Country (sports) West Germany Career titles 0 Height 1.80 m Handed Right-handed Career record 40–51 Role Tennis Player Retired 1989 | Prize money $242,301 Name Tore Meinecke Turned pro 1983 Plays Right-handed Weight 73 kg | |
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Born July 21, 1967 (age 56)
Hamburg, West Germany ( 1967-07-21 ) Residence Reith bei Kitzbuhel, Austria | ||
Highest ranking No. 46 (May 9, 1988) | ||
Tore Meinecke (born July 21, 1967, in Hamburg), is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.
Career
As a junior Meinecke won the Orange Bowl doubles champion 16-under in 1982 (partnering Boris Becker) and was runner-up at the European Junior Championships (w/Becker). He turned pro in 1983. During his professional career Meinecke won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 46 in May 1988 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 46 in July 1987.
In June 1989 Meinecke suffered a car crash in Clermont-Ferrand, France which put him in a coma for more than a month and forced him to retire from professional tennis at the age of 22. He currently runs a tennis school near Geneva, Switzerland together with Jonas Svensson.