Country (sports) | West Germany |
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Residence | Reith bei Kitzbühel, Austria |
Born |
Hamburg, West Germany |
July 21, 1967
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1983 |
Retired | 1989 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $242,301 |
Singles | |
Career record | 40–51 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 46 (May 9, 1988) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1989) |
French Open | 2R (1988) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 47–52 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 46 (July 13, 1987) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1989) |
French Open | 3R (1987, 1988) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1985, 1988) |
Last updated on: 30 March 2012. |
Tore Meinecke (born July 21, 1967, in Hamburg), 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). He turned pro in 1983. During his professional career Meinecke won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 46 in May 1988 and a career-high doubles ranking of World 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. He currently runs a tennis school near Geneva, Switzerland together with Jonas Svensson.