Upcoming Event: Men's Tennis versus Arkansas Futures on September 15, 2025
Men's Tennis
vs Arkansas Futures
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Martinez, Alex
Alex Martinez
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Spain
Bio
Career
Career-High ITA Singles Ranking: 68 (March 9, 2022)
Career-High ITA Doubles Ranking: 28 (March 30, 2021)
2023 All-Big 12 Singles Second Team
Big 12 Player of the Week (February 8, 2022)
Big 12 Player of the Week (March 8, 2022)
2022 Big 6 Fall Invite Doubles Champion (Welsh Hotard)
2021 All-Big 12 Singles Second Team
2021 All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team
2021 Big 12 Position Champion (No. 3 Singles)
15-13 on the year in singles and 15-17 in doubles … (Spring) Compiled a team-best 12-7 record in singles, playing primarily on court three … Ran the table in Big 12 play to go 5-0 at the No. 3 spot and capture the position title … Was the first Sooner since Andrew Harris in 2015 to go 5-0 against the Big 12 … All-Big 12 Singles Second Team honoree … Clinched OU’s upset of No. 12 Wake Forest at ITA Kickoff Weekend with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 win over Robert Maciag at the No. 4 line … Held strong to defeat Baylor’s Sven Lah in two tiebreakers, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3) (April 3) … Back-to-back ranked wins at Texas (April 9) and TCU (April 11) as he beat the Longhorns’ No. 99 Siem Woldeab 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) and TCU’s No. 47 Sander Jong 7-6 (4), 6-4 … Finished the season on a six-match winning streak … 13-10 in dual match doubles … went 11-7 with Nathan Han at the top spot and rose as high as No. 28 in the ITA rankings (March 30) … With Han, knocked off two top-35 teams defeating Wichita State’s Murkel Dellien and Marius Frosa 7-6 (6) (Jan. 29) No. 10 Sven Lah and Constantin Frantzen of Baylor 6-2 (Feb. 5) … Clinched OU’s first doubles point against Texas since 2017 with a 6-4 win over Longhorns Chi Chih Huang and Eliot Spizziri at the top spot … Earned All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team honors with Han … (Fall) 3-6 in singles and 2-7 in doubles during the fall.
Freshman (2019-20)
Joined the Sooners in January and compiled a 9-3 singles record before the season ended due to COVID-19 … Won eight of his nine matches in straight sets … Played primarily on court four, where he went 5-2 … Finished the season on a three-match winning streak … Won seven of his last eight matches … Also went 7-1 in doubles, partnering with Jochen Bertsch and Max Stewart … Went 6-1 with Stewart with the duo clinching five of the Sooners’ doubles points.
Junior Career
Career-high 93 ITF ... Career-high 1,063 ATP ... High UTR of 13.56 ... 2018 European Championships quarterfinalist ... ITF Casablanca Grade 1 doubles champion.
Personal
Native of Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Spain ... Enjoys spending time with friends and playing video games in his free time.
Career-High ITA Singles Ranking: 68 (March 9, 2022)
Career-High ITA Doubles Ranking: 28 (March 30, 2021)
2023 All-Big 12 Singles Second Team
Big 12 Player of the Week (February 8, 2022)
Big 12 Player of the Week (March 8, 2022)
2022 Big 6 Fall Invite Doubles Champion (Welsh Hotard)
2021 All-Big 12 Singles Second Team
2021 All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team
2021 Big 12 Position Champion (No. 3 Singles)
Senior (2022-23)
Compiled a 17-13 singles record and 12-13 doubles record ... (Spring) 10-8 in dual matches, all at the top court ... Secured four matches, including OU's sweep over No. 24 Middle Tennessee and OU's first win over Baylor since 2018 ... Claimed five ranked-singles win: No. 28 Kody Pearson (Tulsa) 6-2, 6-1; No. 34 Jeremy Schifris (Drake) 6-3, 6-2; No. 62 Tadeas Paroulek (Baylor) 6-3, 6-3; No. 89 Tyler Zink (Oklahoma State) 7-6 (11), 5-7, 1-0 [10-3]; No. 94 Filip Planinsek (Alabama) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 ... Earned All-Big 12 Second Team Singles honors ... Went 7-10 in doubles between courts one and two ... Clinched three doubles points ... (Fall) Went 7-5 in singles, 5-3 in doubles ... Notched four ranked-singles wins: No. 66 Lui Maxted (TCU), No. 72 Raphael Perot (TAMU), No. 87 Pedro Vives Marcos (TCU) and No. 117 Blake Croyder (UGA) ... Reached the semifinals in doubles with Nathan Han at the Battle of the Bay.
