Martin Klizan is a Slovak retired professional tennis player.
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41 Facts About Martin Klizan
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The winner of the 2006 French Open boys' singles title, Klizan turned pro in 2007 and had a career-high singles ranking of world No 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and world No 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015.
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Martin Klizan then went on to win the 2006 French Open boys' singles competition.
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Martin Klizan reached the boys' No 1 combined world ranking on 1 January 2007.
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Later in the year, Martin Klizan won his first Challenger tournament as a wildcard in his hometown of Bratislava at the Slovak Open.
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In 2012, Martin Klizan made it to five Challenger tour finals, winning four, in the space of just two months between March and May He made it to the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career at the 2012 French Open, before succumbing to Nicolas Mahut in four sets, despite taking the first.
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Martin Klizan competed in men's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the men's doubles with Lukas Lacko.
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Martin Klizan beat Jeremy Chardy in straight sets to reach the fourth round, where he lost to Marin Cilic.
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Martin Klizan then won two respective Davis Cup matches against Joao Sousa and Gastao Elias in a tie against Portugal.
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Martin Klizan continued his good form two weeks after the US Open by winning his first ATP tournament, beating Fabio Fognini in the final of the 2012 St Petersburg Open.
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Martin Klizan went on with poor results until the semifinals in Casablanca.
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Subsequently, he participated in a Challenger tournament in Caltanissetta, Italy, where Martin Klizan suffered a shocking loss to non-ranked player Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round.
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Martin Klizan did not play for six weeks due to a wrist injury and withdrew from St Petersburg, where he was the defending champion.
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Martin Klizan started the year with a first-round loss at the Noumea, New Caledonia Challenger tournament to World No 258 Kimmer Coppejans.
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Martin Klizan continued his good form at the 500 tournament in Rio.
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In Sao Paulo, Martin Klizan reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to semifinalist Thomaz Bellucci.
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Martin Klizan reached the third round after defeating World No 11 Kei Nishikori in straight sets and Robin Haase.
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Martin Klizan played at the 2015 Australian Open as the 32nd seed.
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Martin Klizan won his third ATP doubles title at the Rio Open, partnering Philipp Oswald.
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At the 2015 French Open, Martin Klizan defeated Frances Tiafoe in the first round and lost to Gilles Simon in the second round.
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Martin Klizan then received wild card into challenger in Prostejov.
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Martin Klizan defeated fellow Slovak player Norbert Gombos in the first round, but lost in the second round to young Serbian player Laslo Djere.
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Martin Klizan subsequently won his fourth title in Rotterdam, beating Gael Monfils in the final, coming back from a set down.
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Martin Klizan seized his second ATP 500 title at the 2016 German Open, defeating Pablo Cuevas in the final in straight sets.
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Martin Klizan started the season with in Chennai, where he received a bye in the first round and lost in the second round to Aljaz Bedene.
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Martin Klizan then lost a tight, five-set match against No 4 seed Stan Wawrinka at the Australian Open.
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At the 2017 BNP Paribas Open, Martin Klizan lost in the second round to Pablo Cuevas and in the first round of Miami in first round to Benoit Paire.
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In Budapest, Martin Klizan defeated two qualifiers: Maximilian Marterer and Bjorn Fratangelo, before losing to top seed and eventual winner Lucas Pouille in the quarterfinals.
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In Munich, Martin Klizan defeated Nicolas Kicker and Mischa Zverev, before losing to Chung Hyeon in the quarterfinals.
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At the 2017 French Open, Martin Klizan defeated Laurent Lokoli in the first round before losing to World No 1 Andy Murray.
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In Prostejov, Martin Klizan lost in the second round to qualifier Markus Eriksson.
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At Wimbledon, Martin Klizan retired in the first round again, this time he played Novak Djokovic.
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Martin Klizan reached the round of 16 at the Sofia Open, where he was defeated by Stan Wawrinka in three sets.
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Martin Klizan did just that, defeating Denis Istomin in the final, top seed Dominic Thiem as well as Dusan Lajovic in the quarterfinals, against whom he saved two match points.
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Martin Klizan then lost in the first round of Australian Open to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
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Martin Klizan reached the third round of the 2019 French Open for only the second time in his career by defeating 22nd seed local favorite Lucas Pouille.
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In Sofia, Martin Klizan reached quarterfinals, where he lost to the eventual champion Daniil Medvedev.
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Martin Klizan played his last match at Wimbledon on 22 June 2021.
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