Sabine Gerke

{{Short description|German tennis player}}

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| name = Sabine Gerke

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| full_name = Sabine Gerke-Hochdörffer

| country_represented = {{FRG}}
{{GER}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|15|df=yes}}

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| death_date =

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| plays =

| retired = 1997

| careerprizemoney = $39,093

| singlesrecord = 104–82

| singlestitles = 4 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 187 (11 February 1991)

| doublesrecord = 26–23

| doublestitles = 3 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 326 (31 July 1995)

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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.{{cite news |title=Results Plus |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/17/sports/results-plus-851589.html |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 1989}} 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.{{cite news |title=Bezirkspräsident gewinnt Repetaler Mixed-Turnier |url=https://www.derwesten.de/sport/lokalsport/kreis-olpe/bezirkspraesident-gewinnt-repetaler-mixed-turnier-id11015398.html |work=www.derwesten.de |date=23 August 2015|language=German}}

ITF finals

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|$25,000 tournaments

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|$10,000 tournaments

=Singles (4–3)=

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Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| {{dts|format=dmy|1990|10|15}}

| Madeira, Portugal

| Hard

| {{flagicon|NED}} Petra Kamstra

| 6–1, 6–1

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| 3 September 1990

| Arzachena, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Laura Golarsa

| 6–7, 6–7

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| {{dts|format=dmy|1993|8|30}}

| Bad Nauheim, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Zuzana Nemšáková

| 6–1, 6–2

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4.

| {{dts|format=dmy|1994|9|5}}

| Southsea, United Kingdom

| Grass

| {{flagicon|GER}} Cornelia Grünes

| 6–1, 6–3

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5.

| {{dts|format=dmy|1995|2|13}}

| Sunderland, United Kingdom

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Marfina

| 6–2, 6–4

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6.

| 30 June 1996

| Velp, Netherlands

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Daphne van de Zande

| 5–7, 5–7

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 7.

| 1 July 1996

| Heerhugowaard, Netherlands

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Denisa Sobotková

| 5–7, 4–6

=Doubles (3–1)=

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Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 15 August 1994

| Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Elisabeth Habeler

| {{flagicon|RSA}} Nannie de Villiers
{{flagicon|COL}} Carmina Giraldo

| 6–3, 6–2

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 29 August 1994

| London, United Kingdom

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kristine Kurth

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Linda Jansson
{{flagicon|SWE}} Anna-Karin Svensson

| 6–4, 6–4

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 6 March 1995

| Buchen, Germany

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Olga Hostáková

| {{flagicon|NED}} Mariëlle Bruens
{{flagicon|NED}} Anique Snijders

| 6–1, 6–2

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 1 July 1996

| Heerhugowaard, Netherlands

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Anna Klim

| {{flagicon|NED}} Mariëlle Bruens
{{flagicon|NED}} Debby Haak

| 6–1, 0–6, 2–6

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