Fritz Buehning

Fritz Buehning
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	March 5, 1960
Size:	196 cm
Weight:	91 kg
1st professional season:	1972
Resignation:	1986
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 608,506
singles
Career record:	113: 120
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	21 (November 23 1981)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	205: 121
Career title:	12
Highest ranking:	4 (September 19 1983)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Fritz Buehning (born March 5, 1960 in Summit , New Jersey ) is a retired American tennis player .

Life

Buehning studied at UCLA and was named to the All American selection. He won his only single title on the ATP Tour in Sydney in 1980 . Between 1980 and 1984 he won a total of twelve double titles with changing partners. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1981 with position 21 in singles and 1983 with position 4 in doubles.

His best individual results at a Grand Slam tournament were third round participation at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open . In the doubles competition he stood next to Van Winitsky in the final of the US Open in 1983 , the game against Peter Fleming and John McEnroe was clearly lost in three sets. He also reached the double quarter-finals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. In the mixed competition he stood at the side of Billie Jean King in 1984 in the round of 16 of the US Open.

Tournament victories

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series

ATP International Series Gold

ATP International Series (13)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	December 21, 1980	Sydney	race	Brian Teacher	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 6

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1980	Richmond	carpet	Johan Kriek	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
2.	1980	São Paulo	carpet	Anand Amritraj	David Carter Chris Lewis	7: 6, 6: 2
3.	1980	Melbourne	carpet	Ferdi Taygan	John Sadri Tim Wilkison	6: 1, 6: 2
4th	1981	Rotterdam	Hard court	Ferdi Taygan	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	7: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4
5.	1981	South Orange	sand	Andrew Pattison	Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider	6: 1, 6: 4
6th	1981	Atlanta	Hard court	Peter Fleming	Sammy Giammalva Tony Giammalva	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
7th	1982	La Costa	carpet	Johan Kriek	Robert Lutz Raúl Ramírez	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
8th.	1982	San Francisco	carpet	Brian Teacher	Martin Davis Chris Dunk	6: 7, 6: 2, 7: 5
9.	1982	Amsterdam	carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Buster Mottram	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
10.	1983	Rotterdam	Hard court	Tom Gullikson	Peter Fleming Pavel Složil	7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6
11.	1983	South Orange	sand	Tom Cain	John Lloyd Dick Stockton	6: 2, 7: 5
12.	1984	Memphis	carpet	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6: 3, 6: 0

Web links

• ATP profile of Fritz Buehning (English)
• ITF profile of Fritz Buehning (English)