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Place of Birth: Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
About Horst Skoff
- Horst Skoff (22 August 1968 – 7 June 2008) was a professional tennis player from Austria, who won four tournaments at the top-level. Skoff was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and started playing tennis at age 6.
- In 1984 he won the singles title at the 16-and-under category of the Orange Bowl.
- He turned professional in 1985.
- Skoff won his first top-level singles title in 1988 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 No.
- 18 in singles and world No.
- 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 win-loss record.
- He helped the team reach the World Group semi-finals in 1990.
- Memorable Davis Cup rubbers which Skoff was involved in include a five-set win over world No.
- 2 Mats Wilander in the 1989 quarterfinal that lasted more than six hours; and a five-set loss to Michael Chang in the 1990 semifinal.Despite Skoff's relative success during his career of winning four top-level tournaments, his memorable Davis Cup moments, and reaching a career high world ranking of 18 in singles competition, he never managed to progress beyond the second round at any Grand Slam event. Skoff played in his last top-level tournament in August 1995, at the San Marino Open.
- From 1996–1999, due to his lower world ranking, Skoff played in challenger and futures tournaments.
- He retired in August 1999, after playing his last match in Sylt, Germany. Skoff died on 7 June 2008 in Hamburg, Germany, following a heart attack at age 39.
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