6(9–7), 2–6, 3–6
Win	12–12		Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Sergiy Stakhovsky	Lukáš Dlouhý Jan Vacek	6–7(8–10), 6–2, 6–2
Loss	12–13		Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	Jan Vacek	Victor Ioniță Gabriel Moraru	1–6, 4–6
Loss	12–14		Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard	Dominik Hrbatý	Jean-Claude Scherrer Chris Haggard	3–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Win	13–14		Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Yves Allegro	Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner	6–3, 6–0
Win	14–14		Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Yves Allegro	Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand	6–1, 6–2
Loss	14–15		Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Jean-Claude Scherrer	Lukáš Rosol Jan Vacek	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	15–15		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Robin Vik	Łukasz Kubot Dick Norman	6–2, 6–4
Loss	15–16		Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Robin Vik	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	3–6, 3–6
Loss	15–17		Marrakech, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Leoš Friedl	Tomáš Cibulec Jordan Kerr	2–6, 4–6
Loss	15–18		Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Marach	Flavio Cipolla Marcel Granollers	3–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss	15–19		Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Köllerer	Igor Zelenay David Škoch	3–6, 1–6
Win	16–19		Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Lovro Zovko	Yves Allegro Horia Tecău	7–5, 6–3
Loss	16–20		Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard	James Cerretani	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	4–6, 4–6
Loss	16–21		Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Hard	Igor Zelenay	Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray	6–7(2–7), 6–2, [9–11]
Win	17–21		San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Stefano Ianni Matteo Viola	2–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
Win	18–21		Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Philipp Marx Florin Mergea	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Win	19–21		Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Karol Beck	Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	19–22		Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Andreas Siljeström Igor Zelenay	5–7, 4–6