Ulrich Pinner

Ulrich Pinner
Uli Pinner 1975 at the Dutch Open in Hilversum
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	7th February 1954
Size:	178 cm
1st professional season:	1973
Resignation:	1984
Playing hand:	Right, one-handed backhand
singles
Career record:	135: 122
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	22 (July 9 1979)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	18:53
Highest ranking:	521 (October 8, 1984)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Ulrich "Uli" Pinner (born February 7, 1954 in Zittau ) is a former German tennis player .

He was one of the best German tennis players in the 1970s and early 1980s, and led the German rankings from 1978 to 1980. One of his greatest successes was winning the Swiss Open (final against Peter McNamara ) in 1979. During this time, which was not very successful for German tennis, he reached 22nd place in the individual ATP world rankings . In 1973 and 1978 he was German tennis champion. Like his brother, Rolf Pinner, he played for years in the Bundesliga tennis for the Blau-Weiß Neuss club , with whom he was German team champion several times.

In 1978 he was number 1 in the German tennis rankings, ahead of Klaus Eberhard (2nd), Andreas Maurer (3rd), Rolf Gehring (4th) and Werner Zirngibl (5).

Uli Pinner played for the German Davis Cup team alongside Rolf Gehring in singles and together with Werner Zirngibl in doubles.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1	July 23, 1978	Stuttgart	sand	Kim Warwick	6: 2, 6: 2, 7: 6
2	July 15, 1979	Gstaad	sand	Peter McNamara	6: 2, 6: 4, 7: 5

Web links

• ATP profile Ulrich Pinner (English)
• ITF profile of Ulrich Pinner (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Ulrich Pinner (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Pi/U/Ulrich-Pinner.aspx
2. ↑ https://www.dtb-tennis.de/Tennis-National/Deutsche-Memeisterschaften/DeutscheMemeisterschaften/Siegerlisten/Siegerliste-Herren
3. ↑ https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Uli+Pinner/1/50248.html