Martin Klizan

Full name is Martin Klizan...Nickname is "Klizko"...Speaks Slovak, English, Czech, Croatian, Polish and some Russian...Father, Milan, is the general manager at an eletric transformator company; Mother, Darina, is a university teacher...Sister, Natalia, works in London, England...Started playing tennis aged five...Won 2006 Roland Garros junior title...Favourite surface is clay...Favourite shot is forehand...Idol growing up was Marat Safin...Hobbies include playing computer games, football and all kinds of sports...Managed by BEST...Coached by former ATP pro Karol Kucera and fitness coach is Juraj Dulik...

2010 -- Won first ITF Challenger Tour title at Bratislava (d. Koubek) in November...Won two ITF Futures titles at Morocco F1 (d. Brizzi) and Kuwait F2 (d. Vasiliev)...Failed to qualify for the Australian Open, Munich, Roland Garros, Umag...Qualified for Casablanca, beating No. 70 Dolgopolov in 1st RD, lost to No. 23 Wawrinka...Made Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at US Open, losing to No. 24 Ferrero in 1st RD...

2009 -- Won two back-to-back ITF Futures titles in August at Slovak Republic F1 (d. Skoloudik) and Italy F23 (l. to Oswald)...Also runner-up at Kazakhstan F1 (l. to Kedryuk) and F2 (l. to Semjan)...Finished the year at World No. 234...

2008 -- Reached one ITF Futures final at Croatia F1 (l. to Skugor)...Finished the year at World No. 606...

2007 -- Reached one ITF Futures final at Romania F1 (l. to Desein)...Failed to qualify at Roland Garros and Los Angeles...Made ATP debut at Washington, beating Economidis before losing to Monfils in 2nd RD...

2011

Qualified for Belgrade in April, losing to F. Gonzalez in 1st RD...Failed to qualify for Wimbledon...Won one ATP Challenger Tour title at Genova (d. L. Mayer)...Runner-up at Rome (l. to Schoorel) and San Marino (l. to Starace)...Qualified for the inaugural eight-player ATP Challenger Tour Finals in Sao Paulo in November...Broke into Top 100 for first time at No. 86 on 12 September...