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Martin Verkerk

NED Age 47 196 cm / 6'5" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1998–2008

Martin Verkerk represented the Netherlands on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 14. In TennisDB's records, Martin Verkerk finished with a career record of 56–64 and 2 singles titles.

Peak ranking

14 (Sep 15, 2003)

Elo peak

1858 (78th percentile)

Career record

56–64 (46.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,564,520

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Martin Verkerk's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Edouard Roger-Vasselin #190	6-2 6-7(9) 3-4 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 2008*	R32	Dutch Open	ATP 250	Clay
Rohan Bopanna #292	7-6(8) 6-7(2) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 18, 2008*	R32	Libéma Open	ATP 250	Grass
Jiri Vanek #92	5-7 6-4 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 21, 2008*	R32	Poertschach	ATP 250	Clay
Simone Bolelli #75	1-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 30, 2007*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Nicolas Lapentti #65	4-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data	May 23, 2007*	R32	Poertschach	ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Martin Verkerk's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ivan Ljubicic	2	3	5	May 12, 2004	H2H
Juan Ignacio Chela	0	3	3	Apr 17, 2007	H2H
Victor Hanescu	1	2	3	Apr 12, 2007	H2H
Mark Philippoussis	1	2	3	Jun 25, 2004	H2H
Nikolay Davydenko	1	2	3	Jun 23, 2004	H2H

Titles (2)

Martin Verkerk titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
2003	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Milan
2004	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Dutch Open
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Martin Verkerk career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1998	19	ATP	1	1	2	50.0%	384	416
2000	21	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	253	233
2001	22	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	233	161
2002	23	Qualifying Q	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—
2002	23	ATP	8	10	18	44.4%	160	86
2003	24	ATP	24	24	48	50.0%	84	19
2004	25	ATP	23	15	38	60.5%	19	55
2007	28	ATP	0	9	9	0.0%	1,541	678
2008	29	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	676	263
Career		—	56	64	120	46.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Martin Verkerk career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	19	ATP	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2000	21	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	22	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2002	23	Qualifying Q	3	1	4	75.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	2	7	71.4%
2002	23	ATP	5	7	12	41.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	8	10	18	44.4%
2003	24	ATP	6	12	18	33.3%	12	8	20	60.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	24	24	48	50.0%
2004	25	ATP	5	6	11	45.5%	13	5	18	72.2%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	23	15	38	60.5%
2007	28	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	9	9	0.0%
2008	29	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	—	—	16	27	43	37.2%	29	27	56	51.8%	3	6	9	33.3%	8	4	12	66.7%	56	64	120	46.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Martin Verkerk career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2002	23	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	8	10	18	44.4%
2003	24	3	2	5	60.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	13	13	26	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	23	24	47	48.9%
2004	25	1	0	1	100.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	9	11	20	45.0%	10	1	11	90.9%	23	15	38	60.5%
2007	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	9	9	0.0%
2008	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		5	5	10	50.0%	7	9	16	43.8%	26	35	61	42.6%	16	15	31	51.6%	54	64	118	45.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 118/120 (98.3%) of Martin Verkerk's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Martin Verkerk performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1998	19	1/2	2.0	0.0	57.4%	64.5%	60.9%	60.0%	0.0%	63.0%	24.6%
2000	21	1/1	12.0	4.0	51.5%	83.0%	38.0%	66.7%	25.0%	61.2%	35.0%
2001	22	1/1	5.0	5.0	47.1%	60.0%	51.1%	64.3%	37.5%	55.3%	41.8%
2002	23	13/18	11.0	4.7	59.0%	75.1%	50.5%	51.0%	36.1%	64.9%	31.0%
2003	24	47/48	14.4	5.8	58.5%	77.3%	50.7%	61.6%	46.4%	66.3%	33.5%
2004	25	38/38	12.8	4.3	60.8%	78.0%	52.6%	62.3%	42.3%	67.9%	33.0%
2007	28	9/9	5.9	3.1	64.5%	65.4%	48.7%	52.7%	30.2%	59.4%	25.7%
2008	29	3/3	15.7	5.3	63.4%	76.3%	52.4%	27.8%	40.0%	67.4%	28.1%
Career		113/120	12.6	4.9	59.7%	76.1%	51.2%	59.1%	41.7%	66.0%	32.3%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 113/120 (94.2%) of Martin Verkerk's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Martin Verkerk advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1998	19	1516	106.7	+2.90	-3.07	0.663	43.2%	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.25	—	—	—	-0.16
2000	21	1500	96.7	+0.40	+2.35	0.901	48.3%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	+0.15
2001	22	1480	97.1	-0.46	+0.13	0.934	48.8%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.29
2002	23	1602	127.8	+0.70	-2.38	0.885	49.0%	-26	-19	—	42.9%	-0.43	3–4 (43%)	2–3 (40%)	100.2	-0.20
2003	24	1700	139.9	+3.88	-2.99	0.994	50.1%	-69	+112	—	50.8%	+0.02	8–8 (50%)	14–12 (54%)	106.2	+0.05
2004	25	1785	129.8	+3.40	-2.49	1.026	50.8%	-149	+97	-235	55.4%	+0.25	9–4 (69%)	13–7 (65%)	107.8	+1.25
2007	28	1612	108.4	-2.09	-4.90	0.633	43.2%	—	+94	—	0.0%	-2.53	—	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.46
2008	29	1556	100.0	-1.32	-3.88	0.862	48.3%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–2	1–1	—	+0.50
Career		1858	133.6	+2.66	-2.85	0.949	49.5%	-80	+91	-235	47.1%	-0.18	20–20 (50%)	30–26 (54%)	104.7	+1.97

