Mark Keil is a former professional tennis

Tennis

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 player from the United States and now tennis coach who won 5 ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

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 World Tour doubles tournaments and was runner up at 8 more.

Early life and college

Prior to college, Keil was the 1985 New Mexico

New Mexico

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 AAAA state singles champion. He played in the USTA Boy's 16's & 18's National Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo, Michigan

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. At the Easter Bowl junior tournament in Miami, Fla in '84 he once had dinner with Arthur Ashe. He also played the Orange Bowl International ITF junior tennis tournament in '85.

Keil turned pro in the middle of his junior year at the University of South Florida

University of South Florida

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 in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

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.

Professional career

One of Keil's greatest moments came in a 6–2, 7–6(2) defeat of Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras

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, then ranked 8th in the world at the Queen's Club ATP World Tour event in 1991. Keil went on to play in the main draw at Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

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 twice and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 167. He qualified and won a round in singles at the '93 Australian Open.

Keil later carved a career for himself on the doubles tour, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 32 in 1995. He has doubles wins over Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

, Boris Becker

Boris Becker

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, Todd Martin, Tommy Haas, Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

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, Gustavo Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten

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 and Mark Philippoussis

Mark Philippoussis

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. He won five ATP World Tour doubles titles in his career.

He also directed and produced and wrote along with Geoff Grant a film documenting life behind the scenes for a tour professional. The Journeymen follows Keil and his doubles partner Geoff Grant

Geoff Grant

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 as they try to make a living on the doubles tour.

Family

His father, Klaus Keil

Klaus Keil

Klaus Keil is a professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is the former Director of the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology. He is also the former director of the University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics. Klaus...

 is an award winning professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Hawaii at Manoa

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. Asteroid 5054 Keil, and the mineral keilite

Keilite

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 are named after Klaus.

Keil was married from '99-'01 to Swedish dentist Dr. Camilla Hildebrand, which ended in a divorce.
He also has a former touring tennis professional sister, Kathrin Keil.

Playing History

• 1985: New Mexico AAAA state singles champion.
• 1985-1989: Played collegiately for the University of South Florida.
• 1988-2001: ATP/ITF touring tennis player. Won five ATP World Tour doubles titles, one Challenger singles (Djakarta, Indonesia) and Futures title (Tyler, Texas.) Has a German passport and played for Iphitos Munchen, Mannheim, Weiden, Ravensburg, Neu Ulm, and Bad Cannstadt, in Germany.
• Team member of SALK Tennishallen, which won the Swedish indoor tennis championships '98.
• HKTA Men's Premier League Champion's Winter League '05 and Summer League '06 for SCAA club, Hong Kong, China.
• 2009 #1 Men's 35 Singles, #8 Men's Open Singles, and #3 Mixed Open Doubles w/Bryne USTA New England.

Coaching History

• 2001-2002: Assistant tennis teaching professional La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, CA. Has three coaching credentials: USPTA Certified '04, PTR Certified '06, USTA High Performance Coaching Program Graduate Cincinnati, OH '04.
• 2002-2003; Touring traveling coach for ITF/ATP player Jeff Salzenstein
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• 2003-2004: Traveling tour coach with Ed Ward for ITF/WTA/ Ireland Fed Cup
  Ireland Fed Cup team
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   member Anne Mall.
• 2004-2005: National Coach Hong Kong Tennis Association.
• 2005-2006: Volunteer men's assistant tennis coach UCLA.
• 2006-2008: Tennis teaching professional Bosse Sports, Sudbury, MA, coaching junior standouts Roy, Thompson, Roelofse, Potvin, Frenkel, and touring pro Butorac.
• 2008: Senior tennis coach Westboro Swim and Tennis, Westboro, MA, coaching junior standout Kelleher.
• 2009: Head Women's and Men's Tennis Coach Post University, Waterbury, CT and assistant teaching pro Country Club of Waterbury.
• 2010–present: Director and Coach of the Hangloose Tennis Academy, Honolulu, HI.
• Summer 2011: Tennis Director Camp Weequahic, Lakewood, PA.

Doubles (5)

Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
2 March 1992	Scottsdale Tennis Channel Open The Tennis Channel Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series which was held for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 27 to March 5, 2006. In the men's singles final, James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7–5, 2–6, 6–3... , U.S.	Hard	Dave Randall Dave Randall Dave Randall , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Randall enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 39 in 1994.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Kent Kinnear Kent Kinnear Kent Kinnear , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Kinnear enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 15 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...  &   Sven Salumaa Sven Salumaa Sven Salumaa is a former professional tour tennis player who mostly played tour tennis in doubles. Born on October 21, 1966, in Huntington, New York to Eduard and Tamara Salumaa who were immigrants from Estonia, he is now an actor and musician residing in Coronado, California.-Tour career:During...	4–6 6–1 6–2
1 March 1993	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Dave Randall Dave Randall Dave Randall , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Randall enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 39 in 1994.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Luke Jensen Luke Jensen Luke Jensen is a former professional male tennis player from the United States. He attended University of Southern California from 1986–87 and earned singles All-American honors both years . He is now the head coach of the women's tennis team at Syracuse University...  &   Sandon Stolle Sandon Stolle Sandon Stolle is a former professional male tennis player from Australia and former World No. 2 in doubles .Stolle is the son of former Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle...	7–5, 6–4
4 April 1993	Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... , Japan	Hard	Christo van Rensburg Christo Van Rensburg Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...	Glenn Michibata Glenn Michibata Glenn Michibata is a former professional tennis player and current head coach of the Princeton University Tigers collegiate tennis team.-As a pro singles player:...  &   David Pate David Pate David Pate is a former professional tennis player from the United States who won two singles titles and eighteen doubles titles during his career. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 on June 8, 1987 and a career-high doubles ranking of No...	7–6 6–3
12 March 1995	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... , Denmark	Carpet	Peter Nyborg Peter Nyborg Peter Nyborg , is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 38 in 1996.-Wins :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Guillaume Raoux Guillaume Raoux Guillaume Raoux is a retired tennis player from France.-Career:Raoux turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Byron Black...  &   Greg Rusedski Greg Rusedski Gregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...	6–7 6–4 7–6
12 March 1995	Bucharest Open Romania The BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	Clay	Jeff Tarango Jeff Tarango Jeffrey Gail Tarango is a retired American professional tennis player. He was a top ten doubles player and a French Open doubles runner up, but is mostly remembered for defaulting a match at Wimbledon and his wife assaulting the umpire once Tarango had left the court.-Career summary:Tarango...	Cyril Suk Cyril Suk Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....  &   Daniel Vacek Daniel Vacek Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...	6–4 7–6

Doubles Finalist (8)

Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
3 March 1992	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Dave Randall Dave Randall Dave Randall , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Randall enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 39 in 1994.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Steve DeVries Steve DeVries Steve DeVries is a former professional tennis player from the United States.DeVries enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world no...  &   David Macpherson David Macpherson (tennis) ----David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour.A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching...	3–6 3–6
8 November 1992	Buzios, Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	Hard	Tom Mercer Tom Mercer Tom Mercer , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Mercer enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in 2 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 112 in 1993.-Doubles runner-ups...	Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah , is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 82 in 1994....  &   Mario Tabares Mario Tabares Mario Tabares , is a professional tennis player from The Cuba. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	6–7 7–6 4–6
1 October 1995	Basel Davidoff Swiss Indoors The Swiss Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1970 and 1989. It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. It is held annually at the St... , Switzerland	Hard	Peter Nyborg Peter Nyborg Peter Nyborg , is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 38 in 1996.-Wins :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Cyril Suk Cyril Suk Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....  &   Daniel Vacek Daniel Vacek Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...	6–3 3–6 3–6
2 February 1997	Zagreb PBZ Zagreb Indoors PBZ Zagreb Indoors is a tennis event on the ATP Tour held in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. From 2009 it is part of the ATP 250 Series and offered 250 ranking points. The tournament is played on a fast and hard indoor surface and features both a men's singles and a men's doubles tournament.The... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	Carpet	Brent Haygarth Brent Haygarth Brent Haygarth , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 6 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	Saša Hiršzon &   Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivaniševic Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...	4–6 3–6
24 August 1997	Long Island Pilot Pen Tennis This article is about the former New Haven joint tennis event. It is now a women's-only event. For the New Haven men's tennis event known as Volvo International , click here.... , U.S.	Hard	T.J. Middleton T.J. Middleton T.J. Middleton is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Middleton attended the University of Georgia where he helped lead the Bulldogs to the 1987 National Championship. He was the 1990 SEC Doubles Champion. He is a member of the Delta Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity...	Marcos Ondruska Marcos Ondruska Marcos Ondruska is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he defeated Goran Ivanišević in the first round before falling to Norway's Christian Ruud...  &   David Prinosil David Prinosil David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic...	4–6 4–6
8 February 1998	Marseilles, France	Hard	T.J. Middleton T.J. Middleton T.J. Middleton is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Middleton attended the University of Georgia where he helped lead the Bulldogs to the 1987 National Championship. He was the 1990 SEC Doubles Champion. He is a member of the Delta Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity...	Donald Johnson Donald Johnson ----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania...  &   Francisco Montana Francisco Montana Francisco Montana is a former professional male tennis player from the United States. He turned pro in 1990.He reached his career high doubles ranking, World No. 13, on July 8, 1998.-Doubles titles :...	4–6 6–3 3–6
2 May 1999	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czech Republic	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti Nicolás Lapentti ----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...	Martin Damm Martin Damm Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...  &   Radek Štěpánek Radek Štepánek Radek Štěpánek is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Štěpánek turned professional in 1997. He started on tour as a doubles specialist, winning 12 ATP titles. Since 2002, Štěpánek has focused on being a better singles player while still playing top-level doubles...	0–6 2–6
19 September 1999	Tashkent Tashkent Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....	Hard	Lorenzo Manta Lorenzo Manta Lorenzo Manta is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who turned professional in 1992. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on June 12, 2000, when he became the number 103 of the world. His best achievement in the grand slam tournaments was reaching the fourth round at...	Oleg Ogorodov Oleg Ogorodov Oleg Ogorodov is a former tennis player, who turned professional in 1995. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His career high singles rank came on May 13, 1996 when he was ranked 101st in men's singles tennis rankings...  &   Marc Rosset Marc Rosset Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....	6–74 6–71

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