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Billy Martin

USA Born Dec 25, 1956 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1982

Billy Martin represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 32. TennisDB's records show a 146–175 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1972 through 1982 and one recorded singles title.

Peak singles rank

32 (Mar 10, 1975)

Elo peak

1821 (74th percentile)

Singles record

146–175 (45.5%)

Singles titles

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 →

Billy Martin's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Francisco Gonzalez	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 19, 1982*	R16	Dortmund Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Bill Scanlon #48	6-3 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 18, 1982*	R32	Dortmund Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Brian Gottfried #16	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 1981*	R64	Vienna Open	ATP 250	Hard
Yannick Noah #13	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1981*	R32	Barcelona Open	ATP 250	Clay
Gustavo Tiberti	2-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 1981*	R64	Barcelona Open	ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Billy Martin's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Raul Ramirez	1	7	8	Feb 2, 1980	H2H
Stan Smith	1	7	8	Feb 23, 1978	H2H
Tim Gullikson	3	2	5	Jun 11, 1981	—
Jeff Borowiak	2	3	5	Mar 12, 1981	H2H
Gene Mayer	3	2	5	Jul 17, 1980	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Billy Martin singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles 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
1975	18	1	—	—	—	1	—	Little Rock
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Billy Martin career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1973	16	4	7	11	36.4%	60	145
1974	17	18	14	32	56.3%	141	36
1975	18	18	16	34	52.9%	36	67
1976	19	29	31	60	48.3%	64	62
1977	20	28	29	57	49.1%	62	58
1978	21	9	23	32	28.1%	59	188
1979	22	14	14	28	50.0%	—	66
1980	23	15	24	39	38.5%	69	—
1981	24	10	15	25	40.0%	—	—
1982	25	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
Career		146	175	321	45.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Billy Martin career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1972	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1973	16	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	7	11	36.4%
1974	17	4	3	7	57.1%	5	2	7	71.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	7	16	56.3%	18	14	32	56.2%
1975	18	3	3	6	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	13	8	21	61.9%	18	16	34	52.9%
1976	19	2	6	8	25.0%	13	10	23	56.5%	3	3	6	50.0%	11	12	23	47.8%	29	31	60	48.3%
1977	20	11	10	21	52.4%	6	6	12	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	6	10	16	37.5%	28	29	57	49.1%
1978	21	0	2	2	0.0%	4	10	14	28.6%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	8	9	11.1%	9	23	32	28.1%
1979	22	6	6	12	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	14	14	28	50.0%
1980	23	5	7	12	41.7%	3	6	9	33.3%	4	5	9	44.4%	3	6	9	33.3%	15	24	39	38.5%
1981	24	3	5	8	37.5%	5	7	12	41.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	10	15	25	40.0%
1982	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	34	44	78	43.6%	42	52	94	44.7%	20	23	43	46.5%	50	56	106	47.2%	146	175	321	45.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Billy Martin 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 %
1973	16	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	17	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1975	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1976	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1977	20	1	9	10	10.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	7	4	11	63.6%	0	0	—	—	11	19	30	36.7%
1978	21	0	5	5	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	0	—	—	4	16	20	20.0%
1979	22	1	1	2	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	0	—	—	3	11	14	21.4%
1980	23	0	3	3	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	2	8	10	20.0%	0	0	—	—	4	18	22	18.2%
1981	24	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	8	8	0.0%
1982	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%
Career		2	20	22	9.1%	6	29	35	17.1%	17	33	50	34.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	29	83	112	25.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 112/321 (34.9%) of Billy Martin's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Billy Martin 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
1972	15	1498	111.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.28
1973	16	1536	117.4	—	—	—	—	+48	—	+38	39.3%	-0.68	0–1	—	—	-0.12
1974	17	1677	128.9	—	—	—	—	+16	-52	—	53.4%	-0.03	4–7 (36%)	10–2 (83%)	104.2	+1.48
1975	18	1714	138.7	—	—	—	—	+85	-137	—	51.9%	-0.03	6–6 (50%)	10–1 (91%)	106.7	+0.47
1976	19	1702	145.9	—	—	—	—	+33	0	-182	49.3%	-0.08	6–13 (32%)	5–5 (50%)	96.1	-2.87
1977	20	1793	146.8	—	—	—	—	-15	-102	-130	52.2%	-0.03	4–12 (25%)	4–6 (40%)	93.1	-2.58
1978	21	1665	136.9	—	—	—	—	-32	-6	+57	36.1%	-1.01	3–8 (27%)	9–3 (75%)	99.3	-2.93
1979	22	1680	132.8	—	—	—	—	+4	-7	—	51.4%	-0.33	3–5 (38%)	7–3 (70%)	103.6	+1.16
1980	23	1609	126.7	—	—	—	—	+37	+10	+57	40.2%	-0.73	4–6 (40%)	5–4 (56%)	99.6	-0.92
1981	24	1577	119.0	—	—	—	—	+36	+39	+70	41.9%	-0.84	2–3 (40%)	5–2 (71%)	100.6	+1.85
1982	25	1588	105.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.00	1–0	1–0	—	+0.08
Career		1821	142.5	—	—	—	—	+23	-23	-18	47.0%	-0.36	33–61 (35%)	56–26 (68%)	104.7	-1.46

