Fritz Buehning
Country (sports) | |
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Born | Summit, New Jersey | March 5, 1960
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 1972 |
Retired | 1986 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $608,506 |
Singles | |
Career record | 113–120 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 21 (23 November 1981) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1983) |
French Open | 2R (1980) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1981) |
US Open | 3R (1982) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 205–121 |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (19 September 1983) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1982) |
Wimbledon | QF (1981) |
US Open | F (1983) |
Fritz Buehning (born March 5, 1960) is an American former tennis player.
Born in Summit, New Jersey, Buehning grew up in Millburn, New Jersey and attended Millburn High School, where he won the New Jersey state individual tennis championship in 1977 as a junior, his final year in high school. He attended University of California, Los Angeles, where he was recognized as Pac-10 Player of the Year and an All-American and was part of a tennis team that won the NCAA championship.[1]
Buehning achieved top rankings of No. 21 in singles and No. 4 in doubles, ending his career as a result of a foot injury after five seasons on the tour. On professional tournaments, he won one singles title and 12 doubles titles. Partnered with Van Winitsky, he lost the 1983 US Open finals to the team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe.[1]
Career finals
[edit]Singles: 2 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Dec 1980 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | 2–6, 1–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 1–1 | Dec 1980 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Feb 1982 | Richmond, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 27 (12 titles, 15 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | W-L | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | 1979 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 0–2 | 1979 | Bologna, Italy | Carpet (i) | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 1–2 | 1980 | Richmond, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 | ||
Loss | 1–3 | 1980 | Dayton, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 2–3 | 1980 | São Paulo, Brazil | Carpet | 7–6, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 2–4 | 1980 | Newport, U.S. | Grass | 6–7, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 2–5 | 1980 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | 6–7, 4–6 | ||
Win | 3–5 | 1980 | Melbourne, Australia | Carpet (i) | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
Win | 4–5 | 1981 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | 7–6, 1–6, 6–4 | ||
Win | 5–5 | 1981 | South Orange, U.S. | Hard | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Win | 6–5 | 1981 | Atlanta, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 6–6 | 1981 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–6, 10–12 | ||
Loss | 6–7 | 1982 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | 5–7, 2–6 | ||
Win | 7–7 | 1982 | La Costa WCT, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 | ||
Win | 8–7 | 1982 | San Francisco, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 6–7, 6–2, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 8–8 | 1982 | Basel, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | 2–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 9–8 | 1982 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 | ||
Loss | 9–9 | 1983 | Richmond, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 10–9 | 1983 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 | ||
Loss | 10–10 | 1983 | Milan, Italy | Carpet (i) | 2–6, 7–5, 4–6 | ||
Win | 11–10 | 1983 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 11–11 | 1983 | Stowe, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 5–7, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 11–12 | 1983 | US Open, New York | Hard | 3–6, 4–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 12–12 | 1984 | Memphis, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
Loss | 12–13 | 1984 | Madrid, Spain | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 12–14 | 1984 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 12–15 | 1984 | Stuttgart, West Germany | Clay | 6–7, 4–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Best Boys Tennis Team of the Century, The Star-Ledger. Accessed December 10, 2007.
External links
[edit]- 1960 births
- Living people
- American male tennis players
- Millburn High School alumni
- People from Millburn, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Summit, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey
- Tennis players from New Jersey
- UCLA Bruins men's tennis players
- Tennis players at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in tennis