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) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1990WimbledonGrass Leander Paes5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1990French OpenClay Clinton Marsh Sébastien Lareau Sébastien Leblanc6–7, 7–6, 7–9Loss1990WimbledonGrass Clinton Marsh Sébastien Lareau Sébastien Leblanc6–7(5–7), 6–4, 3–6
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–3)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Cologne, GermanyWorld SeriesClay Bernd Karbacher6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss0–2Scottsdale, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Andre Agassi2–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss0–3Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Javier Sánchez4–6, 5–7
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (4–1)Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Philadelphia, United StatesChampionship SeriesCarpet Brad Pearce Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg7–6, 3–6, 0–6Loss0–2Durban, South AfricaWorld SeriesHard Johan de Beer Lan Bale Wayne Black6–7, 2–6Win1–2Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Jack Waite Jonas Björkman Brett StevenwalkoverWin2–2Palermo, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Andrew Kratzmann Cristian Brandi Emilio Sánchez7–6, 6–4Win3–2Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Grant Stafford Noam Behr Eyal Erlich6–3, 6–2Win4–2Long Island, United StatesInternational SeriesHard David Prinosil Mark Keil T. J. Middleton6–4, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 8 (7–1) LegendATP Challenger (7–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (5–0)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Durbam, South AfricaChallengerHard Ugo Colombini6–4, 6–4Win2–0Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Henrik Holm6–3, 2–6, 7–6Win3–0Neu-Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Marc-Kevin Goellner7–6, 6–1Loss3–1Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClay Horacio de la Peña3–6, 0–6Win4–1Brest, FranceChallengerHard Bernd Karbacher5–7, 6–3, 6–0Win5–1Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Davide Sanguinetti4–6, 7–5, 7–6Win6–1Houston, United StatesChallengerHard James Sekulov7–6, 6–1Win7–1Miami, United StatesChallengerHard Radek Štěpánek6–2, 6–2
Doubles: 27 (14–13) LegendATP Challenger (13–12)ITF Futures (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–3)Clay (7–5)Grass (1–2)Carpet (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Salerno, ItalyChallengerClay Nicolás Pereira Emilio Benfele Álvarez Pietro Pennisi6–4, 6–4Loss1–1Cairo, EgyptChallengerHard Byron Black Martin Damm David Rikl2–6, 3–6Win2–1Bucharest, RomaniaChallengerClay Horacio de la Peña Jean-Philippe Fleurian Markus Naewie6–4, 6–2Loss2–2Munich, GermanyChallengerCarpet Grant Stafford Sander Groen Arne Thoms4–6, 6–7Loss2–3Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Trevor Kronemann Royce Deppe Jack Waite4–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss2–4naples, United StatesChallengerClay Grant Stafford Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson3–6, 6–7Win3–4Bad Saarow, GermanyChallengerClay Jens Knippschild Paul Rosner Joost Winnink6–3, 6–3Loss3–5Magdeburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Chris Wilkinson Eyal Erlich Mosé Navarra6–4, 1–6, 4–6 Loss3–6Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Nebojsa Djordjevic Jiří Novák David Rikl6–7, 4–6 Win4–6Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Nebojsa Djordjevic Sander Groen Massimo Bertolini1–6, 6–1, 6–2 Loss4–7Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Chris Wilkinson Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels7–6, 3–6, 2–6 Win5–7Brest, FranceChallengerHard Neville Godwin Justin Gimelstob Brian Macphie6–4, 5–7, 6–4Win6–7Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Byron Talbot David Di Lucia Michael Sell7–6, 6–3Loss6–8Lucknow, IndiaChallengerGrass Andrew Richardson Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt4–6, 7–5, 1–6 Win7–8Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Jack Waite Cristian Brandi Massimo Bertolini6–4, 7–6Win8–8Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Nebojsa Djordjevic Diego del Río Martín Rodríguez4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win9–8Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Steven Randjelovic Xavier Malisse Wim Neefs6–2, 6–4Win10–8Austin, United StatesChallengerHard Wesley Whitehouse Paul Goldstein Adam Peterson7–5, 4–6, 6–2Win11–8Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Jeff Coetzee Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)Win12–8Houston, United StatesChallengerHard Brent Haygarth James Blake Kevin Kim6–4, 6–2Win13–8Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Jeff Coetzee Mardy Fish Andy Roddick6–7(9–11), 7–6(8–6), 6–1Loss13–9Knoxville, United StatesChallengerHard Jeff Coetzee Karsten Braasch Michael Kohlmann0–6, 6–7(4–7) Loss13–10Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Jeff Coetzee David Adams Ben Ellwood6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss13–11Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Neville Godwin Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss13–12Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Marc-Kevin Goellner Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss13–13USA F11, Orange ParkFuturesClay Brendan Evans Brian Baker Phillip Simmonds6–4, 5–7, 4–6Win14–13Korea F1, SeogwipoFuturesHard Luka Gregorc Kyu-Tae Im Mark Nielsen7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ2A1R2R3R4R1R1R1RQ31R0 / 86–8French OpenA3RA2R1R1R1R2RAQ2Q22R0 / 75–7WimbledonQ3Q11R2R2R1R1R2RAAQ2Q30 / 63–6US OpenA1RQ11R3R3R1R2R1RQ1Q1Q10 / 75–7Win–loss0–02–20–12–44–44–43–43–40–20–10–01–20 / 2819–28National RepresentationSummer OlympicsNHANot Held2RNot HeldANH0 / 11–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAA2RA2RQ3Q1Q2AA1RQ10 / 32–3MiamiAA1RSF1R3R2R1RQ1AQ2A0 / 68–6Monte CarloAAA2R1RAAAAQ1AA0 / 21–2HamburgAAA3RAAAAAAAA0 / 12–1RomeAAA1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAAAA2R1RAAA0 / 21–2Cincinnati2R2RAAAAAA2RAQ2A0 / 33–3ParisAAA1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss1–11–11–28–51–32–11–11–21–20–00–10–00 / 1917–19
Doubles Tournament19911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAASF1RQF2R2R1R1R2R1R0 / 910–9French OpenAA2R1RA1R1RA1R1R1R0 / 71–7WimbledonA2R3R3R3R1R2RAA1RQ20 / 78–7US OpenAA1R1R1RA1R2R3R1R1R0 / 83–8Win–loss0–01–17–42–45–31–32–41–22–31–40–30 / 3122–31ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAA1R1RQF1RAAQ1A0 / 42–4MiamiA2R2R1R2R2R2R1RA1RA0 / 84–8Monte CarloAA1RSFAAAAAAA0 / 23–2RomeAAQFAAAAAAAA0 / 12–1CanadaAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Cincinnati2RAAAAAA1RAQ2A0 / 21–2ParisAA2RAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss1–11–13–43–31–23–21–30–20–00–10–00 / 1913–19
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