Mark Koevermans

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Mark Koevermans Tennis player
Nickname: Koef
Nation: NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Birthday: 3rd February 1968
Size: 185 cm
Weight: 79 kg
1st professional season: 1987
Resignation: 1994
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 842,859
singles
Career record: 72:84
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 37 (May 27 1991)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 113: 91
Career title: 4th
Highest ranking: 24 (June 21 1993)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mark Koevermans (born February 3, 1968 in Rotterdam ) is a former Dutch tennis player .

Career

Koevermans became a professional tennis player in 1987, and the following year he won his first tournament victory in singles on the ATP Challenger Tour . He also won the double competitions of the Challenger tournaments in Travemünde and Tampere on the side of Igor Flego . In 1989 he was in the finals of the Challenger tournaments in Agadir and Casablanca , in the latter he won the doubles competition together with Josef Čihák . In 1990 he celebrated his only individual title on the ATP World Tour in Athens , and he was also three times in an ATP double-final. The following year he won his first double title on the ATP Tour alongside Jacco Eltingh in Athens ; He won another title with Paul Haarhuis , with whom he played frequently and very successfully. Together they won three tournaments, including the Masters tournament in Hamburg , and were in the finals of seven other tournaments, including twice at the Masters tournament in Monte Carlo . Overall, Koevermans won four double titles in his career, twelve more times he was in a double final. He achieved his highest scores in the ATP world rankings in 1991 with position 37 in singles and in 1993 with position 24 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was the entry into the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 1990, his best result in the doubles competition was the semi-finals at the French Open in the same year.

Koevermans played nine singles and six doubles games for the Dutch Davis Cup team between 1988 and 1993 . His greatest success with the team was a quarterfinal participation in 1993 (world group) against Sweden ; he lost the double at Paul Haarhuis's side. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona he competed in singles and doubles for the Netherlands. With Paul Haarhuis he had to admit defeat in the first round to the later bronze medalists from Croatia , Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpić . In singles he reached the third round, in which he was defeated by Jaime Oncins .

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (4)

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. October 7, 1990 GreeceGreece Athens sand ArgentinaArgentina Franco Davín 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. April 6, 1991 PortugalPortugal Estoril sand NetherlandsNetherlands Paul Haarhuis NetherlandsNetherlands Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 3, 6: 3
2. 5th October 1991 GreeceGreece Athens sand NetherlandsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh NetherlandsNetherlands Menno Oosting Olli Rahnasto
FinlandFinland
5: 7, 7: 6, 7: 5
3. July 25, 1992 NetherlandsNetherlands Hilversum sand NetherlandsNetherlands Paul Haarhuis SwedenSweden Mårten Renström Mikael Tillström
SwedenSweden
6: 7, 6: 1, 6: 4
4th May 8, 1993 GermanyGermany Hamburg sand NetherlandsNetherlands Paul Haarhuis CanadaCanada Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 6: 7, 7: 6

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