Hans-Joachim Plötz
Hans-Joachim Plötz 
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| Birthday: | February 26, 1944 | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 35:60 (after the start of the Open Era) | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 65 (April 8 1975) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 21:44 | ||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Hans-Joachim Hajo Plötz (born February 26, 1944 in Berlin ) is a former German tennis player .
In addition to several national German championship titles in the 1960s and early 1970s, he had his greatest international success in 1967 when he reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon . In 1974 Hajo Plötz reached the final of the international German championships at Hamburg's Rothenbaum after beating Argentina's Guillermo Vilas in the semi-finals . In 1975 he was one of the few German tennis players to defeat Björn Borg in the round of 16 at the Toronto tournament . In that year he reached his best world ranking position with 65th place.
In 1976 he ended his career as a professional tennis player and opened a specialist tennis shop in Berlin. However, he continued to play tennis actively and managed to become national champions in all subsequent age groups, as well as European and world champions, both in singles and doubles. Hajo Plötz is currently the reigning German senior champion (men 65).
title
Bambinos
1951: German single champion Bambinos
Juniors
1961: German double champion
1962: German double champion
1963: German single champion
Men's
1967 German double and mixed champion
1969 German double champion
1970 German double champion
1971 German double champion
1974 German double and mixed champion
1974 German single and double champion; Finalist of the Int. German championships in Hamburg Victory over Guillermo Vilas in the HF
1975 winner Int. Championships in Stuttgart; Quarter-finals in Toronto Victory over Björn Borg
1976 German mixed champion
Young seniors
1983 world champion in the team
1985 German and European champion
Seniors
1991 world champion in the team, German single and double champion
1992 world champion in the team
1993 European double champion
1995 vice world champion in the team, German single and double champion
1999 German single and double champion
2000 world champion in double
2001 world champion in singles
2004 world champion in double, German
Singles and doubles champion 2010 German champion in singles
Web links
- ATP profile of Hans-Joachim Plötz (English)
- ITF profile of Hans-Joachim Plötz (English)
- official website
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| SURNAME | Plötz, Hans-Joachim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Suddenly, Hajo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |