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Michal Mertinak

SVK Age 46 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 2003–2008

Michal Mertinak represented Slovakia on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 129. In TennisDB's records, Michal Mertinak finished with a career record of 4–11 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

129 (Jul 11, 2005)

Elo peak

1552 (18th percentile)

Singles record

4–11 (26.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,511,590

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 →

Michal Mertinak's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Aslan Karatsev #334	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2013	Q2 Q	Moscow	ATP 250	Hard
Boris Pokotilov	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2013	Q1 Q	Moscow	ATP 250	Hard
David Goffin #66	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 2013*	Q3 Q	Winston-Salem Open	ATP 250	Hard
Saketh Myneni #312	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2013	Q2 Q	Winston-Salem Open	ATP 250	Hard
Andre Begemann #648	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2013	Q1 Q	Winston-Salem Open	ATP 250	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Michal Mertinak's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Marcel Granollers	0	1	1	Jun 12, 2008	H2H
Michael Llodra	0	1	1	Oct 26, 2006	H2H
Jurgen Melzer	0	1	1	Sep 14, 2006	H2H
Wesley Moodie	0	1	1	Jul 9, 2005	H2H
Robby Ginepri	1	0	1	Jul 8, 2005	H2H

Career Results

Michal Mertinak career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2003	23	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—
2003	23	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	416	178
2004	24	Qualifying Q	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—
2004	24	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	178	188
2005	25	Qualifying Q	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—
2005	25	ATP	4	5	9	44.4%	188	162
2006	26	Qualifying Q	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
2006	26	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	163	183
2007	27	Qualifying Q	9	8	17	52.9%	—	—
2008	28	Qualifying Q	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—
2008	28	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	295	939
2009	29	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—
2013	33	Qualifying Q	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—
Career		—	4	11	15	26.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Michal Mertinak 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 %
2003	23	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%
2003	23	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2004	24	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
2004	24	ATP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	25	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
2005	25	ATP	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
2006	26	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2006	26	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2007	27	Qualifying Q	6	4	10	60.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	8	17	52.9%
2008	28	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%
2008	28	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2009	29	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
2013	33	Qualifying Q	3	3	6	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
Career	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Michal Mertinak 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 %
2003	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2004	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	25	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
2006	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2008	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	4	11	15	26.7%

Performance Stats

Michal Mertinak 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%
2003	23	2/2	3.0	2.0	60.2%	69.0%	47.9%	59.9%	30.0%	60.5%	31.1%
2004	24	1/1	2.0	4.0	48.1%	56.0%	29.6%	44.4%	33.3%	42.3%	39.6%
2005	25	9/9	2.6	2.2	66.3%	67.2%	51.6%	63.6%	42.8%	62.3%	38.4%
2006	26	2/2	5.0	1.0	62.0%	58.6%	64.6%	58.3%	35.0%	60.9%	33.6%
2008	28	1/1	1.0	4.0	53.9%	70.7%	37.1%	40.0%	15.4%	55.3%	38.5%
Career		15/15	2.8	2.3	62.9%	65.8%	50.4%	59.6%	37.6%	60.1%	36.9%

Advanced Stats

Michal Mertinak 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
2003	23	1526	101.7	-1.35	-1.21	0.788	46.2%	—	—	—	16.7%	-1.67	0–1	0–1	—	+0.05
2004	24	1489	98.6	-2.57	-3.07	0.687	41.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.30
2005	25	1512	111.9	-0.80	+1.16	1.020	50.4%	—	-18	+86	47.6%	+0.38	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	96.4	+0.46
2006	26	1453	93.7	+0.32	-0.68	0.859	47.2%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.17	0–2	0–1	—	+0.01
2007	27	1497	102.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	28	1523	105.5	-0.55	-2.08	0.862	45.9%	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.50	—	0–1	—	-0.07
2009	29	1486	102.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	33	1491	100.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1552	104.8	-0.83	+0.10	0.924	48.5%	—	-18	+86	35.1%	-0.54	1–5 (17%)	0–6 (0%)	90.6	+5.00

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Michal Mertinak Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2003	23	—	—	R128	Q2	4–2 (67%)
2004	24	Q1	Q1	Q3	—	2–3 (40%)
2005	25	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q3	3–4 (43%)
2006	26	Q1	Q1	Q1	—	0–3 (0%)
2007	27	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q2	4–4 (50%)
2008	28	Q1	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	1–4 (20%)	6–5 (55%)	4–3 (57%)	13–17 (43%)

ATP 250

Michal Mertinak ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BUC	CHN	DOH	EST	LIB	MTP	MUN	NWP	QUE	STG	UMA	WSA	ASB	CAS	MOS	NIC	POE	ST.	WAR	W-L Win %
2003	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2004	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2005	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	4–5 (44%)
2006	26	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2007	27	—	Q2	—	—	—	Q3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q2	Q3	—	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
2008	28	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q2	—	R32	5–3 (62%)
2009	29	—	—	Q2	Q2	Q1	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
2013	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q1	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	20–25 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

129

Career-high date

Jul 11, 2005

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Michal Mertinak ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1999	19	1085	1080	1069	1065	1075	1092	1097	998	1194	1198	1198	1190
2000	20	1207	1205	1213	1213	1238	1239	1215	666	598	526	511	504
2001	21	497	486	452	389	368	364	326	317	327	337	332	334
2002	22	335	340	351	411	430	364	395	480	467	433	437	418
2003	23	421	409	342	344	286	327	268	198	190	186	180	178
2004	24	180	168	176	180	185	187	180	180	178	184	188	188
2005	25	188	186	167	158	136	138	136	174	171	166	165	162
2006	26	168	183	184	182	232	243	285	286	288	272	183	183
2007	27	167	164	174	189	195	187	182	177	189	194	290	295
2008	28	404	426	455	472	467	525	614	817	1032	1032	940	939
2009	29	939	939	922	1005	985	1241	1220	1196	1107	1084	1087	—
2012	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	844	854
2013	33	855	854	853	851	857	877	882	861	860	863	1352	1351
2014	34	1348	1354	1366	1386	1368	1379	1397	1403	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Michal Mertinak's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Mikhail Elgin	RUS	127	1,533	12	3	9	25.0%	2001–2013	Match log
Zack Fleishman	USA	127	1,605	24	7	17	29.2%	2001–2008	Match log
Alun Jones	AUS	123	1,519	12	3	9	25.0%	2001–2008	Match log
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi	PAK	125	1,642	15	5	10	33.3%	2004–2008	Match log
David Skoch	CZE	133	1,543	17	5	12	29.4%	1993–2008	Match log
Sam Warburg	USA	132	1,613	15	5	10	33.3%	2006–2008	Match log
Tomas Cakl	CZE	142	1,563	12	3	9	25.0%	2004–2008	Match log
Sebastien De Chaunac	FRA	130	1,657	33	11	22	33.3%	2001–2009	Match log
Bjorn Rehnquist	SWE	146	1,601	15	4	11	26.7%	1996–2009	Match log
Jean-Christophe Faurel	FRA	140	1,555	9	2	7	22.2%	2004–2006	Match log
Joseph Sirianni	AUS	138	1,619	21	7	14	33.3%	1999–2009	Match log
Franco Ferreiro	BRA	136	1,585	6	2	4	33.3%	2003–2009	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Michal Mertinak?: Michal Mertinak is 46 years old, born on October 11, 1979.
Which country does Michal Mertinak represent?: Michal Mertinak represents Slovakia in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Michal Mertinak?: Michal Mertinak is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Michal Mertinak left-handed or right-handed?: Michal Mertinak plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Michal Mertinak won?: Michal Mertinak has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Michal Mertinak won?: TennisDB does not group any of Michal Mertinak's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Michal Mertinak's highest ATP ranking?: Michal Mertinak's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 129, first achieved on July 11, 2005.
What is Michal Mertinak's career win-loss record?: Michal Mertinak has a career ATP singles record of 4 wins and 11 losses (26.7%).
How much career prize money has Michal Mertinak earned?: Michal Mertinak has earned at least $1,511,590 in career prize money from professional tennis.
What turned-professional year does TennisDB record for Michal Mertinak?: TennisDB records 1999 as Michal Mertinak's turned-professional year.
Which seasons of Michal Mertinak's career appear in TennisDB?: Michal Mertinak appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 2003 through 2008.
Who has Michal Mertinak faced most often?: Michal Mertinak's most frequent opponent is Marcel Granollers, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.