Marty Riessen

Marty Riessen (born December 4, 1941) is an American former amateur and professional tennis player active from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP rankings in September 1974, though was ranked as high as world No. 8 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph in 1971 before the computer rankings. Renowned for his doubles play, Riessen was also a regular doubles partner of Australian tennis great Margaret Court, winning six of his seven major mixed titles and a career Grand Slam alongside her. Additionally a winner of two men's doubles Grand Slams, his highest doubles ranking was No. 3 in March 1980.

Marty Riessen

Marty Riessen in 1968
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Boca West, Florida
Born	(1941-12-04) December 4, 1941 Hinsdale, Illinois, US
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1958)
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Northwestern University
Singles
Career record	675–226 in pre Open-Era & Open Era
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 8 (1971, Lance Tingay)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1971)
French Open	4R (1971, 1974)
Wimbledon	QF (1965)
US Open	QF (1963, 1971)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	SF (1972)
Doubles
Career record	428–157
Career titles	53
Highest ranking	No. 3 (March 3, 1980)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1971)
French Open	W (1971)
Wimbledon	F (1969)
US Open	W (1976)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1969)
French Open	W (1969)
Wimbledon	W (1975)
US Open	W (1969, 1970, 1972, 1980)

Career

Marty Riessen at the 1972 Rotterdam Indoors tournament

Riessen played collegiate tennis at Northwestern University, where he reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) singles finals three times: 1962 (falling to Rafael Osuna of University of Southern California); 1963 and 1964 (falling to Dennis Ralston of USC both times). He was a semifinalist at the NCAA Doubles Championship with Clark Graebner in 1963 and 1964.

He won six singles titles in the open era, with the biggest coming in Cincinnati in 1974. (He won numerous other pre-open era titles, including two other Cincinnati titles in the pre-Open Era.) He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at both the Australian Open and the US Open in 1971.

He also won 53 doubles titles, including the US Open (in 1976), the French Open (1971, with Arthur Ashe), and seven ATP Masters Series events: Paris Indoor (1976), Canada (1971 & 1970), Monte Carlo (1970), Hamburg (1968 and 1969), and Rome (1968). He reached the doubles final at the US Open in 1978 and 1975, the Australian Open in 1971, and Wimbledon in 1969.

Distinctions and honors

• He was a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1963, 1965, 1967, 1973 and 1981.
• The Marty Riessen tennis courts are in Osmond, Nebraska.
• Dunlop named one of its wooden racquets the "Marty Riessen."
• Riessen has been enshrined in the United States Tennis Association/Midwest Hall of Fame.
• He is one of two high school tennis players from the state of Illinois to win the singles title four years in a row, 1957–1960, representing Hinsdale Township, now Hinsdale Central High School.
• Riessen was also noted for his sportsmanship, not infrequently arguing that a judgement was incorrect and that points should be given against him.

