Gabriel Markus (born 31 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
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.ATP World Tour Profile
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.ITF Tennis Profile
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.Davis Cup Profile
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.20 minutes, he also worked with the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation, coaching Mikhail Kukushkin, Evgeny Korolev and the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team."Richard Gasquet se sépare de son entraîneur Gabriel Markus", 8 September 2010
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Nice, FranceWorld SeriesClay Javier Sánchez6–4, 6–4Loss1–1Birmingham, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Jason Stoltenberg3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 1 (1 title) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Maceió, BrazilWorld SeriesClay John Sobel Ricardo Acioly Mauro Menezes6–4, 1–6, 7–5
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
Singles: 12 (5–7) LegendATP Challenger (5–7)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (5–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Santos, BrazilChallengerClay Christian Miniussi6–2, 6–2Loss1–1Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Gustavo Giussani6–4, 2–6, 0–6Win2–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay João Cunha-Silva4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss2–2Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Marcelo Ingaramo6–3, 3–6, 2–6Loss2–3São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Fernando Roese4–6, 3–6Loss2–4Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClay Marcelo Filippini3–6, 4–6Loss2–5São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Raúl Viver6–7, 6–3, 3–6Win3–5Salerno, ItalyChallengerClay Emilio Benfele Álvarez7–6, 6–1Loss3–6Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Javier Frana6–4, 2–6, 6–7Win4–6Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Karol Kučera3–6, 6–2, 7–5Loss4–7Oporto, PortugalChallengerClay Franco Davín4–6, 3–6Win5–7São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Hernán Gumy2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Doubles: 4 (0–4) LegendATP Challenger (0–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay João Zwetsch Cássio Motta Javier Frana3–6, 6–3, 1–6Loss0–2Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Francisco Yunis Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Mario Tabares3–6, 2–6Loss0–3Salerno, ItalyChallengerClay Daniel Orsanic Andrew Kratzmann Roger Rasheed4–6, 3–6Loss0–4Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Horacio de la Peña Pablo Albano Javier Frana6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19901991199219931994SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1RA0 / 10–1French OpenA3R2R3R1R0 / 45–4WimbledonAA1RAA0 / 10–1US OpenA4R2RA1R0 / 34–3Win–loss0–05–22–32–20–20 / 99–9ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAA1RA0 / 10–1MiamiAA1R1RA0 / 20–2Monte Carlo2RAA1RA0 / 20–2RomeAA1RAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAA1RA0 / 10–1ParisAA1RAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–00–30–40–00 / 80–8
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