Marcos Hocevar

Marcos Hocevar
Country (sports)  Brazil
Residence Porto Alegre, Brazil
Born (1955-09-06) 6 September 1955
Ijuí, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 1979
Retired 1992
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $330,047
Singles
Career record 79–97 (Grand Slam and Grand Prix level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 30 (20 June 1983)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1983)
French Open 3R (1983, 1985)
Wimbledon 3R (1982)
US Open 2R (1982)
Doubles
Career record 65–95 (Grand Slam and Grand Prix level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 86 (14 October 1985)
Team competitions
Davis Cup FAm (1983, 1984, 1985)

Marcos Hocevar (born 26 September 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

During his career he finished runner-up at 2 singles events and won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 30 in 1983 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 86 in 1985.

Hocevar was the recipient of the first recorded Golden set in competitive male tennis, losing to Bill Scanlon 2–6, 0–6 at Delray Beach in 1983.[1]

Singles runners-up (2)

Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1982 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6–7, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 1982 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 2–6, 7–6, 3–6

Doubles titles (1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1979 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Brazil João Soares Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
United States Sherwood Stewart
1–6, 5–7
Winner 1. 1981 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Brazil João Soares Chile Álvaro Fillol
Chile Jaime Fillol
7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 1983 Vienna, Vienna Hard (i) Brazil Cássio Motta United States Mel Purcell
United States Stan Smith
3–6, 4–6

References

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