Open era career finals

Singles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1969	Perth, Australia	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6, 6–1
Win	2.	1970	Wembley, U.K.	Carpet (i)	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	1970	Tucson WCT, U.S.		Roy Emerson	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1.	1970	Paris Masters, France	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–7, 4–6, 3–6
Win	4.	1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	John Alexander	6–7, 6–1, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	2.	1971	Washington WCT, U.S.	Hard	Ken Rosewall	2–6, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	3.	1971	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win	5.	1972	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Rod Laver	7–5, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	4.	1972	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Rod Laver	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	1972	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	6.	1972	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Hard	John Newcombe	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 5–7
Win	6.	1973	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–0, 7–6
Loss	7.	1973	Copenhagen WCT, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Roger Taylor	2–6, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	8.	1973	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 4–6, 7–6, 0–6
Loss	9.	1974	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	2–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	7.	1974	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Bob Lutz	7–6, 7–6
Win	8.	1975	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 5–7, 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	11.	1977	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	3–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	1979	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Harold Solomon	5–7, 4–6
Loss	13.	1979	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Butch Walts	3–6, 4–6
Win	9.	1979	Lafayette, U.S.	Carpet	Pat DuPré	6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles: 80 (52–28)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1968	Rome, Italy	Clay	Tom Okker	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Allan Stone	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	1968	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4, 7–5
Win	3.	1969	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	8–6, 6–4
Loss	1.	1969	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	5–7, 9–11, 3–6
Win	4.	1969	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tom Okker	Mal Anderson Roy Emerson	6–1, 6–4
Win	5.	1969	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	Jean-Claude Barclay Jürgen Fassbender	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	1970	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Roger Taylor	Pierre Barthès Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Win	7.	1970	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Tom Okker	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	1970	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tom Okker	Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor	2–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	8.	1970	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Bill Bowrey	Cliff Drysdale Fred Stolle	6–3, 6–2
Win	9.	1970	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 6–2
Loss	3.	1971	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	2–6, 6–7
Win	10.	1971	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win	11.	1971	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Okker	Bob Lutz Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 6–4
Win	12.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Arthur Ashe	Tom Gorman Stan Smith	6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11–9
Win	13.	1971	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Tom Okker	Erik van Dillen Stan Smith	8–6, 4–6, 10–8
Win	14.	1971	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	7–6, 6–2
Loss	4.	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–7, 2–6
Loss	5.	1971	Boston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tom Okker	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 4–6
Win	15.	1971	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Tom Okker	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Win	16.	1971	Cologne, Germany	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	17.	1972	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 7–6
Win	18.	1972	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	7–5, 6–4
Win	19.	1972	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–2, 6–3
Win	20.	1972	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	21.	1972	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	22.	1972	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–2, 6–2
Win	23.	1972	Montreal WCT, Canada	Outdoor	Tom Okker	Robert Maud Ken Rosewall	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win	24.	1972	Alamo WCT, U.S.	Outdoor	Tom Okker	Brian Fairlie Ismail El Shafei	7–6, 6–4
Win	25.	1972	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Colin Dibley Roy Emerson	7–5, 7–6
Win	26.	1972	Gothenburg WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Brian Fairlie Ismail El Shafei	6–2, 7–6
Win	27.	1973	London WCT, England	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–3
Win	28.	1973	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6.	1973	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Mark Cox Graham Stilwell	6–7, 3–6
Win	29.	1973	Washington WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	30.	1973	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Tom Okker	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	7–5, 7–5
Win	31.	1973	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tom Okker	Erik van Dillen Tom Gorman	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	7.	1973	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	8.	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 6–7, 0–6
Win	32.	1973	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Tom Okker	Ray Keldie Raymond Moore	6–4, 7–5
Loss	9.	1973	Quebec WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–7
Loss	10.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Raúl Ramírez Tony Roche	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	11.	1974	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	12.	1974	Washington WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 3–6
Win	33.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Hard (i)	Tom Gorman	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	34.	1974	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Tom Gorman	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	7–5, 6–1
Loss	13.	1974	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	35.	1974	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	14.	1974	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	1975	Nottingham, England	Grass	Tom Okker	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	2–6, 3–6
Loss	16.	1975	US Open, New York	Clay	Tom Okker	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–7
Loss	17.	1975	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	18.	1976	Memphis WCT, U.S.	Hard (i)	Roscoe Tanner	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	3–6, 4–6
Win	36.	1976	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Peter Fleming Gene Mayer	7–6, 7–6
Win	37.	1976	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Frew McMillan Tom Okker	6–2, 7–5
Win	38.	1976	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Fred McNair	Vitas Gerulaitis Ilie Năstase	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win	39.	1976	US Open, New York	Clay	Tom Okker	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–4
Win	40.	1976	Paris Masters, France	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–2
Loss	19.	1976	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	20.	1977	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–7
Win	41.	1977	Woodlands Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win	42.	1977	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Dick Stockton	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	21.	1977	Hong Kong	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–7, 3–6
Loss	22.	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jan Kodeš	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 3–6
Loss	23.	1978	US Open, New York	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Robert Maud Ken Rosewall	6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	24.	1978	Woodlands Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win	43.	1979	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Anand Amritraj Cliff Drysdale	7–6, 6–4
Win	44.	1979	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Adriano Panatta Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	25.	1979	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 4–6
Loss	26.	1979	Surbiton, England	Grass	Pat DuPré	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	3–6, 7–6, 6–8
Win	45.	1979	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	46.	1979	Louisville, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Vijay Amritraj Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 1–6, 6–1
Win	47.	1979	Lafayette, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Victor Amaya Eric Friedler	6–4, 6–4
Win	48.	1979	Woodlands Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Bob Carmichael Tim Gullikson	6–3, 2–2 ret.
Win	49.	1979	Los Angeles, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Wojtek Fibak Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–4
Win	50.	1979	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Mike Cahill Terry Moor	6–4, 7–6
Win	51.	1980	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tim Gullikson	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	27.	1980	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	4–6, 4–6
Loss	28.	1980	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	52.	1981	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1969	Wimbledon	Grass	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	5–7, 9–11, 3–6
Loss	1971	Australian Open	Grass	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	2–6, 6–7
Win	1971	French Open	Clay	Arthur Ashe	Tom Gorman Stan Smith	6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11–9
Loss	1975	US Open	Clay	Tom Okker	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–7
Win	1976	US Open	Clay	Tom Okker	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1978	US Open (2)	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Robert Maud Ken Rosewall	6–1, 5–7, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 9 (7–2)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1969	Australian Open	Grass	Margaret Smith Court	Fred Stolle Ann Haydon-Jones	Shared, final not played
Win	1969	French Open	Clay	Margaret Smith Court	Jean-Claude Barclay Françoise Dürr	6–3, 6–2
Win	1969	US Open	Grass	Margaret Smith Court	Dennis Ralston Françoise Dürr	7–5, 6–3
Win	1970	US Open (2)	Grass	Margaret Smith Court	Frew McMillan Judy Tegart Dalton	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1971	Wimbledon	Grass	Margaret Smith Court	Owen Davidson Billie Jean King	6–3, 2–6, 13–15
Win	1972	US Open (3)	Grass	Margaret Smith Court	Ilie Năstase Rosemary Casals	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1973	US Open	Grass	Margaret Smith Court	Owen Davidson Billie Jean King	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	1975	Wimbledon	Grass	Margaret Smith Court	Allan Stone Betty Stöve	6–4, 7–5
Win	1980	US Open (4)	Hard	Wendy Turnbull	Frew McMillan Betty Stöve	7–5, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	3R	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	7–4	63.6
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	4R	A	A	4R	A	A	A		A	A	A	0 / 5	7–3	70.0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	QF	3R	3R	3R	1R	4R	4R	A	A	2R	4R	2R	2R		3R	2R	1R	0 / 16	25–16	61.0
US Open	1R	1R	2R	3R	3R	QF	3R	4R	4R	2R	2R	4R	1R	QF	3R	2R	4R	1R	3R	2R		3R	2R	1R	0 / 23	39–22	63.9
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	3–2	7–2	6–3	3–2	2–2	5–4	3–2	12–4	3–1	1–1	7–3	3–2	3–2	4–3		4–2	2–2	0–2	0 / 48	78–45	63.4

External links

• Marty Riessen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marty Riessen at the International Tennis Federation
• Marty Riessen at the Davis Cup