South African tennis player
Marcos Ondruska (born 18 December 1972) is a formertennis player fromSouth Africa, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, Georgia, where he defeatedGoran Ivanišević in the first round before falling to Norway'sChristian Ruud. The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest singlesATP-ranking on 10 May 1993, when he became the number 27 of the world and reached the semi-finals at theMiami Open.
Ondruska has a 13–7 career Davis Cup record in 11 ties.
Junior Grand Slam finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]Doubles: 2 (2 runner=ups)
[edit]Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (0–2) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–3) | | Indoors (0–0) |
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Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (3–1) | | Clay (1–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–1) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (4–1) | | Indoors (0–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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
[edit]| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (7–1) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (5–0) | | Clay (2–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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)
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| ATP Challenger (13–12) | | ITF Futures (1–1) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (6–3) | | Clay (7–5) | | Grass (1–2) | | Carpet (0–3) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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
[edit](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.