Tomm Warneke

Tomm Warneke

Full name	Tomm Warneke
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1961-10-09) October 9, 1961 (age 63) Lakeland, Florida, United States
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$73,152
Singles
Career record	6-17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 159 (March 17, 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1985)
US Open	1R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	38-37
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 43 (March 9, 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1985)
French Open	3R (1986)
Wimbledon	1R (1986)
US Open	QF (1986)

Tomm Warneke (born October 9, 1961) is a former professional tennis player and coaches from Florida.

Biography

The son of a geologist, Warneke is the youngest of five brothers, along with his twin.[1] He started playing tennis aged six and throughout the age groups was consistently the top ranked player in Florida.[2][3] In 1979 he was a member of the American Junior Davis Cup team. A graduate of Santa Fe High School, he took up a scholarship to Trinity University in Texas and completed a degree in business administration, while earning multiple All-American honours for his tennis.[1][4]

Warneke, who turned professional in 1984, had a game more suited to doubles so it was in that format that he had more success.[3] He made his only Grand Prix final in the doubles event at the 1985 South Australian Open, when he and Brazilian Nelson Aerts finished runners-up.[5] He won two ATP Challenger doubles titles in 1985. At Grand Slam level he managed to reach the quarter-finals of the 1986 US Open with Michael Robertson.[3] He reached his highest doubles ranking of 43 in the world in 1987.

He twice qualified for the main singles draw at a Grand Slam tournament. At the 1985 French Open he made it through in the opening round with a four-set win over Pablo Arraya, then was eliminated by Marcos Hocevar in the second round, after another four-set match.[6] He was drawn against 15th seed Brad Gilbert in the first round of the 1986 US Open and was unable to cause an upset, despite winning the opening set then being a break and 40-love up in the second.[3]

After his touring career ended, Warneke was involved in coaching.[7] He was the Director of Tennis at the Saw Mill Woodlake club in Lakeland and taught at the Rick Macci Tennis Academy at Grenelefe Resort in Haines City.[7] Following that he was Head of Tennis at the Palm Coast Players Club, then in 1993 was appointed Director of Tennis at Lakeland's Grasslands Golf and Country Club.[7]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1985	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Nelson Aerts	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	4–6, 4–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1985	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Andy Andrews	Kelly Evernden Michael Robertson	6–3, 7–6
2.	1985	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Andy Andrews	Fred Perrin Norm Schellenger	6–4, 7–6

References

1. Goldstein, Steve (January 28, 1986). "The Living Isn't Easy On Fringe Of The Tour". Philadelphia Media Network. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
2. "Injury plagued year ends for Warneke". Lakeland Ledger. June 16, 1981. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
3. Hill, Bob (September 26, 1986). "Another Frustrating Loss Leaves Warneke More Confused". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
4. "Trinity Men's Tennis All-Americans". trinitytigers.com. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
5. "SA Open win breaks five-year drought for Edwards". The Age. December 23, 1986. p. 21. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
6. "Sport". The Star Democrat. Easton, Maryland. p. 12. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
7. "Grasslands hires Lakeland native to head tennis program". Lakeland Ledger. January 13, 1993. p. 3D. Retrieved December 28, 2015.

External links

• Tomm Warneke at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tomm Warneke at the International Tennis Federation