Fritz Buehning

Fritz Buehning

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1960-03-05) March 5, 1960 (age 64) Summit, New Jersey
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

Singles: 2 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Kim Warwick	2–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Dec 1980	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	1–2	Feb 1982	Richmond, U.S.	Carpet (i)	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 27 (12 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1979	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Bruce Nichols	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	1979	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	1980	Richmond, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Johan Kriek	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	1–3	1980	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Fred McNair	Wojciech Fibak Geoff Masters	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	1980	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Anand Amritraj	David Carter Chris Lewis	7–6, 6–2
Loss	2–4	1980	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Peter Rennert	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	1980	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Van Winitsky	Bill Maze John McEnroe	6–7, 4–6
Win	3–5	1980	Melbourne, Australia	Carpet (i)	Ferdi Taygan	John Sadri Tim Wilkison	6–1, 6–2
Win	4–5	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Ferdi Taygan	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
Win	5–5	1981	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Andrew Pattison	Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–5	1981	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tony Giammalva	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	6–6	1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Russell Simpson	Terry Moor John Yuill	3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–6, 10–12
Loss	6–7	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Kevin Curren	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	5–7, 2–6
Win	7–7	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Johan Kriek	Bob Lutz Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	8–7	1982	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Brian Teacher	Martin Davis Chris Dunk	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	8–8	1982	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	2–6, 2–6
Win	9–8	1982	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Buster Mottram	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	9–9	1983	Richmond, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Brian Teacher	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 4–6
Win	10–9	1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tom Gullikson	Peter Fleming Pavel Složil	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	10–10	1983	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Peter Fleming	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	11–10	1983	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Tom Cain	John Lloyd Dick Stockton	6–2, 7–5
Loss	11–11	1983	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gullikson	Brad Drewett Kim Warwick	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	11–12	1983	US Open, New York	Hard	Van Winitsky	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	12–12	1984	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–0
Loss	12–13	1984	Madrid, Spain	Carpet (i)	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 3–6
Loss	12–14	1984	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Ferdi Taygan	Kevin Curren Wojciech Fibak	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–15	1984	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Sandy Mayer Andreas Maurer	6–7, 4–6

References

1. Best Boys Tennis Team of the Century, The Star-Ledger. Accessed December 10, 2007.

External links

• Fritz Buehning at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Fritz Buehning at the International Tennis Federation