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  • Ex-Austrian player Horst Skoff found dead

    6/9/08 9:22 AM | Johan Lindahl
    Ex-Austrian player Horst Skoff found dead Ex-Austrian tennis player Horst Skoff collapsed and died at the weekend at age 39 in Hamburg, Austrian media reported. State television said that the one-time world No. 18 may have suffered a heart attack, with an autopsy pending.

    Horst Skoff player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000">Skoff, who owuld have turned 40 on August 22, was said to have suffered facial injuries, perhaps consistent with a fall afer a possible cardiac event.

    The native of Klagenfurt won the last of his four titles in 1993 in Båstad, Sweden, on clay.

    Horst Skoff player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000">Skoff was best remembered for winning a six-hour, four minute Davis Cup match in 1989 in Vienna over Sweden's Mats Wilander player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000;">Mats Wilander, the longest since the implementation of the tiebreak.

    Horst Skoff player profile" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000">Skoff last played on the ATP in August, 1996, at San Marino.



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