Markus Zoecke (born 10 May 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. Zoecke's primary weapon was a powerful serve that he could hit thanks to his height (1.95 m). He reached a highest singles ranking of No. 48 in March 1992. During his career he won one singles and one doubles title. He played three matches for the German Davis Cup team in 1992 and 1995.

Markus Zoecke
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceBerlin, Germany
Born (1968-05-10) 10 May 1968 (age 56)
Berlin, Germany
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$795,369
Singles
Career record67–103
Career titles1
4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 48 (23 March 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1992)
French Open1R (1990, 1992, 1994, 1995)
Wimbledon3R (1994)
US Open3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record15–22
Career titles1
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 233 (26 February 1996)
Last updated on: 11 February 2022.

He is currently the sporting director at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin.[1]

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 (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1991 Guarujá, Brazil World Series Hard   Javier Frana 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 1994 Sun City, South Africa World Series Hard   Hendrik Dreekmann 6–4, 6–1

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 (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
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 Jun 1995 Newport, United States World Series Grass   Jörn Renzenbrink   Paul Kilderry
  Nuno Marques
6–1, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (4–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Jul 1989 Rümikon, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Francisco Yunis 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1-1 Nov 1989 Valkenswaard, Netherlands Challenger Carpet   Eric Winogradsky 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1-2 Jan 1991 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Diego Nargiso 6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win 2-2 Apr 1991 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard   Kelly Jones 6–3, 6–3
Win 3-2 Jan 1994 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Cristiano Caratti 6–3, 6–4,
Win 4-2 Aug 1994 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Guillaume Raoux 6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4-3 Aug 1994 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard   Rodolphe Gilbert 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1989 Rümikon, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Libor Pimek   Russell Barlow
  Harald Rittersbacher
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Dec 1990 Munich, Germany Challenger Carpet   Jens Woehrmann   Dimitri Poliakov
  Slobodan Vojinovic
6–4, 6–3

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 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
French Open A 1R A 1R A 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Wimbledon Q2 1R A 1R A 3R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open A A A 1R 1R 3R A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–4 0–2 4–4 0–3 0 / 17 6–17 26%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 1R A A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A 2R A 4R A A 1R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Hamburg 2R 1R A 1R A A 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Canada A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–3 0 / 10 5–10 33%

References

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  1. ^ "Markus Zoecke". LTTC "Rot-Weiß" e.V.
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