Gabriel Markus

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Gabriel Markus
Country (sports) Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1970-03-31) 31 March 1970 (age 53)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$589,053
Singles
Career record59–72
Career titles1
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 36 (27 July 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1993)
French Open 3R (1991, 1993)
Wimbledon 1R (1992)
US Open 4R (1991)
Doubles
Career record8–9
Career titles1
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 178 (19 October 1992)
Last updated on: 7 December 2021.

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

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Career

A clay court specialist, Markus was a quarter-finalist in the Boys' 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 second 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 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Apr 1992 Nice, FranceWorld SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Javier Sánchez 6–4, 6–4
Loss1–1 Apr 1994 Birmingham, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Stoltenberg 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Feb 1992 Maceió, BrazilWorld SeriesClay Flag of the United States.svg John Sobel Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Acioly
Flag of Brazil.svg Mauro Menezes
6–4, 1–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–7)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 1989 Santos, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Christian Miniussi 6–2, 6–2
Loss1–1Jan 1991 Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Giussani 6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Win2–1Feb 1991 São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Portugal.svg João Cunha-Silva 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss2–2Apr 1991 Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Ingaramo 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss2–3May 1991 São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Roese 4–6, 3–6
Loss2–4Sep 1991 Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClay Flag of Uruguay.svg Marcelo Filippini 3–6, 4–6
Loss2–5Nov 1991 São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Ecuador.svg Raúl Viver 6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win3–5Jul 1992 Salerno, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Benfele Álvarez 7–6, 6–1
Loss3–6Feb 1993 Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana 6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Win4–6Aug 1993 Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Kučera 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss4–7Sep 1993 Oporto, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Davín 4–6, 3–6
Win5–7Apr 1994 São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Hernán Gumy 2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1990 São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg João Zwetsch Flag of Brazil.svg Cássio Motta
Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana
3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss0–2Jan 1991 Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Yunis Flag of Cuba.svg Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez
Flag of Cuba.svg Mario Tabares
3–6, 2–6
Loss0–3Jul 1992 Salerno, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Orsanic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Kratzmann
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Rasheed
4–6, 3–6
Loss0–4Oct 1992 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio de la Peña Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Albano
Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana
6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
French Open A 3R 2R 3R 1R 0 / 45–456%
Wimbledon AA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
US Open A 4R 2R A 1R 0 / 34–357%
Win–loss0–05–22–32–20–20 / 99–950%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Miami AA 1R 1R A0 / 20–20%
Monte Carlo 2R AA 1R A0 / 20–20%
Rome AA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Hamburg AAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Paris AA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–10–00–30–40–00 / 80–80%

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References

  1. ATP World Tour Profile
  2. ITF Tennis Profile
  3. Davis Cup Profile
  4. 20 minutes , "Richard Gasquet se sépare de son entraîneur Gabriel Markus", 8 September 2010 (in French)