Gabriel Markus (born 31 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

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, Stefano Pescosolido and Jan Siemerink.

At the 1992 French Open he memorably pushed second seed Stefan Edberg 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 ATP World Tour. He upset top seed Peter Sampras in the semi-finals.

He participated in two Davis Cup 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 Uruguay in 1994.

Since retiring, Markus has been involved in coaching. He was coach of David Nalbandian when he reached the final of the 2002 Wimbledon Championships and was coaching Nicolás Massú at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where the Chilean won two gold medals. In 2010, he became coach of Richard Gasquet but they would part company before the year ended.

ATP career finals

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

Legend
Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–1)Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)Finals by setting Outdoors (1–1) Indoors (0–0)
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 1992Nice, FranceWorld SeriesClaySpain Javier Sánchez6–4, 6–4
Loss1–1Apr 1994Birmingham, United StatesWorld SeriesClayAustralia Jason Stoltenberg3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–0)Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Feb 1992Maceió, BrazilWorld SeriesClayUnited States John SobelBrazil Ricardo Acioly Brazil Mauro Menezes6–4, 1–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (5–7) ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (5–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (5–7)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 1989Santos, BrazilChallengerClayArgentina Christian Miniussi6–2, 6–2
Loss1–1Jan 1991Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClayArgentina Gustavo Giussani6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Win2–1Feb 1991São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClayPortugal João Cunha-Silva4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss2–2Apr 1991Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClayArgentina Marcelo Ingaramo6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss2–3May 1991São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHardBrazil Fernando Roese4–6, 3–6
Loss2–4Sep 1991Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClayUruguay Marcelo Filippini3–6, 4–6
Loss2–5Nov 1991São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClayEcuador Raúl Viver6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win3–5Jul 1992Salerno, ItalyChallengerClaySpain Emilio Benfele Álvarez7–6, 6–1
Loss3–6Feb 1993Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClayArgentina Javier Frana6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Win4–6Aug 1993Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClaySlovakia Karol Kučera3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss4–7Sep 1993Oporto, PortugalChallengerClayArgentina Franco Davín4–6, 3–6
Win5–7Apr 1994São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClayArgentina Hernán Gumy2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (0–4) ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (0–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1990São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClayBrazil João ZwetschBrazil Cássio Motta Argentina Javier Frana3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss0–2Jan 1991Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClayArgentina Francisco YunisCuba Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Cuba Mario Tabares3–6, 2–6
Loss0–3Jul 1992Salerno, ItalyChallengerClayArgentina Daniel OrsanicAustralia Andrew Kratzmann Australia Roger Rasheed4–6, 3–6
Loss0–4Oct 1992Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClayArgentina Horacio de la PeñaArgentina Pablo Albano Argentina Javier Frana6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH

Singles

Tournament19901991199219931994SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAA1RA0 / 10–10%
French OpenA3R2R3R1R0 / 45–456%
WimbledonAA1RAA0 / 10–10%
US OpenA4R2RA1R0 / 34–357%
Win–loss0–05–22–32–20–20 / 99–950%
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAA1RA0 / 10–10%
MiamiAA1R1RA0 / 20–20%
Monte Carlo2RAA1RA0 / 20–20%
RomeAA1RAA0 / 10–10%
HamburgAAA1RA0 / 10–10%
ParisAA1RAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–10–00–30–40–00 / 80–80%

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