Martin Klizan

Martin Klizan is a Slovak professional tennis player. Winner of the Boys\' Singles title at the French Open in 2006, Klizan turned pro in 2007 and has a career high singles ranking of #60, achieved on June 11th, 2012. In 2005 he won the European Junior Championship in the Under 16 category, in both, singles and doubles. As a junior Kližan posted a 54–21 win/loss record in singles (58–18 in doubles) and reached the No. 1 combined ranking in 2007. In 2010 Kližan won his first Challenger tournament as a wildcard in his hometown of Bratislava at the Slovak Open.In 2012, Kližan made it to four Challenger tour finals, winning three, in the space of just two months between March and May. These statistics propelled him into the top 100 of the rankings for the first time in his career. Kližan continued his good form two weeks after the US Open by winning his first ATP tournament, beating Fabio Fognini in the final of the St. Petersburg Open.