Ulrich Marten Explained

Ulrich Marten
Birth Date:7 January 1956
Birth Place:Werneck, West Germany
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:16–41
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 161 (22 Dec 1980)
Australianopenresult:2R (1975, 1977, 1979, 1980)
Frenchopenresult:2R (1975)
Wimbledonresult:1R (1981)
Doublesrecord:29–44
Doublestitles:1
Australianopendoublesresult:QF (1976)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1981)

Ulrich Marten (born 7 January 1956) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.[1]

Career

Marten was a doubles quarterfinalist at the 1976 Australian Open, with partner Rolf Gehring.[2]

In 1977 he had wins over both Robin Drysdale and American Mark Meyers to make the round of 16 at the South Australian Men's Tennis Classic.[2]

He came from two sets down to defeat Cliff Letcher at the 1979 Australian Open, 8–6 in the fifth.[2] It was one of five times that he would make the second round of a Grand Slam singles draw, but he was unable to go further.[2]

Marten made an appearance in 1979 for the West Germany Davis Cup team, in a tie against Romania. He featured in the doubles rubber, with Jürgen Fassbender, which they lost, to Gavorielle-Traian Marcu and Ilie Năstase.[3]

In 1980 he reached the singles quarter-finals at the Stuttgart Outdoor tournament, beating Patrice Dominguez and Ulrich Pinner.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10002261 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ma/U/Ulrich-B-Marten.aspx ATP World Tour profile
  3. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800175974 Davis Cup profile