Mark Kaplan (born 20 December 1967) is a South African tennis player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 117 on 25 June 1990. He also reached a career high doubles ranking of 219.[1][2] In college his doubles partner was Richard Lubner.

Mark Kaplan
Country (sports)South Africa South Africa
Born (1967-12-20) 20 December 1967 (age 56)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$189,570
Singles
Career record11–21
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 117 (25 June 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1991, 1993)
French OpenQ1 (1994)
Wimbledon1R (1990)
US Open1R (1990)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 219 (29 August 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (1991, 1994)
Last updated on: 18 September 2022.

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 1990 Kiawah Island, United States World Series Clay   David Wheaton 4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 3 (2–1) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1989 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard   Robbie Weiss 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Nov 1989 Cape Town, South Africa Challenger Hard   Dean Botha 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2–1 May 1994 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard   Gianluca Pozzi 4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 2 (1–1) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1989 New Haven, United States Challenger Hard   Brian Garrow   Craig Campbell
  Miguel Dungo
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 1993 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard   Lan Bale   Jonathan Canter
  Jeff Tarango
4–6, 6–3, 5–7

Performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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 edit

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 1R Q2 1R Q1 Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 1R Q1 A A Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open 1R A Q3 Q1 Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

References edit

  1. ^ "Mark Kaplan Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Mark Kaplan". itftennis.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

External links edit