Gabriel Markus

Gabriel Markus
Country (sports) Argentina Argentina
Born (1970-03-31) 31 March 1970
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1989
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $613,203
Singles
Career record 59–72
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 36 (27 Jul 1992)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1993)
French Open 3R (1991, 1993)
Wimbledon 1R (1992)
US Open 4R (1991)
Doubles
Career record 8–9
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 178 (19 Oct 1992)

Gabriel Markus (born 31 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

Career

A clay court specialist, Markus was a quarter-finalist in the Boy's Singles event at the 1987 French Open and at his best was ranked second in the Argentine junior rankings.[1]

The right-handed player made the fourth round of the US Open in 1991, the furthest he would reach in a Grand Slam. Along the way he defeated Diego Nargiso, Stefano Pescosolido and Jan Siemerink.

At the 1992 French Open he memorably pushed second seed Stefan Edberg to five sets in the opening round, but was unable to register a win.[2]

Markus won France's Phillips Open in 1992, his only title win on the ATP World Tour. He upset top seed Peter Sampras in the semi-finals.

He participated in two Davis Cup ties for the Argentine team. He defeated Denmark's Morten Christensen in their 1992 World Group encounter and beat both Uruguayan singles players when Argentina faced Uruguay in 1994.[3]

Since retiring, Markus has been involved in coaching. He was coach of David Nalbandian when he reached the final of the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and was coaching Nicolás Massú at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where the Chilean won two gold medals. In 2010 he became coach of Richard Gasquet but they would part company before the year ended.[4]

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1992 Nice, France Clay Spain Javier Sánchez 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 1994 Birmingham, United States Clay Australia Jason Stoltenberg 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1992 Maceió, Brazil Clay United States John Sobel Brazil Ricardo Acioly
Brazil Mauro Menezes
6–4, 1–6, 7–5

Challenger Titles

Singles: (5)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 1989 Santos, Brazil Clay Argentina Christian Miniussi 6–2, 6–2
2. 1991 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Portugal João Cunha e Silva 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
3. 1992 Salerno, Italy Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez 7–6, 6–1
4. 1993 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Slovakia Karol Kučera 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
5. 1994 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Argentina Hernán Gumy 2–6, 6–4, 6–4

References

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