Junior (2021-22)
Completed his junior campaign 17-13 overall in singles and 19-11 in doubles … (Spring) Recorded a 13-9 singles record, playing primarily at the No. 2 spot … Picked up three top-50 wins … Defeated No. 25 Aleksa Bucan (Arkansas) 6-3, 6-2 on Feb. 6, 2022 in the Sooners’ 5-2 victory over the Razorbacks … Earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors twice (Feb. 8, 2022 and Mar. 8, 2022) … Recorded a 13-8 doubles record with Welsh Hotard at the top spot … The pair clinched the doubles point for OU in the first round of the Big 12 Championship, defeating Issac Arevalo and Piotr Pawlak (Texas Tech) 7-6 (4) … (Fall) Finished 4-4 in singles and 6-3 in doubles … Named the Big 6 Fall Invite Doubles Champion with Welsh Hotard … Advanced to doubles semifinals at the ITA Central Region Championships …. Singles quarterfinal run at ITA Central Region Championships.
15-13 on the year in singles and 15-17 in doubles … (Spring) Compiled a team-best 12-7 record in singles, playing primarily on court three … Ran the table in Big 12 play to go 5-0 at the No. 3 spot and capture the position title … Was the first Sooner since Andrew Harris in 2015 to go 5-0 against the Big 12 … All-Big 12 Singles Second Team honoree … Clinched OU’s upset of No. 12 Wake Forest at ITA Kickoff Weekend with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 win over Robert Maciag at the No. 4 line … Held strong to defeat Baylor’s Sven Lah in two tiebreakers, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3) (April 3) … Back-to-back ranked wins at Texas (April 9) and TCU (April 11) as he beat the Longhorns’ No. 99 Siem Woldeab 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) and TCU’s No. 47 Sander Jong 7-6 (4), 6-4 … Finished the season on a six-match winning streak … 13-10 in dual match doubles … went 11-7 with Nathan Han at the top spot and rose as high as No. 28 in the ITA rankings (March 30) … With Han, knocked off two top-35 teams defeating Wichita State’s Murkel Dellien and Marius Frosa 7-6 (6) (Jan. 29) No. 10 Sven Lah and Constantin Frantzen of Baylor 6-2 (Feb. 5) … Clinched OU’s first doubles point against Texas since 2017 with a 6-4 win over Longhorns Chi Chih Huang and Eliot Spizziri at the top spot … Earned All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team honors with Han … (Fall) 3-6 in singles and 2-7 in doubles during the fall.
Freshman (2019-20)
Joined the Sooners in January and compiled a 9-3 singles record before the season ended due to COVID-19 … Won eight of his nine matches in straight sets … Played primarily on court four, where he went 5-2 … Finished the season on a three-match winning streak … Won seven of his last eight matches … Also went 7-1 in doubles, partnering with Jochen Bertsch and Max Stewart … Went 6-1 with Stewart with the duo clinching five of the Sooners’ doubles points.
Junior Career
Career-high 93 ITF ... Career-high 1,063 ATP ... High UTR of 13.56 ... 2018 European Championships quarterfinalist ... ITF Casablanca Grade 1 doubles champion.
Personal
Native of Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Spain ... Enjoys spending time with friends and playing video games in his free time.
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, UCF 0
Saturday, March 30
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, TCU 3
Thursday, March 28
MTEN Highlights: OU 4, BYU 2
Saturday, March 23
MTEN Highlights: OU 7, Texas Tech 0
Thursday, March 21
