Sabine Gerke

Sabine Gerke
Full name	Sabine Gerke-Hochdörffer
Country (sports)	West Germany; Germany
Born	15 November 1971 (age 52)
Retired	1997
Prize money	$39,093
Singles
Career record	104–82
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 187 (11 February 1991)
Doubles
Career record	26–23
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 326 (31 July 1995)

Sabine Gerke-Hochdörffer (born 15 November 1971) is a German former professional tennis player.

Biography

Gerke, who grew up in Zweibrücken, made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 1989 German Open, where she took 11th seed Bettina Fulco to three sets in a first-round loss.^[1] In 1990, she won an ITF tournament in Madeira, the first of her four ITF singles titles. She reached her career best ranking of 187 in 1991, after making the second round of the Oslo Open. A two-time Universiade medalist for Germany, she won doubles bronze medals at both the 1993 and 1995 tournaments.

She is married to Jörg Hochdörffer and lives in Bad Laasphe.^[2]

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	15 October 1990	Madeira, Portugal	Hard	Petra Kamstra	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2.	3 September 1990	Arzachena, Italy	Clay	Laura Golarsa	6–7, 6–7
Win	3.	30 August 1993	Bad Nauheim, Germany	Clay	Zuzana Nemšáková	6–1, 6–2
Win	4.	5 September 1994	Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Cornelia Grünes	6–1, 6–3
Win	5.	13 February 1995	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Maria Marfina	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6.	30 June 1996	Velp, Netherlands	Clay	Daphne van de Zande	5–7, 5–7
Loss	7.	1 July 1996	Heerhugowaard, Netherlands	Clay	Denisa Sobotková	5–7, 4–6

Doubles (3–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	15 August 1994	Bergisch Gladbach, Germany	Clay	Elisabeth Habeler	Nannie de Villiers Carmina Giraldo	6–3, 6–2
Win	2.	29 August 1994	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Kristine Kurth	Linda Jansson Anna-Karin Svensson	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	6 March 1995	Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Olga Hostáková	Mariëlle Bruens Anique Snijders	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4.	1 July 1996	Heerhugowaard, Netherlands	Clay	Anna Klim	Mariëlle Bruens Debby Haak	6–1, 0–6, 2–6