Sabine Gerke
Full name | Sabine Gerke-Hochdörffer |
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Country (sports) | West Germany Germany |
Born | 15 November 1971 |
Retired | 1997 |
Prize money | $39,093 |
Singles | |
Career record | 104-82 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 187 (11 February 1991) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 26-23 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 326 (31 July 1995) |
Sabine Gerke-Hochdörffer (born 15 November 1971) is a German former professional tennis player.
Biography[]
Gerke, who grew up in Zweibrücken, made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 1989 German Open, where she took 11th seed Bettina Fulco to three sets in a first round loss.[1] In 1990 she won an ITF tournament in Madeira, the first of her four ITF singles titles. She reached her career best ranking of 187 in 1991, after making the second round of the Oslo Open. A two-time Universiade medalist for Germany, she won doubles bronze medals at both the 1993 and 1995 tournaments.
She is married to Jörg Hochdörffer and lives in Bad Laasphe.[2]
ITF finals[]
Singles (4–3)[]
Legend |
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$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 15 October 1990 | Madeira, Portugal | Hard | Petra Kamstra | 6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 3 September 1990 | Arzachena, Italy | Clay | Laura Golarsa | 6–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 3. | 30 August 1993 | Bad Nauheim, Germany | Clay | Zuzana Nemšáková | 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 5 September 1994 | Southsea, United Kingdom | Grass | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Winner | 5. | 13 February 1995 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 6. | 30 June 1996 | Velp, Netherlands | Clay | Daphne van de Zande | 5–7, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1 July 1996 | Heerhugowaard, Netherlands | Clay | 5–7, 4–6 |
Doubles (3–1)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 15 August 1994 | Bergisch, Germany | Clay | Elisabeth Habeler | Nannie de Villiers Carmina Giraldo |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 29 August 1994 | London, United Kingdom | Grass | Kristine Kurth | Linda Jansson Anna-Karin Svensson |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 6 March 1995 | Buchen, Germany | Carpet (i) | Olga Hostáková | Anique Snijders |
6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1 July 1996 | Heerhugowaard, Netherlands | Clay | Debby Haak |
6–1, 0–6, 2–6 |
References[]
- ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 17 May 1989.
- ^ "Bezirkspräsident gewinnt Repetaler Mixed-Turnier". www.derwesten.de (in German). 23 August 2015.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1971 births
- Living people
- West German female tennis players
- German female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate
- Universiade medalists in tennis
- Universiade bronze medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade