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Sabine Gerke
Full nameSabine Gerke-Hochdörffer
Country (sports) West Germany
 Germany
Born (1971-11-15) 15 November 1971 (age 52)
Retired1997
Prize money$39,093
Singles
Career record104-82
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 187 (11 February 1991)
Doubles
Career record26-23
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 326 (31 July 1995)

Sabine Gerke-Hochdörffer (born 15 November 1971) is a German former professional tennis player.

Biography

Gerke, who grew up in Zweibrücken, made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 1989 German Open, where she took 11th seed Bettina Fulco to three sets in a first round loss.[1] In 1990 she won an ITF tournament in Madeira, the first of her four ITF singles titles. She reached her career best ranking of 187 in 1991, after making the second round of the Oslo Open. A two-time Universiade medalist for Germany, she won doubles bronze medals at both the 1993 and 1995 tournaments.

She is married to Jörg Hochdörffer and lives in Bad Laasphe.[2]

ITF finals

Singles (4–3)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 15 October 1990 Madeira, Portugal Hard Netherlands Petra Kamstra 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 3 September 1990 Arzachena, Italy Clay Italy Laura Golarsa 6–7, 6–7
Winner 3. 30 August 1993 Bad Nauheim, Germany Clay Slovakia Zuzana Nemšáková 6–1, 6–2
Winner 4. 5 September 1994 Southsea, United Kingdom Grass Germany Cornelia Grunes 6–1, 6–3
Winner 5. 13 February 1995 Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard Russia Maria Marfina 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 30 June 1996 Velp, Netherlands Clay Belgium Daphne van de Zande 5–7, 5–7
Runner-up 7. 1 July 1996 Heerhugowaard, Netherlands Clay Czech Republic Denisa Sobotková 5–7, 4–6

Doubles (3–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 15 August 1994 Bergisch, Germany Clay Austria Elisabeth Habeler South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Colombia Carmina Giraldo 		6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 29 August 1994 London, United Kingdom Grass United States Kristine Kurth Finland Linda Jansson
Sweden Anna-Karin Svensson 		6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 6 March 1995 Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Czech Republic Olga Hostáková Netherlands Mariëlle Bruens
Netherlands Anique Snijders 		6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 1 July 1996 Heerhugowaard, Netherlands Clay Australia Anna Klim Netherlands Mariëlle Bruens
Netherlands Debby Haak 		6–1, 0–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "Results Plus". The New York Times. 17 May 1989.
  2. ^ "Bezirkspräsident gewinnt Repetaler Mixed-Turnier". www.derwesten.de (in German). 23 August 2015.
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