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Billy Martin Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1972	15	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1973	16	—	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1974	17	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1975	18	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1976	19	—	R64	R64	R64	3–3 (50%)
1977	20	—	R128	QF	R128	4–3 (57%)
1978	21	—	R64	R32	R128	3–3 (50%)
1979	22	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1980	23	R64	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1981	24	—	R32	R128	—	2–2 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	4–6 (40%)	8–8 (50%)	2–8 (20%)	14–23 (38%)

ATP 500

Billy Martin ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	ITA	CAN	CAN	W-L Win %
1976	19	—	R32	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
1978	21	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	22	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	23	—	R64	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1981	24	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–7 (36%)

ATP 250

Billy Martin ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	SWE	BAR	BAS	BRI	CIN	FLR	HKG	HOU	MIA	NAP	NWP	QUE	ITA	STO	TKY	VIE	WAS	BAL	BER	BIR	BIR	BOR	BRU	CHA	CHI	COL	COL	COL	DAY	DEN	DEN	DOR	FOR	FOR	HAM	HAR	JAC	JAC	LA	LA	LA	LAG	LAS	LIT	LOS	LOS	LOU	MAU	MEM	MEX	MON	NAP	NEW	NOR	EAS	IW	PER	PHI	PHI	IW	RIC	RIC	SAL	SAL	SAN	SAN	SAN	SAR	SOU	ST.	STO	SYD	SYD	TAM	TEM	CAN	TUL	U.S	WEM	W-L Win %
1973	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1974	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	SF	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	18–12 (60%)
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	W	—	R32	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	18–14 (56%)
1976	19	R16	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24–26 (48%)
1977	20	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	R16	24–26 (48%)
1978	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	RR	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	6–18 (25%)
1979	22	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	13–10 (57%)
1980	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	14–18 (44%)
1981	24	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	8–12 (40%)
1982	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	6–2 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	2–2 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	8–6 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	3–6 (33%)	5–4 (56%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	6–5 (55%)	4–3 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–5 (44%)	1–2 (33%)	128–142 (47%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 10, 1975

First Top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 50

Aug 12, 1974

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Billy Martin ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60	147	131	146	145
1974	17	—	—	141	139	140	168	124	41	38	—	33	36
1975	18	36	—	32	36	38	37	—	—	—	—	—	67
1976	19	—	—	—	—	—	64	—	—	—	—	—	62
1977	20	65	61	63	71	75	75	81	66	68	57	57	58
1978	21	59	79	80	73	69	66	97	—	—	—	—	188
1979	22	—	—	—	—	77	88	97	87	97	59	63	66
1980	23	71	77	72	73	91	80	79	85	97	—	—	—
1983	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Billy Martin's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Kjell Johansson	SWE	#32	1,807	241	111	130	46.1%	$49,711	1	1969–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Raymond Moore	RSA	#32	1,878	740	363	377	49.1%	$328	1	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Colin Dowdeswell	GBR	#31	1,730	293	119	174	40.6%	$327,277	1	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Carlos Kirmayr	BRA	#36	1,893	292	135	157	46.2%	$570,207	1	1972–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Rolf Gehring	GER	#30	1,826	241	113	128	46.9%	$355,057	1	1973–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Terry Moor	USA	#32	1,924	465	237	228	51.0%	$776,732	2	1973–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Jose Luis Damiani	URU	#32	1,781	114	50	64	43.9%	—	0	1978–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Gianni Ocleppo	ITA	#30	1,807	221	98	123	44.3%	$325,570	1	1975–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Dick Crealy	AUS	#33	1,903	654	338	316	51.7%	—	2	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Fred Stolle	AUS	#30	1,922	344	177	167	51.5%	$328	6	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Butch Walts	USA	#30	1,915	275	140	135	50.9%	$454,343	4	1975–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Vladimir Zednik	CZE	#35	1,757	271	113	158	41.7%	—	2	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Billy Martin born?: Billy Martin was born on December 25, 1956.
Which country did Billy Martin represent?: Billy Martin represented United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Billy Martin?: Billy Martin is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Billy Martin left-handed or right-handed?: Billy Martin plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Billy Martin won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Billy Martin in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Billy Martin won?: TennisDB does not group any of Billy Martin's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Billy Martin won?: TennisDB records 1 ATP singles title for Billy Martin across all categories. The most recent was Little Rock in 1975.
What is Billy Martin's highest ATP ranking?: Billy Martin's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 32, first achieved on March 10, 1975.
What is Billy Martin's career win-loss record?: Billy Martin has 146 wins and 175 losses (45.5%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1972 through 1982.
Which seasons of Billy Martin's career appear in TennisDB?: Billy Martin appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1982.
On which surface does Billy Martin have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Billy Martin's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on carpet: 47.2% (50–56).
Who has Billy Martin faced most often?: Billy Martin's most frequent opponent is Raul Ramirez, with a head-to-head record of 1–7 across 8 meetings.