Marcus Hilpert

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Marcus Hilpert
Country Germany Germany
Born (1971-07-01) 1 July 1971
Delhi, India
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $80,965
Singles
Career record 1-2
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 343 (24 Jun 1996)
Doubles
Career record 4-13
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 141 (6 Nov 2000)

Marcus Hilpert (born 1 July 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Early years

Hilpert was born in India, to a Khasi Indian mother and German father. His father worked as a diplomat, so Hilpert also lived in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Sudan during his childhood. Despite his mother being an Indian national, Hilpert wasn't eligible to represent the country of his birth in Davis Cup tennis as he only held a German passport.[1]

He later studied at the University of Arkansas and was a NCAA singles semi-finalist in 1994.

Tour career

Hilpert was a doubles quarter-finalist in the 1999 Majorca Open (with Vaughan Snyman) and at San Marino in 2000, partnering Jens Knippschild.[2] His best singles performance was a second round appearance in 1997 at the Washington D.C. tournament, where he had a win over Reed Cordish.[2]

The German won three ATP Challenger doubles titles in the late 1990s.[3]

He now competes on the seniors circuit under the flag of the Netherlands.[4]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1996 Portugal Azores, Portugal Hard Germany Christian Saceanu United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United States Charlie Singer
6–7, 6–2, 6–4
2. 1999 United Kingdom Newcastle, Great Britain Clay South Africa Vaughan Snyman United States Hugo Armando
France Cedric Kauffmann
7–5, 7–6
3. 1999 United Kingdom Edinburgh, Great Britain Clay South Africa Vaughan Snyman Spain Marcos Roy-Girardi
Hungary Attila Savolt
6–1, 7–6(7–3)

References

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