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

Gabriel Markus
Country (sports)Argentina Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1970-03-31) 31 March 1970 (age 54)
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 Open1R (1993)
French Open3R (1991, 1993)
Wimbledon1R (1992)
US Open4R (1991)
Doubles
Career record8–9
Career titles1
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 178 (19 October 1992)
Last updated on: 7 December 2021.

Career

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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

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1992 Nice, France World Series Clay   Javier Sánchez 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Apr 1994 Birmingham, United States World Series Clay   Jason Stoltenberg 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1992 Maceió, Brazil World Series Clay   John Sobel   Ricardo Acioly
  Mauro Menezes
6–4, 1–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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Singles: 12 (5–7)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–7)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1989 Santos, Brazil Challenger Clay   Christian Miniussi 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jan 1991 Viña del Mar, Chile Challenger Clay   Gustavo Giussani 6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Win 2–1 Feb 1991 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   João Cunha-Silva 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Apr 1991 Birmingham, United States Challenger Clay   Marcelo Ingaramo 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 May 1991 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard   Fernando Roese 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 1991 Bucharest, Romania Challenger Clay   Marcelo Filippini 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Nov 1991 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Raúl Viver 6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win 3–5 Jul 1992 Salerno, Italy Challenger Clay   Emilio Benfele Álvarez 7–6, 6–1
Loss 3–6 Feb 1993 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Javier Frana 6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Win 4–6 Aug 1993 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Karol Kučera 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss 4–7 Sep 1993 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay   Franco Davín 4–6, 3–6
Win 5–7 Apr 1994 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Hernán Gumy 2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1990 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   João Zwetsch   Cássio Motta
  Javier Frana
3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 1991 Viña del Mar, Chile Challenger Clay   Francisco Yunis   Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez
  Mario Tabares
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 1992 Salerno, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniel Orsanic   Andrew Kratzmann
  Roger Rasheed
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Oct 1992 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Horacio de la Peña   Pablo Albano
  Javier Frana
6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

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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

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Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 3R 2R 3R 1R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Wimbledon A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A 4R 2R A 1R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Win–loss 0–0 5–2 2–3 2–2 0–2 0 / 9 9–9 50%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte Carlo 2R A A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–4 0–0 0 / 8 0–8 0%

References

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