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South African tennis player
Marcos Ondruska (born 18 December 1972) is a former
tennis player from
South Africa , who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the
1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta , Georgia, where he defeated
Goran Ivanišević in the first round before falling to Norway's
Christian Ruud . The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest singles
ATP -ranking on 10 May 1993, when he became the number 27 of the world and reached the semi-finals at the
Miami Open .
Ondruska has a 13–7 career Davis Cup record in 11 ties.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Doubles: 2 (2 runner=ups)
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–1)
Indoors (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Feb 1993
Philadelphia , United States
Championship Series
Carpet
Brad Pearce
Jim Grabb
Richey Reneberg
7–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss
0–2
Mar 1993
Durban , South Africa
World Series
Hard
Johan de Beer
Lan Bale
Wayne Black
6–7, 2–6
Win
1–2
Jan 1996
Auckland , New Zealand
World Series
Hard
Jack Waite
Jonas Björkman
Brett Steven
walkover
Win
2–2
Sep 1996
Palermo , Italy
World Series
Clay
Andrew Kratzmann
Cristian Brandi
Emilio Sánchez
7–6, 6–4
Win
3–2
Oct 1996
Tel Aviv , Israel
World Series
Hard
Grant Stafford
Noam Behr
Eyal Erlich
6–3, 6–2
Win
4–2
Aug 1997
Long Island , United States
International Series
Hard
David Prinosil
Mark Keil
T. J. Middleton
6–4, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
Singles: 8 (7–1)
Legend
ATP Challenger (7–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Aug 1989
Durbam , South Africa
Challenger
Hard
Ugo Colombini
6–4, 6–4
Win
2–0
Sep 1991
Azores , Portugal
Challenger
Hard
Henrik Holm
6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Win
3–0
Jul 1992
Neu-Ulm , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Marc-Kevin Goellner
7–6, 6–1
Loss
3–1
Sep 1992
Bucharest , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Horacio de la Peña
3–6, 0–6
Win
4–1
Nov 1992
Brest , France
Challenger
Hard
Bernd Karbacher
5–7, 6–3, 6–0
Win
5–1
May 1998
Budapest , Hungary
Challenger
Clay
Davide Sanguinetti
4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Win
6–1
Oct 1999
Houston , United States
Challenger
Hard
James Sekulov
7–6, 6–1
Win
7–1
Nov 1999
Miami , United States
Challenger
Hard
Radek Štěpánek
6–2, 6–2
Doubles: 27 (14–13)
Legend
ATP Challenger (13–12)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–3)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (0–3)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 1991
Salerno , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Nicolás Pereira
Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Pietro Pennisi
6–4, 6–4
Loss
1–1
Oct 1991
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Hard
Byron Black
Martin Damm
David Rikl
2–6, 3–6
Win
2–1
Sep 1992
Bucharest , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Horacio de la Peña
Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Markus Naewie
6–4, 6–2
Loss
2–2
Nov 1992
Munich , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Grant Stafford
Sander Groen
Arne Thoms
4–6, 6–7
Loss
2–3
May 1994
Dresden , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Trevor Kronemann
Royce Deppe
Jack Waite
4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss
2–4
Dec 1994
naples , United States
Challenger
Clay
Grant Stafford
Trevor Kronemann
David Macpherson
3–6, 6–7
Win
3–4
Sep 1996
Bad Saarow , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Jens Knippschild
Paul Rosner
Joost Winnink
6–3, 6–3
Loss
3–5
Mar 1998
Magdeburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Chris Wilkinson
Eyal Erlich
Mosé Navarra
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss
3–6
May 1998
Košice , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Nebojsa Djordjevic
Jiří Novák
David Rikl
6–7, 4–6
Win
4–6
Jul 1998
Venice , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Nebojsa Djordjevic
Sander Groen
Massimo Bertolini
1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss
4–7
Sep 1998
Edinburgh , United Kingdom
Challenger
Clay
Chris Wilkinson
Edwin Kempes
Peter Wessels
7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win
5–7
Nov 1998
Brest , France
Challenger
Hard
Neville Godwin
Justin Gimelstob
Brian Macphie
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win
6–7
Nov 1998
Las Vegas , United States
Challenger
Hard
Byron Talbot
David Di Lucia
Michael Sell
7–6, 6–3
Loss
6–8
Feb 1999
Lucknow , India
Challenger
Grass
Andrew Richardson
Nuno Marques
Tom Vanhoudt
4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win
7–8
Apr 1999
Napoli , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Jack Waite
Cristian Brandi
Massimo Bertolini
6–4, 7–6
Win
8–8
Jun 1999
Fürth , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Nebojsa Djordjevic
Diego del Río
Martín Rodríguez
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win
9–8
Jul 1999
Ostend , Belgium
Challenger
Clay
Steven Randjelovic
Xavier Malisse
Wim Neefs
6–2, 6–4
Win
10–8
Sep 1999
Austin , United States
Challenger
Hard
Wesley Whitehouse
Paul Goldstein
Adam Peterson
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win
11–8
Jun 2000
Surbiton , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Jeff Coetzee
Jared Palmer
Jonathan Stark
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(8–6)
Win
12–8
Sep 2000
Houston , United States
Challenger
Hard
Brent Haygarth
James Blake
Kevin Kim
6–4, 6–2
Win
13–8
Nov 2000
Las Vegas , United States
Challenger
Hard
Jeff Coetzee
Mardy Fish
Andy Roddick
6–7(9–11) , 7–6(8–6) , 6–1
Loss
13–9
Nov 2000
Knoxville , United States
Challenger
Hard
Jeff Coetzee
Karsten Braasch
Michael Kohlmann
0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
13–10
Jun 2001
Surbiton , United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Jeff Coetzee
David Adams
Ben Ellwood
6–7(5–7) , 4–6
Loss
13–11
Aug 2001
Segovia , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Neville Godwin
Wesley Moodie
Shaun Rudman
6–7(5–7) , 3–6
Loss
13–12
Nov 2001
Aachen , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Julian Knowle
Michael Kohlmann
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
13–13
May 2003
USA F11,
Orange Park
Futures
Clay
Brendan Evans
Brian Baker
Phillip Simmonds
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win
14–13
May 2005
Korea F1,
Seogwipo
Futures
Hard
Luka Gregorc
Kyu-Tae Im
Mark Nielsen
7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Doubles
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