{{short description|West German tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Tore Meinecke | image = | country = {{FRG}} | residence = [[Reith bei Kitzbühel]], Austria | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|07|21}} | birth_place = [[Hamburg]], West Germany | height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}} | turnedpro = 1983 | retired = 1989 | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $242,301 | singlesrecord = 40–51 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 46 (9 May 1988) | AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1989) | FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1988) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1988) | doublesrecord = 47–52 | doublestitles = 2 | highestdoublesranking = No. 46 (13 July 1987) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1989) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1987, 1988) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1985, 1988) }}
'''Tore Meinecke''' (born 21 July 1967) is a former professional [[tennis]] player from [[West Germany]].
==Career== As a junior, Meinecke won the [[Dunlop Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] doubles champion 16-under in 1982 (partnering [[Boris Becker]]) and was runner-up at the European Junior Championships (w/Becker).<ref>{{cite web|title=ATP Player Profile|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Me/T/Tore-Meinecke.aspx|publisher=ATP|accessdate=30 March 2012}}</ref> He turned pro in 1983. During his professional career, Meinecke won two doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46 in May 1988 and a career-high doubles ranking of 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Approaching Life As a 'Five-Setter'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/28/sports/sidelines-approaching-life-as-a-five-setter.html?src=pm|publisher=NY Times|accessdate=30 March 2012|author=Gerald Eskenazi|date= September 28, 1992}}</ref>
He currently runs a tennis school near [[Geneva]], Switzerland together with [[Jonas Svensson (tennis)|Jonas Svensson]].
==Career finals== ===Singles (1 loss)=== {| class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:60px"|Date !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:55px"|Surface !style="width:165px"|Opponent !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | 1987 | [[ATP Athens|Athens]], Greece | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Pérez Roldán]] | 2–6, 3–6 |}
===Doubles (2 wins, 1 loss)=== {| class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:60px"|Date !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:55px"|Surface !style="width:165px"|Partner !style="width:165px"|Opponents !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | 1987 | [[ATP Guarujá|Guarujá]], Brazil | Hard | {{flagicon|FRG}} Martin Hipp | {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Luiz Mattar]] <br> {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Cássio Motta]] | 6–7, 1–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1–1 | 1987 | [[ATP Athens|Athens]], Greece | Clay | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Ricki Osterthun]] | {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jaroslav Navrátil (tennis)|Jaroslav Navrátil]] <br> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Tom Nijssen]] | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2–1 | 1988 | [[ATP Rotterdam|Rotterdam]], Netherlands | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Patrik Kühnen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Gustafsson]] <br> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Diego Nargiso]] | 7–6, 7–6 |}
==References== <references/>
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}} * [http://www.joto-tennis.ch/en JOTO Tennis School]
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