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]
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]