Marko Tkalec

Marko Tkalec (born 17 March 1977) is a retired professional tennis player from Slovenia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 243 in 2002. Tkalec has participated in 22 Davis Cup ties for Slovenia, posting a 25–9 record in singles and a 3–4 record in doubles.^[1]

Marko Tkalec

Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Maribor, Slovenia
Born	(1977-03-17) 17 March 1977 (age 48) Maribor, Slovenia back then (Yugoslavia)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Horst Skoff Bostjan Kuhar
Prize money	$119,059
Singles
Career record	14–9
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 20 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 243 (1 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2003)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2001)
Doubles
Career record	2–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 357 (28 February 2000)

Futures titles (20)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1998	Croatia	Clay	Saša Hiršzon	4–1 Ret.
2.	1999	Vilnius, Lithuania	Grass	Andrej Kračman	7–6(2), 6–2
3.	2000	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Frank Pokorny	6–4, 6–0
4.	2000	Kranj, Slovenia	Clay	Tobias Clemens	6–4, 6–2
5.	2001	Chalkida, Greece	Hard	Philip Gubenco	2–6, 6–1, 6–0
6.	2001	Nafplio, Greece	Hard	Jocelyn Robichaud	6–1, 6–4
7.	2001	Syros, Greece	Hard	Konstantinos Economidis	6–3, 6–7(2), 7–6(5)
8.	2001	Nicosia, Cyprus	Clay	Tomas Janci	7–6(3), 6–3
9.	2002	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Relja Dulić Fišer	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
10.	2003	Croatia	Carpet	Alexander Jakupovic	6–4, 7–6(7)
11.	2006	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Roman Vögeli	6–3, 7–6(6)
12.	2006	Koper, Slovenia	Clay	Manuel Jorquera	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
13.	2006	Austria	Clay	Martin Fischer	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
14.	2006	Croatia	Clay	Ivan Cerović	6–4, 6–4
15.	2007	Austria	Carpet	Jakub Hasek	6–3, 6–4
16.	2007	Croatia	Clay	Conor Niland	6–4, 7–5
17.	2007	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Christian Magg	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
18.	2007	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Clay	Rainer Eitzinger	6–4, 6–7(2), 6–3
19.	2008	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Vjekoslav Skenderovic	6–1, 6–2
20.	2009	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Aljaž Bedene	5–7, 6–3, 6–4