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Martin Verkerk Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2002	23	Q1	Q3	—	R128	5–3 (62%)
2003	24	R128	F	R128	R64	7–4 (64%)
2004	25	R128	R32	R64	—	3–3 (50%)
2007	28	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	10–4 (71%)	1–2 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	15–11 (58%)

Masters 1000

Martin Verkerk Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MAD	MC	MIA	PAR	ITA	W-L Win %
2002	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	24	R32	R64	—	—	R32	R64	R64	R16	QF	6–7 (46%)
2004	25	—	—	R64	R64	—	R32	R64	—	R32	2–5 (29%)
2007	28	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	R128	—	R64	0–4 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	8–17 (32%)

ATP 500

Martin Verkerk ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	AUS	NAP	ROT	TKY	W-L Win %
2002	23	—	R16	QF	R32	R16	7–4 (64%)
2003	24	R64	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
2004	25	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2007	28	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	0–4 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	7–8 (47%)

ATP 250

Martin Verkerk ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BAS	DLB	EST	HAL	MUN	LIB	MUN	SHA	COP	DUT	MIL	POE	SCO	ST.	SYD	TAS	U.S	W-L Win %
1998	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2000	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2002	23	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–4 (20%)
2003	24	R16	R32	R32	R16	R32	—	—	R32	R32	R16	R32	R32	W	—	—	SF	—	—	—	11–11 (50%)
2004	25	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	F	—	—	W	QF	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	18–6 (75%)
2007	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	0–3 (0%)
2008	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	7–6 (54%)	7–1 (88%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	31–30 (51%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 15, 2003

First Top 100

Jun 10, 2002

First Top 50

May 26, 2003

First Top 20

Jun 9, 2003

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Martin Verkerk ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1996	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1057	1076	681	680	626
1997	18	628	628	597	592	508	512	341	340	336	353	349	384
1998	19	384	367	380	374	411	418	622	459	457	420	422	416
1999	20	418	420	417	347	340	299	214	253	251	246	252	253
2000	21	254	253	246	264	272	300	343	280	270	248	232	233
2001	22	230	239	252	217	216	181	168	185	162	164	170	161
2002	23	142	128	127	132	127	120	105	88	93	93	86	86
2003	24	90	68	68	68	46	16	15	16	15	16	19	19
2004	25	16	19	16	17	19	56	44	42	44	47	55	55
2005	26	58	64	70	79	123	194	934	—	—	—	—	—
2006	27	—	—	—	1943	1978	1978	2007	2028	1553	1531	1534	1540
2007	28	1538	1527	1517	895	717	669	657	657	676	674	677	678
2008	29	674	676	576	363	378	318	269	268	268	265	265	263
2009	30	262	257	276	424	446	625	1061	1042	984	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Martin Verkerk's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Jan-Michael Gambill	USA	14	1,949	3	392	201	191	51.3%	1995–2007	Match log
Andrei Pavel	ROU	13	1,897	3	501	249	252	49.7%	1992–2009	Match log
Younes El Aynaoui	MAR	14	1,923	5	465	244	221	52.5%	1990–2010	Match log
Agustin Calleri	ARG	16	1,901	2	385	201	184	52.2%	1999–2009	Match log
Robby Ginepri	USA	15	1,927	3	380	185	195	48.7%	2001–2014	Match log
Jarkko Nieminen	FIN	13	1,920	2	702	363	339	51.7%	2000–2015	Match log
Vincent Spadea	USA	18	1,876	1	661	311	350	47.0%	1993–2010	Match log
Juan Ignacio Chela	ARG	15	1,908	6	577	307	270	53.2%	1999–2012	Match log
Dominik Hrbaty	SVK	12	1,941	6	627	328	299	52.3%	1996–2010	Match log
Max Mirnyi	BLR	18	1,914	1	446	221	225	49.6%	1996–2008	Match log
Paul-Henri Mathieu	FRA	12	1,961	4	569	271	298	47.6%	2000–2017	Match log
Jan Siemerink	NED	14	1,902	4	523	261	262	49.9%	1990–2002	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Martin Verkerk?: Martin Verkerk is 47 years old, born on October 31, 1978.
Which country does Martin Verkerk represent?: Martin Verkerk represents Netherlands in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Martin Verkerk?: Martin Verkerk is 196 cm / 6'5".
Is Martin Verkerk left-handed or right-handed?: Martin Verkerk plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Martin Verkerk won?: Martin Verkerk has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Martin Verkerk won?: TennisDB does not group any of Martin Verkerk's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Martin Verkerk won?: Martin Verkerk has won 2 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Dutch Open in 2004.
What is Martin Verkerk's highest ATP ranking?: Martin Verkerk's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 14, first achieved on September 15, 2003.
What is Martin Verkerk's career win-loss record?: Martin Verkerk has a career ATP singles record of 56 wins and 64 losses (46.7%).
How much career prize money has Martin Verkerk earned?: Martin Verkerk has earned at least $1,564,520 in career prize money from professional tennis.
What turned-professional year does TennisDB record for Martin Verkerk?: TennisDB records 1996 as Martin Verkerk's turned-professional year.
Which seasons of Martin Verkerk's career appear in TennisDB?: Martin Verkerk appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1998 through 2008.
On which surface does Martin Verkerk have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Martin Verkerk's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 51.8% (29–27).
Who has Martin Verkerk faced most often?: Martin Verkerk's most frequent opponent is Ivan Ljubicic, with a head-to-head record of 2–3 across 5 meetings.