Wilhelm Bungert (born 1 April 1939 in Mannheim) is a former German tennis player.

[edit] Tennis career

In 1962 the right-handed Bungert reached the quarter-finals of the International Australian Championships, the doubles finals of the International French Championships and the International Tennis Tournament of Monte Carlo.

After reaching the semi-finals in 1963 and 1964, the unseeded Bungert was the second German player (thirty years after Gottfried von Cramm) to reach the Wimbledon men’s finals in 1967 when he beat Roger Taylor in five sets ^[1]. However, he lost the final in straight sets against the Australian John Newcombe.

In 1970 he (with Christian Kuhnke) was part of the German Davis Cup team which lost the finals against the U.S. 0:5. In July of the same year he won his only career singles title in Dusseldorf.

In the eighties Bungert was captain of the German Davis Cup team (Boris Becker and Michael Westphal) which lost the finals against Sweden 2:3. Niki Pilic became his successor as captain.

Today, Wilhelm Bungert owns a tennis and golf center in Hilden. Adidas named one of their shoes after him ^[1].

[edit] Titles/Finals

Singles Titles (1): 1970 Dusseldorf
Doubles Titles (1): 1968 Kitzbuehel (w/Jurgen Fassbender)
Singles Finalist (3) 1967 Wimbledon, 1968 Kitzbuehel, 1968 Dusseldorf

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} The 100 greatest Wimbledon players ever - Times Online

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