Mārtiņš Podžus

Mārtiņš Podžus
Full name Mārtiņš Podžus
Country (sports)  Latvia
Residence Riga, Latvia
Born (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994
Bauska, Latvia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money $42,999
Singles
Career record 7–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
0 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking No. 437 (20 July 2015)
Current ranking No. 586 (30 July 2018)
Doubles
Career record 4–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
0 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking No. 654 (23 November 2015)
Current ranking No. 1,167 (30 July 2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 15–14
Last updated on: 4 August 2018.

Mārtiņš Podžus (born 29 June 1994) is a Latvian tennis player.

Podžus has a career high ATP singles ranking of 437 achieved on 20 July 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 654 achieved on 23 November 2015.[1]

Podžus has represented Latvia at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 15–14.[2] He debuted in the Latvian Davis Cup team at 17 years and 10 days old, in 8 July of 2011, against Denmark.

Podžus has a twin brother Jānis Podžus who is also a tennis player.

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 8 (3–5)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. November 17, 2013 United States Bradenton, USA F31 Clay Russia Andrey Rublev 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Winner 2. October 12, 2014 Germany Leimen, Germany F15 Hard (i) Germany Florian Fallert 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 3. December 14, 2014 Turkey Antalya, Turkey F44 Hard Italy Erik Crepaldi 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 4. May 9, 2015 Sweden Båstad, Sweden F2 Clay Austria Michael Linzer 4–6, 2–6
Winner 5. June 21, 2015 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey F24 Hard Australia Bradley Mousley 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 6. May 1, 2016 United States Vero Beach, USA F15 Clay Germany Jonas Lütjen 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up 7. October 14, 2017 Thailand Nonthaburi, Thailand F8 Hard Australia Max Purcell 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up 8. May 13, 2018 Poland Wisła, Poland F2 Clay Germany Pascal Meis 2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles 7 (3–4)

Legend
Challengers 0 (0–0)
Futures 7 (3–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. March 9, 2014 Ukraine Cherkasy, Ukraine F1 Hard (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Croatia Filip Veger		 2–6, 5–7
Winner 2. December 7, 2014 Turkey Antalya, Turkey F43 Hard Latvia Jānis Podžus Portugal Romain Barbosa
Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva		 4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up 3. December 14, 2014 Turkey Antalya, Turkey F44 Hard Latvia Jānis Podžus Romania Bogdan Ionuț Apostol
Lithuania Lukas Mugevičius		 4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Winner 4. April 19, 2015 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt F14 Hard Latvia Jānis Podžus Austria Martin Fischer
Switzerland Jannis Liniger		 6–0, 0–6, [10–7]
Runner-up 5. October 4, 2015 Germany Hambach, Germany F14 Carpet (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus Germany Johannes Härteis
Germany Hannes Wagner		 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up 6. October 18, 2015 Germany Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany F16 Carpet (i) Latvia Jānis Podžus Czech Republic Petr Michnev
Czech Republic Pavel Nejedlý		 4–6, 2–6
Winner 7. May 13, 2018 Poland Wisła, Poland F2 Clay United States Patrick Daciek Russia Timur Kiyamov
Russia Maxim Ratniuk		 6–4, 4–6, [10–7]

Davis Cup

Participations: (15–14)

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (2–2)
Group II (9–10)
Group III (4–2)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (9–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (9–11)
Doubles (6–3)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Decrease2–3; 8–10 July 2011; KB Pile Alle, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Europe/Africa Second round; Clay surface
Defeat 1 II Singles Denmark Denmark Frederik Nielsen 6–0, 6–1, 5–7, 3–6, 0–6
Defeat 2 V Singles Martin Pedersen 2–6, 4–6, 1–6
Increase3–2; 10–12 February 2012; El Gezera Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt; Europe/Africa First round; Clay surface
Defeat 3 V Singles (dead rubber) Egypt Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Increase3–2; 13–15 September 2013; Arēna Rīga, Riga, Latvia; Europe/Africa Promotional Play-off; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 4 V Singles (dead rubber) Finland Finland Herkko Pöllänen 4–6, 4–6
Decrease0–5; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat 5 I Singles Slovakia Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 1–6
Decrease2–3; 24–26 October 2014; Racketcentrum, Jönköping, Sweden; Europe/Africa Relegation play-off; Hard (indoor) surface
Victory 6 I Singles Sweden Sweden Elias Ymer 7–6(7–3), 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 9–7
Defeat 7 III Doubles (with Miķelis Lībietis) Johan Brunström / Robert Lindstedt 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6
Victory 8 IV Singles Christian Lindell 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
Decrease1–4; 6–8 March 2015; Tenisa Centrs Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard (indoor) surface
Victory 9 I Singles Bulgaria Bulgaria Alexandar Lazov 6–3, 7–5, 7–5
Defeat 10 III Doubles (with Jānis Podžus) Tihomir Grozdanov / Ilia Kushev 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 1–6
Defeat 11 IV Singles Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Increase3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Liepajas Tenisa Sporta Skola, Liepāja, Latvia; Europe/Africa Relegation play-off; Clay surface
Victory 12 I Singles Madagascar Madagascar Jacob Rasolondrazana 6–1, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Victory 13 III Doubles (with Miķelis Lībietis) Tony Rajaobelina / Antso Rakotondramanga 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
Victory 14 IV Singles Antso Rakotondramanga 2–6, 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4

References

  1. ↑ "Mārtiņš Podžus". ATP. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mārtiņš Podžus". Davis Cup. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.


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