Mark Keil

Mark Keil
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Honolulu, HI (USA)
Born	June 3, 1967 (age 56); Mountain View, California
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$749,587
Singles
Career record	4–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 167 (July 22, 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1993)
Wimbledon	1R (1991, 1993)
Doubles
Career record	157–205
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 32 (October 2, 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1992, 1996)
Wimbledon	2R (1993, 1994, 1996)
US Open	3R (1994, 1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1996)
Wimbledon	3R (1996)

Last updated March 21, 2024

Mark Keil (born June 3, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who won five ATP Tour doubles tournaments and was runner up at eight more.

Early life and college

Prior to college, Keil was raised in Albuquerque and in 1985 he was the NM 4-A HS state singles champion. Keil turned pro in the middle of his junior year (1987) from the University of South Florida.

Professional career

One of Keil's major career wins came in the second round of the 1991 Queen's Club Championships in London when he defeated Pete Sampras, then ranked 8th in the world, in straight sets. Keil went on to play in the main draw at Wimbledon in 1991 and 1993 and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of no. 167. He qualified and won a round in singles at the 1993 Australian Open.^[1]

Keil later carved a career for himself on the doubles tour, reaching a career-high ranking of no. 32 in 1995. He has doubles wins over Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Todd Martin, Tommy Haas, Andre Agassi, Gustavo Kuerten and Mark Philippoussis. He won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career.

He also directed and produced with Geoff Grant a film documenting life behind the scenes for a tour professional. The Journeymen follows Keil and his doubles partner Geoff Grant as they try to make a living on the doubles tour.^[2]

Family

His father, Klaus Keil, was an emeritus professor and was a research scientist at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Asteroid 5054 Keil, and the mineral keilite are named after Klaus. He has a former touring tennis pro sister, Kathrin Keil.

Keil was married from 1999–2001 to Dr. Camilla Hildebrand.

ATP career finals

Doubles (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1991	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Dave Randall	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Mar 1992	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Dave Randall	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Nov 1992	Búzios, Brazil	Hard	Tom Mercer	Maurice Ruah Mario Tabares	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Mar 1993	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Dave Randall	Luke Jensen Sandon Stolle	7–5, 6–4
Win	3–2	Apr 1993	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Christo van Rensburg	Glenn Michibata David Pate	7–6, 6–3
Win	4–2	Mar 1995	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Peter Nyborg	Guillaume Raoux Greg Rusedski	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win	5–2	Mar 1995	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Jeff Tarango	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	6–4, 7–6
Loss	5–3	Oct 1995	Basel, Switzerland	Hard	Peter Nyborg	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–4	Feb 1997	Zagreb, Croatia	Carpet	Brent Haygarth	Saša Hiršzon Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–5	Aug 1997	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	T. J. Middleton	Marcos Ondruska David Prinosil	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–6	Feb 1998	Marseilles, France	Hard	T. J. Middleton	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	5–7	May 1999	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek	0–6, 2–6
Loss	5–8	Sep 1999	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Lorenzo Manta	Oleg Ogorodov Marc Rosset	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(1–7)

Source: ATP^[3]

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References

↑ "Lendl and Sampras Mowed Down in Tune-Up". The New York Times. June 13, 1991. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
↑ "Keil's camera looks beyond baseline". The Independent. August 28, 2000. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
↑ "Mark Keil - Tennis - ATP Tour". Association of Tennis Professional (ATP). Retrieved July 31, 2021.

External links

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Mark Keil at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Lendl and Sampras Mowed Down in Tune-Up". The New York Times. June 13, 1991. Retrieved October 8, 2012.

[2] "Keil's camera looks beyond baseline". The Independent. August 28, 2000. Retrieved October 8, 2012.

[3] "Mark Keil - Tennis - ATP Tour". Association of Tennis Professional (ATP). Retrieved July 31, 2021.

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