Martin Verkerk

Dutch Born 1978 196 cm Right handed

Match log

2008

Tarragona CH, challengerClay, September
R32LMarc Fornell Mestres5-7 2-6
Bucharest2 CH, challengerClay, September
R16LEric Prodon4-6 5-7
R32WVictor Ionita6-4 2-6 7-6(2)
AmersfoortClay, July
R32LEdouard Roger-Vasselin6-2 6-7(9) 3-4 RET
Scheveningen CH, challengerClay, July
R32LChristophe Rochus6-7(1) 5-7
s HertogenboschGrass, June
R32LRohan Bopanna7-6(8) 6-7(2) 4-6
Milan CH, challengerClay, June
R16LPablo Andujar2-6 1-6
R32WPeter Polansky6-4 6-4
Sassuolo CH, challengerClay, June
R32LJoao Souza2-6 5-7
Karlsruhe CH, challengerClay, May
SFLTobias Kamke4-6 6-3 3-6
QFWDaniel Munoz de la Nava6-4 4-6 7-6(2)
R16WIlija Bozoljac0-6 6-3 6-2
R32WAdrian Cruciat6-3 4-6 6-4
PoertschachClay, May
R32LJiri Vanek5-7 6-4 2-6
Tunis CH, challengerClay, April
R16LThomaz Bellucci3-6 3-6
R32WSebastien De Chaunac7-6(4) 7-6(5)
Athens CH, challengerWon the titleClay, April
FWAdrian Cruciat6-3 6-3Won the title
SFWSimon Stadler6-7(3) 6-2 6-2
QFWLukas Lacko7-6(4) 6-3
R16WJoseph Sirianni7-6(2) 7-5
R32WMatwe Middelkoop3-6 6-1 6-4

2007

Alphen aan den Rijn CH, challengerClay, September
R32LEric Prodon3-6 6-3 3-6
Braunschweig CH, challengerClay, June
R32LStefan Koubek0-6 0-1 RET
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LSimone Bolelli1-6 4-6 4-6
PoertschachClay, May
R32LNicolas Lapentti4-6 6-7(4)
Hamburg MastersClay, May
R64LNicolas Almagro1-6 3-6
Rome MastersClay, May
R64LJose Acasuso3-6 5-7
MunichClay, April
R32LDaniel Brands6-7(4) 3-6
Monte Carlo MastersClay, April
R64LJuan Ignacio Chela5-7 2-6
HoustonClay, April
R32LVictor Hanescu4-6 4-6
Miami MastersHard, March
R128LSebastien Grosjean3-6 4-6
RotterdamHard, February
R32LRik De Voest3-6 6-7(0)

2006

Tarragona CH, challengerClay, September
R32LYounes El Aynaoui5-7 3-6
Napoli CH, challengerClay, March
R32LFlavio Cipolla6-4 2-6 RET

2004

Hilversum CH, challengerClay, July
R16LMatwe MiddelkoopW/O
R32WEmiliano Redondi6-2 6-3
AmersfoortWon the titleClay, July
FWFernando Gonzalez7-6(5) 4-6 6-4Won the title
SFWNicolas Massu6-3 6-7(4) 6-3
QFWDavid Sanchez1-6 7-6(2) 6-4
R16WAdrian Garcia6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-2
R32WMelle Van Gemerden6-4 3-6 6-1
WimbledonGrass, June
R64LMark Philippoussis6-4 3-6 6-7(5) 5-7
R128WNikolay Davydenko4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5
s HertogenboschGrass, June
QFLMario Ancic3-6 3-6
R16WMikhail Youzhny6-2 2-0 RET
R32WKristof Vliegen7-6(2) 6-4
HalleGrass, June
R32LFernando Verdasco5-7 5-7
Roland GarrosClay, May
R32LLleyton Hewitt2-6 6-3 6-4 2-6 1-6
R64WVictor Hanescu4-6 6-3 3-6 6-0 3-0 RET
R128WJulien Boutter7-5 6-3 6-1

Martin Verkerk

Martin Verkerk arrived at Roland Garros in 2003 ranked 46th, playing only his third major, and left as the first Dutchman ever to reach a final there. He beat Carlos Moya in a near four hour marathon, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 8-6, then dismantled Guillermo Coria, who smashed a racket into a ball girl in his frustration, 7-6, 6-4, 7-6. The run ended fast: Juan Carlos Ferrero won the final 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. No Dutch man has reached a Roland Garros final since.

The serve and one-handed backhand that carried him through Paris made him third on tour in aces that season and pushed him to a career-high No. 14 that September. He added the 2 career titles in Milan and, a year later, at Amersfoort, where shoulder pain in the final led to surgery that October. Recurring shoulder trouble and mononucleosis followed, and a third round was as far as he ever got again at a major. He retired in 2008, 0 major final his whole Grand Slam story.