en Tore Meinecke

Tore Meinecke
Country (sports)	West Germany
Residence	Reith bei Kitzbühel, Austria
Born	21 July 1967 (age 57); 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 (9 May 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 (13 July 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1989)
French Open	3R (1987, 1988)
Wimbledon	1R (1985, 1988)

Tore Meinecke (born 21 July 1967) 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 two doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46 in May 1988 and a career-high doubles ranking of 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.

Career finals

Singles (1 loss)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	1987	Athens, Greece	Clay	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	2–6, 3–6

Doubles (2 wins, 1 loss)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1987	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Martin Hipp	Luiz Mattar Cássio Motta	6–7, 1–6
Win	1–1	1987	Athens, Greece	Clay	Ricki Osterthun	Jaroslav Navrátil Tom Nijssen	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Patrik Kühnen	Magnus Gustafsson Diego Nargiso	7–6, 7–6

References

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

External links

Tore Meinecke at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Tore Meinecke at the International Tennis Federation
JOTO Tennis School

[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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