Marcos Górriz Explained

Marcos Górriz
Country: Spain
Birth Date:3 March 1964
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Turnedpro:1989
Plays:Left-handed
Careerprizemoney:$662,335
Singlesrecord:37–78
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 88 (19 October 1992)
Australianopenresult:1R (1992, 1993, 1997)
Frenchopenresult:2R (1992)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1993)
Usopenresult:1R (1992, 1993)
Doublesrecord:31–45
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 73 (22 July 1991)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (1992)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1991)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (1991)

Marcos Aurelio Górriz Bonhora (pronounced as /es/; born 4 March 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.[1] He is now a tennis coach; among his students is Alejandro Falla.[2]

Career

Górriz took part in 13 Grand Slam tournaments during his career.[3] From his 11 singles appearances he made the second round twice.[3] The first time was in the 1992 French Open who he beat world number 29 Omar Camporese, before being eliminated in the next round by Michael Chang in four sets.[3] In the 1993 Wimbledon Championships he also made the second round, with a win over Slava Doseděl.[3] On this occasion he lost in the second round to Todd Martin.[3]

The Spaniard made at least one quarter-final appearance on the ATP Tour every year from 1990 to 1994.[3] His best performance came in the 1991 Kremlin Cup, when he was a semi-finalist.[3]

As a doubles player he had more success, winning a title at Genova in 1991, with Alfonso Mora.[3] He was also runner-up at two tournaments.[3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

ResultW/L YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1990San MarinoClay Jordi Burillo Vojtěch Flégl
Daniel Vacek
1–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss0–2Nov 1990Itaparica, BrazilHard Tomás Carbonell Mauro Menezes
Fernando Roese
6–7, 5–7
Win1–2Jun 1991Genova, ItalyClay Alfonso Mora Massimo Ardinghi
Massimo Boscatto
5–7, 7–5, 6–3

Challenger titles

Singles: (4)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1990Knokke, BelgiumClay Josef Čihák7–5, 2–6, 6–1
2.1991Furth, GermanyClay Dimitri Poliakov6–2, 3–0 RET
3.1991Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Dinu Pescariu6–3, 6–2
4.1996Košice, SlovakiaClay Dominik Hrbatý6–4, 6–3

Doubles: (6)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1989Vilamoura, PortugalHard Borja Uribe Simone Colombo
David Felgate
6–1, 3–6, 7–6
2.1990Hossegor, FranceClay Marcelo Ingaramo Eduardo Bengoechea
Eduardo Masso
7–5, 6–2
3.1991Parioli, ItalyClay Andrei Olhovskiy Martin Damm
David Rikl
7–5, 2–6, 6–2
4.1991Furth, GermanyClay Maurice Ruah Jamie Morgan
Sandon Stolle
6–2, 6–4
5.1991Tampere, FinlandClay Tomás Carbonell David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 6–2
6.1994Ostend, BelgiumClay Libor Pimek Jeff Belloli
Martin Zumpft
7–6, 2–6, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10000535 ITF Tennis Profile
  2. http://www.marca.com/2011/01/18/tenis/open_australia/1295318912.html Feliciano López debuta con victoria y se medirá ahora al ídolo local
  3. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Go/M/Marcos-Aurelio-Gorriz.aspx ATP World Tour Profile