Gabriel Markus

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

Gabriel Markus

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1970-03-31) 31 March 1970 (age 55) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1989
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$589,053
Singles
Career record	59–72
Career titles	1 5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 36 (27 July 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1993)
French Open	3R (1991, 1993)
Wimbledon	1R (1992)
US Open	4R (1991)
Doubles
Career record	8–9
Career titles	1 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 178 (19 October 1992)
Last updated on: 7 December 2021.

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.^[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

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

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)

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

Singles: 12 (5–7)

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)

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

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

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%