Mark Kaplan (tennis)

Mark Kaplan

Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1967-12-20) 20 December 1967 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$189,570
Singles
Career record	11–21
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 117 (25 June 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1991, 1993)
French Open	Q1 (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1990)
US Open	1R (1990)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 219 (29 August 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1991, 1994)
Last updated on: 18 September 2022.

Mark Kaplan (born 20 December 1967) is a South African tennis player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 117 on 25 June 1990. He also reached a career high doubles ranking of 219. In college his doubles partner was Richard Lubner.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1990	Kiawah Island, United States	World Series	Clay	David Wheaton	4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1989	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robbie Weiss	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Nov 1989	Cape Town, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Dean Botha	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2–1	May 1994	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Gianluca Pozzi	4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1989	New Haven, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Garrow	Craig Campbell Miguel Dungo	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Oct 1993	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Lan Bale	Jonathan Canter Jeff Tarango	4–6, 6–3, 5–7

Performance timeline

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

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q3	1R	Q2	1R	Q1	Q2	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	1R	Q1	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	1R	A	Q3	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	0–4	0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

External links

• Mark Kaplan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mark Kaplan at the International Tennis Federation