Gabriel
Markus
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Birthplace
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Residence
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Speaks
Spanish, English, French, German
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Coach Since
1999
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Gabriel Markus
STATUS
- Recently worked with Ricardas Berankis
COACHING CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Worked with the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation, working with Mikhail Kukushkin, Evgeny Korolev and the Kazakhstan Davis Cup
- With Richard Gasquet: ATP World Tour title at Nice and Bordeaux. Improved Emirates ATP Ranking from 100 to 20
- With David Nalbandian: Improved ranking from 350 to 50 and reached Wimbledon final
- With Nicolas Massu: improved ranking from 100 to 10
- With Juan Ignacio Chela: improved ranking from 50 to 15
- Also worked with Jose Acasuso, Martin Vassallo, Guillermo Coria, Marat Safin, Fernando Verdasco, and Franco Squillari
PERSONAL
As a professional player, was the winner of 7 challenger titles as well as the ATP World Tour event in Nice in 1992. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 36, played Davis Cup for Argentina and after several knee injuries, was forced to retire in 1999. In addition to Spanish, English and French, also speaks some German.