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: 13 (5 titles / 8 runner-ups)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Mar 1991 Atlanta, U.S. Clay Dave Randall Steve DeVries David Macpherson 3–6, 3–6Win 1–1 Mar 1992 Scottsdale, U.S. Hard Dave Randall Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa 4–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss 1–2 Nov 1992 Búzios, Brazil Hard Tom Mercer Maurice Ruah Mario Tabares 6–7, 7–6, 4–6Win 2–2 Mar 1993 Scottsdale, USA Hard Dave Randall Luke Jensen Sandon Stolle 7–5, 6–4Win 3–2 Apr 1993 Osaka, Japan Hard Christo van Rensburg Glenn Michibata David Pate 7–6, 6–3Win 4–2 Mar 1995 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Peter Nyborg Guillaume Raoux Greg Rusedski 6–7, 6–4, 7–6Win 5–2 Mar 1995 Bucharest, Romania Clay Jeff Tarango Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek 6–4, 7–6Loss 5–3 Oct 1995 Basel, Switzerland Hard Peter Nyborg Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek 6–3, 3–6, 3–6Loss 5–4 Feb 1997 Zagreb, Croatia Carpet Brent Haygarth Saša Hiršzon Goran Ivanišević 4–6, 3–6Loss 5–5 Aug 1997 Long Island, U.S. Hard T. J. Middleton Marcos Ondruska David Prinosil 4–6, 4–6Loss 5–6 Feb 1998 Marseilles, France Hard T. J. Middleton Donald Johnson Francisco Montana 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 5–7 May 1999 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Nicolás Lapentti Martin Damm Radek Štěpánek 0–6, 2–6Loss 5–8 Sep 1999 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Lorenzo Manta Oleg Ogorodov Marc Rosset 6–7(4–7), 6–7(1–7) Source: ATP
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