Mark Keil
American tennis player
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mark Keil |
| image | |
| country | United States, Germany |
| residence | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Mountain View, California, U.S. |
| height | 1.83 m |
| turnedpro | 1988 |
| retired | 2001 |
| plays | Right-handed |
| careerprizemoney | $749,587 |
| singlesrecord | 4–8 |
| singlestitles | 0 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 167 (July 22, 1991) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 2R (1993) |
| Wimbledonresult | 1R (1991, 1993) |
| doublesrecord | 157–205 |
| doublestitles | 5 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 32 (October 2, 1995) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | 3R (1992, 1996) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | 2R (1993, 1994, 1996) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | 3R (1994, 1996) |
| Mixed | |
| AustralianOpenMixedresult | 2R (1996) |
| WimbledonMixedresult | 3R (1996) |
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Mark Keil (born June 3, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who won five ATP Tour doubles tournaments and was runner up at eight more.
Early life and college
Prior to college, Keil was raised in Albuquerque, NM and in 1985 he was the New Mexico high school state singles champion. Keil turned pro in the middle of his junior year (1987) from the University of South Florida when he was ranked #291 ATP singles and got a sponsor.
Professional career
One of Keil's major career wins came in the second round of the 1991 Queen's Club Championships in London when he defeated Pete Sampras, then ranked 8th in the world, in straight sets. Keil went on to qualify in singles and play in the main draw at Wimbledon in 1991 and 1993 and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of no. 167. He qualified and won a round in singles at the 1993 Australian Open.
Keil later carved a career for himself on the doubles tour, reaching a career-high ranking of no. 32 in 1995. He has doubles wins over Stefan Edberg, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Boris Becker, Todd Martin, Tommy Haas, Andre Agassi, Gustavo Kuerten and Mark Philippoussis. He won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career.
He also directed and produced with Geoff Grant a film documenting life behind the scenes for a tour professional. The Journeymen follows Keil and his sometimes doubles partner Geoff Grant, at the end of their careers, as they try to make a living on the doubles tour.
Family
His father, Klaus Keil, was Emeritus Professor and a research scientist at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Asteroid 5054 Keil, and the mineral keilite are named after Klaus. He has a former touring tennis pro sister, Kathrin Keil. He has a German passport, due to his parents lineage.
Keil was married from 1999–2001 to Dr. Camilla Hildebrand.
ATP career finals
Doubles (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1991 | Atlanta, U.S. | Clay | USA Dave Randall | USA Steve DeVries | |
| AUS David Macpherson | 3–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 1992 | Scottsdale, U.S. | Hard | USA Dave Randall | USA Kent Kinnear | |
| USA Sven Salumaa | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 1992 | Búzios, Brazil | Hard | USA Tom Mercer | VEN Maurice Ruah | |
| CUB Mario Tabares | 6–7, 7–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Win | 2–2 | Mar 1993 | Scottsdale, USA | Hard | USA Dave Randall | USA Luke Jensen | |
| AUS Sandon Stolle | 7–5, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 1993 | Osaka, Japan | Hard | RSA Christo van Rensburg | CAN Glenn Michibata | |
| USA David Pate | 7–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 4–2 | Mar 1995 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Carpet | SWE Peter Nyborg | FRA Guillaume Raoux | |
| GBR Greg Rusedski | 6–7, 6–4, 7–6 | ||||||
| Win | 5–2 | Mar 1995 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | USA Jeff Tarango | CZE Cyril Suk | |
| CZE Daniel Vacek | 6–4, 7–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 5–3 | Oct 1995 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard | SWE Peter Nyborg | CZE Cyril Suk | |
| CZE Daniel Vacek | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 5–4 | Feb 1997 | Zagreb, Croatia | Carpet | RSA Brent Haygarth | CRO Saša Hiršzon | |
| CRO Goran Ivanišević | 4–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 5–5 | Aug 1997 | Long Island, U.S. | Hard | USA T. J. Middleton | RSA Marcos Ondruska | |
| GER David Prinosil | 4–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 5–6 | Feb 1998 | Marseilles, France | Hard | USA T. J. Middleton | USA Donald Johnson | |
| USA Francisco Montana | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 5–7 | May 1999 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ECU Nicolás Lapentti | CZE Martin Damm | |
| CZE Radek Štěpánek | 0–6, 2–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 5–8 | Sep 1999 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Switzerland Lorenzo Manta | UZB Oleg Ogorodov | |
| Switzerland Marc Rosset | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(1–7) | ||||||
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Source: ATP
References
References
- (June 13, 1991). "Lendl and Sampras Mowed Down in Tune-Up". The New York Times.
- (August 28, 2000). "Keil's camera looks beyond baseline". The Independent.
- "Mark Keil - Tennis - ATP Tour". Association of Tennis Professional (ATP).
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