Gabriel Markus (born 31 March 1970) is a former professional

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player from

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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. 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,

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and

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. At the 1992 French Open he memorably pushed second seed

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to five sets in the second round, but was unable to register a win. Markus won France's Phillips Open in 1992, his only title win on the

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. He upset top seed Peter Sampras in the semi-finals. He participated in two

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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

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in 1994. Since retiring, Markus has been involved in coaching. He was coach of

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when he reached the final of the

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and was coaching

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at the

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, where the Chilean won two gold medals. In 2010, he became coach of

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but they would part company before the year ended.'' 20 minutes''
"Richard Gasquet se sépare de son entraîneur Gabriel Markus"
8 September 2010

ATP career finals

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

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