Marko Tkalec

Marko Tkalec

Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Maribor, Slovenia
Born	(1977-03-17) March 17, 1977 Maribor, Slovenia back then (Yugoslavia)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed
Coach(es)	Horst Skoff Bostjan Kuhar
Prize money	$119,059
Singles
Career record	14–9
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 20 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 243 (1 April 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2003)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2001)
Doubles
Career record	2–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 357 (28 February 2000)

Marko Tkalec (born March 17, 1977 in Maribor) is a retired professional tennis player from Slovenia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 243 in 2002. Tkalec has participated in 22 Davis Cup ties for Slovenia, posting a 25–9 record in singles and a 3–4 record in doubles.^[1]

Futures titles (20)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1998	Croatia	Clay	Sasa Hirszon	4-1 Ret.
2.	1999	Vilnius, Lithuania	Grass	Andrej Kračman	7-6(2), 6-2
3.	2000	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Frank Pokorny	6-4, 6-0
4.	2000	Kranj, Slovenia	Clay	Tobias Clemens	6-4, 6-2
5.	2001	Chalkida, Greece	Hard	Philip Gubenco	2-6, 6-1, 6-0
6.	2001	Nafplio, Greece	Hard	Jocelyn Robinchaud	6-1, 6-4
7.	2001	Syros, Greece	Hard	Konstantinos Economidis	6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5)
8.	2001	Nicosia, Cyprus	Clay	Tomas Janci	7-6(3), 6-3
9.	2002	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Relja Fiser-Dulic	6-3, 5-7, 6-4
10.	2003	Croatia	Carpet	Alexander Jakupovic	6-4, 7-6(7)
11.	2006	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Roman Vogeli	6-3, 7-6(6)
12.	2006	Koper, Slovenia	Clay	Manuel Jorquera	4-6, 6-1, 6-2
13.	2006	Austria	Clay	Martin Fischer	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
14.	2006	Croatia	Clay	Ivan Cerović	6-4, 6-4
15.	2007	Austria	Carpet	Jakub Hasek	6-3, 6-4
16.	2007	Croatia	Clay	Conor Niland	6-4, 7-5
17.	2007	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Christian Magg	6-1, 2-6, 6-2
18.	2007	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Clay	Rainer Eitzinger	6–4, 6–7(2), 6–3
19.	2008	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Vjekoslav Skenderovic	6–1, 6–2
20.	2009	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Aljaz Bedene	5–7, 6–3, 6–4

References

External links

• Marko Tkalec at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marko Tkalec at the International Tennis Federation