Horst Skoff
Highest A. T.P. ranking # 18. In 1989 Horst played the longest Davis Cup match in history, over 6 hours defeating the then world #2 player Mats Wilander from Sweden in 5 sets.
Biography
Horst Skoff (August 22, 1968 – June 7, 2008) was a former professional tennis player from Austria.
He was born in Klagenfurt, Austria and died in Hamburg, Germany.
Career
Skoff turned professional in 1985. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 at Athens. Over the course of his career he won four top-level singles titles and two tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World Number 18 in singles and World Number 70 in doubles. His career prize-money totalled US$1,651,858.
Skoff played on Austria's Davis Cup team for nine years, compiling a 22-17 record. He helped the team reach the World Group semi-finals in 1990. Memorable Davis Cup rubbers which Skoff was involved in include a 6–7, 7–6, 1–6, 6–4, 9–7 win over Mats Wilander in the 1989 quarter-final; and a 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 loss to Michael Chang in the 1990 semi-final.
Skoff retired from the professional tour in 1995. He died on June 7, 2008 in Hamburg following a heart attack.
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