Martin Davis (tennis)
Martin " Marty " Davis ( * November 15, 1958 in San Jose, California ) is a former American professional tennis player.
Life
Davis studied economics at the University of South Carolina and graduated with a Bachelor's degree from. In 1980 he became a professional tennis player and was the following year at the side of Chris Dunk, with whom he had already played at university times together, winning his first of four double tournaments on the ATP World Tour. In 1983, he won his first of four individual titles. Its highest listing in the tennis world ranking he reached in 1985 with position 47 in the singles and in 1988 with position 29 in doubles.
His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was in each case the reach the third round at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. In the doubles competition, he reached the semi-finals in each of the Australian Open on the side of Brad Drewett 1988 and 1989.
Davis is married and has two children. In 1985 he was elected to the player council and two years later to the Board of Directors of ATP. In 1991 he retired from professional sports and worked occasionally as a commentator for ESPN and as an assistant coach at the University of California at Berkeley operates. He has since worked as head coach at the University of California at Santa Barbara and has won several awards as a coach of the year of the Big West Conference.