Marty Riessen

Marty Riessen (born December 4, 1941) played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. 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 on March 3, 1980.

Career

Marty Riessen at the 1972 Rotterdam Indoors tournament

Marty Riessen played collegiate tennis at Northwestern University, where he reached the NCAA Singles finals three times: 1962 (falling to Rafael Osuna of USC); 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 & 1969), and Rome (1968). He reached the doubles final at US Open in 1978 & 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, '65, '67, '73 and '81.
• 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, which is now Hinsdale Central High School.

Open era career highlights

Singles finals 23 (9–14)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1969	Perth, Australia	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	1970	Wembley-1, U.K.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	1970	Tucson WCT, U.S.		Roy Emerson	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	1970	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–7, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	John Alexander	6–7, 6–1, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	1971	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	Ken Rosewall	2–6, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	1971	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1971	Paris Indoor, France	Clay	Arthur Ashe	6–7, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	1972	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Rod Laver	7–5, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	1972	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Rod Laver	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1972	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	1972	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Outdoor	John Newcombe	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 5–7
Winner	6.	1973	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–0, 7–6
Runner-up	8.	1973	Copenhagen WCT, Denmark	Carpet	Roger Taylor	2–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	9.	1973	Quebec, Canada	Other	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 4–6, 7–6, 0–6
Runner-up	10.	1974	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	1974	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Robert Lutz	7–6, 7–6
Winner	8.	1975	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6, 5–7, 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	1977	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	1979	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Harold Solomon	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	14.	1979	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Butch Walts	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	1979	Lafayette, U.S.	Carpet	Pat Du Pré	6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles finals 80 (52–28)

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

Grand Slam finals, 15 (9–6)

Men's doubles 6 (2–4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-Up	1969	Wimbledon	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	5–7, 9–11, 3–6
Runner-Up	1971	Australian Open	Tom Okker	John Newcombe Tony Roche	2–6, 6–7
Winner	1971	French Open	Arthur Ashe	Tom Gorman Stan Smith	6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11–9
Runner-Up	1975	US Open	Tom Okker	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–7
Winner	1976	US Open	Tom Okker	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–4
Runner-Up	1978	US Open (2)	Sherwood Stewart	Robert Maud Ken Rosewall	6–1, 5–7, 3–6

Mixed doubles 9 (7–2)

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

External links

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