Markus Naewie (born 7 January 1970) is a former professional

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player from

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. Naewie had his best year on tour in 1992, when he broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings. He defeated

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in the

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that year and almost upset 14th seed Alexander Volkov in the second round, taking him to five sets. At the Heineken Open in

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he was a quarter-finalist and he also made the semi-finals of Munich's BMW Open. In the latter he defeated

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, the world number 17, in the opening round and only missed out on a spot in the final when he lost a final set tiebreak 7–9 to

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. Also that year, Naewie and partner Lars Koslowski made the quarter-finals of the German Open, an ATP Super 9 event, defeating en route the Grand Slam winning pairing of Scott Davis and

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. In the

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he teamed up with

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to reach the semi-finals. The German dropped out of the top 100 in 1993 but did manage to reach a quarter-final in

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. In the doubles he and

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were semi-finalists in Munich. He blew a two set lead against

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in the

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, having earlier lost a five setter that year to Daniel Vasek in the

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Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Naewie, Markus 1970 births Living people German male tennis players West German male tennis players Sportspeople from Bremen (city)