Tore Meinecke | |
Residence: | Reith bei Kitzbühel, Austria |
Birth Date: | 1967 7, df=y |
Birth Place: | Hamburg, West Germany |
Turnedpro: | 1983 |
Retired: | 1989 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $242,301 |
Singlesrecord: | 40–51 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 46 (9 May 1988) |
Australianopenresult: | 2R (1989) |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1988) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1988) |
Doublesrecord: | 47–52 |
Doublestitles: | 2 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 46 (13 July 1987) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1989) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (1987, 1988) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1985, 1988) |
Tore Meinecke (born 21 July 1967) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.
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.
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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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 |