Marcos Ondruska (born 18 December 1972) is a former

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from

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, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, Georgia, where he defeated

Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He is the only player to win a Wimbledon singles title as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001 while ranked world No. 125, after ...

in the first round before falling to

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's Christian Ruud. The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 10 May 1993, when he became the number 27 of the world and reached the semi-finals at the Miami Open. Ondruska has a 13–7 career Davis Cup record in 11 ties.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner=ups)

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 8 (7–1)

Doubles: 27 (14–13)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ondruska, Marcos 1972 births Living people South African male tennis players Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of South Africa Hopman Cup competitors Sportspeople from Bloemfontein