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Tore Meinecke

Tore Meinecke
Country (sports)  West Germany
Residence Reith bei Kitzbühel, Austria
Born (1967-07-21) July 21, 1967 (age 49)
Hamburg, West Germany
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.


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