# Michal Mertiňák

Michal Mertiňák (born 11 October 1979) is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia. He turned professional in 1999, and has won six doubles titles in his career on the ATP Tour. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 12 in February 2010. He played in the 2005 Davis Cup for Slovakia, who finished runner-up to Croatia. Mertiňák played two ties in the final, including losing the deciding fifth rubber to Mario Ančić.
From 2009 until 2010 his doubles partner was Czech František Čermák. He won five tournaments with him in the 2009 season. Subsequently he partnered up with André Sá.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | Q2 | A | Q3 | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 8 | 5–8 | 38% |
| French Open | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 9–9 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | 47% |
| US Open | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | A | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | 47% |
| Win–loss | 4–2 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 33 | 28–33 | 46% |
| Year-end Championships ||||||||||||||
| ATP Finals | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | SF | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 0 / 1 | 2–2 | 50% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Miami Open | A | 1R | A | A | QF | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | – |
| Shanghai Masters | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | QF | QF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | SF | SF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–6 | 12–9 | 5–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 21 | 25–21 | 54% |

### Mixed doubles

| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 9 | 4–9 | 31% |

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (3–0)
* ATP International Series (10–10)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–4)
* Clay (8–6)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (9–6)
* Indoors (4–4)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2006 | Chennai, India | International Series | Hard | Petr Pála | Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jan 2006 | Zagreb, Croatia | International Series | Carpet | Jaroslav Levinský | Davide Sanguinetti Andreas Seppi | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jul 2007 | Umag, Croatia | International Series | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–0 | Sep 2007 | Bucharest, Romania | International Series | Clay | Oliver Marach | Martín García Sebastián Prieto | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$ |
| Win | 5–0 | Mar 2008 | Acapulco, Mexico | Championship Series | Clay | Oliver Marach | Agustín Calleri Luis Horna | 6–2, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [10–7] |
| Win | 6–0 | Jul 2008 | Umag, Croatia | International Series | Clay | Petr Pála | Fabio Fognini Carlos Berlocq | 2–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Win | 7–0 | Feb 2009 | Acapulco, Mexico | 500 Series | Clay | František Čermák | Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Win | 8–0 | Jul 2009 | Stuttgart, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | František Čermák | Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–0 | Aug 2009 | Umag, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | František Čermák | Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–0 | Sep 2009 | Bucharest, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | František Čermák | Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 10–1 | Oct 2009 | Moscow, Russia | 250 Series | Hard | František Čermák | Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers | 4–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
| Win | 11–1 | Nov 2009 | Valencia, Spain | 500 Series | Hard | František Čermák | Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11–2 | Jan 2010 | Doha, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | František Čermák | Guillermo García López Albert Montañés | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 11–3 | Aug 2010 | Umag, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | František Čermák | Leoš Friedl Filip Polášek | 6–3, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Win | 12–3 | Oct 2010 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 250 Series | Hard | František Čermák | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 12–4 | Feb 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay | André Sá | Eric Butorac Bruno Soares | 6–3, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 12–5 | Feb 2012 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | André Sá | David Marrero Fernando Verdasco | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12–6 | Mar 2012 | Delray Beach, United States | 250 Series | Hard | André Sá | Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins | 6–2, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [13–15] |
| Loss | 12–7 | Jul 2012 | Stuttgart, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | André Sá | Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 13–7 | Oct 2012 | Moscow, Russia | 250 Series | Hard | František Čermák | Simone Bolelli Daniele Bracciali | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 13–8 | Feb 2013 | São Paulo, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay | František Čermák | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 2–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 13–9 | Feb 2014 | Zagreb, Croatia | 250 Series | Hard | Philipp Marx | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 6–3, 4–6, [2–10] |
| Loss | 13–10 | Jul 2014 | Gstaad, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Rameez Junaid | Andre Begemann Robin Haase | 3–6, 4–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 14 (6–8)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–4)
* ITF Futures (4–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–2)
* Clay (4–5)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2000 | Egypt F1, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Amr Ghoneim | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2000 | Egypt F2, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Hisham Hemeda | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2000 | Uzbekistan F3, Guliston | Futures | Hard | Alexander Shvets | 7–6$^{(12–10)}$, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jun 2001 | Hungary F1, Sopron | Futures | Clay | Andreas Fasching | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–3 | Jun 2002 | Czech Republic F3, Karlovy Vary | Futures | Clay | Radim Zitko | walkover |
| Win | 3–3 | Feb 2003 | Portugal F3, Espinho | Futures | Clay | Roberto Menendez Ferre | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Mar 2003 | Portugal F6, Carcavelos | Futures | Clay | Nicolás Almagro | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | May 2003 | Hungary F2, Hódmezővásárhely | Futures | Clay | Leonardo Azzaro | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Loss | 4–5 | Aug 2003 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Challenger | Clay | Florian Mayer | 6–4, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Aug 2003 | Saransk, Russia | Challenger | Clay | Martin Štěpánek | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2004 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Alex Bogdanovic | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–7 | Aug 2004 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Mar 2005 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Vladimir Voltchkov | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–8 | Nov 2006 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Dlouhý | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 |

### Doubles: 41 (19–22)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (12–12)
* ITF Futures (7–10)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (9–9)
* Clay (8–13)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (2–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2000 | Egypt F1, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Tomas Janci | Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2000 | Egypt F2, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Tomas Janci | Amr Ghoneim Karim Maamoun | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2000 | India F5, Chandigarh | Futures | Hard | Tomas Janci | Branislav Sekáč Viktor Bruthans | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2001 | Croatia F1, Zagreb | Futures | Hard | Tomas Janci | Andrej Kračman Borut Urh | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2001 | Slovakia F1, Levice | Futures | Clay | Tomas Janci | Petr Dezort Radomír Vašek | walkover |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2001 | Slovakia F3, Trnava | Futures | Clay | Tomas Janci | Bartlomiej Dabrowski Mariusz Fyrstenberg | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jun 2001 | Hungary F1, Sopron | Futures | Clay | Branislav Sekáč | Kornél Bardóczky Zoltán Nagy | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Apr 2002 | Greece F1, Syros | Futures | Hard | Karol Beck | Thierry Ascione Florent Serra | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–6 | Apr 2002 | Greece F2, Kalamata | Futures | Hard | Karol Beck | Tapio Nurminen Marko Tkalec | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–7 | May 2002 | Poland F1, Wrocław | Futures | Clay | Tomas Janci | Lauri Kiiski Tero Vilen | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Jun 2002 | Slovakia F1A, Košice | Futures | Clay | Frantisek Babej | Juraj Hasko Igor Zelenay | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | Aug 2002 | Austria F4, Seefeld | Futures | Clay | David Sebok | Jiri Folber David Miketa | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–9 | Oct 2002 | Jamaica F17, Negril | Futures | Hard | Darko Madjarovski | Cedric Kauffmann Miles Maclagan | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 5–9 | Jan 2003 | Germany F1C, Munich | Futures | Carpet | Igor Zelenay | Daniel Elsner Philipp Petzschner | 4–6, 7–6$^{(20–18)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 5–10 | Feb 2003 | Portugal F1, Espinho | Futures | Clay | Marco Mirnegg | Christopher Kas Mike Scheidweiler | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 6–10 | Feb 2003 | Portugal F2, Espinho | Futures | Clay | Marco Mirnegg | Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–10 | Feb 2003 | Portugal F3, Espinho | Futures | Clay | Marco Mirnegg | Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–11 | Oct 2003 | Tumkur, India | Challenger | Hard | Branislav Sekáč | Prakash Amritraj Rik de Voest | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–11 | Oct 2003 | Belgaum, India | Challenger | Hard | Branislav Sekáč | Mustafa Ghouse Vishal Uppal | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 9–11 | Feb 2004 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Alexander Waske | Jun Kato Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Win | 10–11 | Aug 2004 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | Pavel Šnobel | Paul Logtens Melle van Gemerden | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–11 | Jan 2005 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Sébastien de Chaunac | Gilles Elseneer Gilles Müller | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11–12 | Feb 2005 | Besançon, France | Challenger | Hard | Jean-Claude Scherrer | Jason Marshall Huntley Montgomery | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 12–12 | Mar 2005 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Lukáš Dlouhý Jan Vacek | 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12–13 | Mar 2005 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger | Clay | Jan Vacek | Victor Ioniță Gabriel Moraru | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12–14 | Nov 2005 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Dominik Hrbatý | Jean-Claude Scherrer Chris Haggard | 3–6, 6–2, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 13–14 | May 2006 | Dresden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Yves Allegro | Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 14–14 | May 2006 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Yves Allegro | Julien Jeanpierre Nicolas Renavand | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 14–15 | Feb 2007 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Jean-Claude Scherrer | Lukáš Rosol Jan Vacek | 5–7, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 15–15 | Mar 2007 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Robin Vik | Łukasz Kubot Dick Norman | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 15–16 | Apr 2007 | Casablanca, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Robin Vik | Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 15–17 | Apr 2007 | Marrakech, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Leoš Friedl | Tomáš Cibulec Jordan Kerr | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 15–18 | Mar 2008 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Oliver Marach | Flavio Cipolla Marcel Granollers | 3–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
| Loss | 15–19 | Sep 2008 | Trnava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Köllerer | Igor Zelenay David Škoch | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 16–19 | Oct 2008 | Mons, Belgium | Challenger | Hard | Lovro Zovko | Yves Allegro Horia Tecău | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 16–20 | Nov 2011 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard | James Cerretani | Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 16–21 | Mar 2012 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | Challenger | Hard | Igor Zelenay | Dustin Brown Jonathan Marray | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–2, [9–11] |
| Win | 17–21 | Aug 2012 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Stefano Ianni Matteo Viola | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, [11–9] |
| Win | 18–21 | Aug 2012 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Philipp Marx Florin Mergea | 5–7, 7–5, [10–7] |
| Win | 19–21 | Feb 2014 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Karol Beck | Konstantin Kravchuk Denys Molchanov | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
| Loss | 19–22 | Jul 2014 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Rameez Junaid | Andreas Siljeström Igor Zelenay | 5–7, 4–6 |