Tore Meinecke

Tore Meinecke
Country (sports)  West Germany
Residence Reith bei Kitzbühel, Austria
Born (1967-07-21) July 21, 1967
Hamburg, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1983
Retired 1989
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $242,301
Singles
Career record 40–51
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 46 (May 9, 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1989)
French Open 2R (1988)
Wimbledon 2R (1988)
Doubles
Career record 47–52
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 46 (July 13, 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1989)
French Open 3R (1987, 1988)
Wimbledon 1R (1985, 1988)
Last updated on: 30 March 2012.

Tore Meinecke (born July 21, 1967, in Hamburg), is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.

Career

As a junior Meinecke won the Orange Bowl doubles champion 16-under in 1982 (partnering Boris Becker) and was runner-up at the European Junior Championships (w/Becker).[1] He turned pro in 1983. During his professional career Meinecke won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 46 in May 1988 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 46 in July 1987.

In June 1989 Meinecke suffered a car crash in Clermont-Ferrand, France which put him in a coma for more than a month and forced him to retire from professional tennis at the age of 22.[2] He currently runs a tennis school near Geneva, Switzerland together with Jonas Svensson.

Doubles finals (3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1987 Guarujá, Brazil Hard West Germany Martin Hipp Brazil Luiz Mattar
Brazil Cássio Motta		 6–7, 1–6
Winner 1. 1987 Athens, Greece Clay West Germany Ricki Osterthun Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil
Netherlands Tom Nijssen		 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 1988 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) West Germany Patrik Kühnen Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Italy Diego Nargiso		 7–6, 7–6

Singles finals (1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1987 Athens, Greece Clay Argentina Guillermo Pérez-Roldán 2–6, 3–6

References

  1. ↑ "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Gerald Eskenazi (September 28, 1992). "Approaching Life As a 'Five-Setter'". NY Times. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

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