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| Full name | Wilhelm Paul Bungert |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  West Germany |
| Residence | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Born | (1939-04-01)1 April 1939 (age 86) |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 1957 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1972 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 54–32 |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (1964,Lance Tingay)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1962) |
| French Open | 4R (1962) |
| Wimbledon | F (1967) |
| US Open | 4R (1966) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 8–9 |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1962) |
| French Open | F (1962) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1964) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1962) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1963) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | F (1970Ch) |
Wilhelm Paul Bungert (born 1 April 1939) is a formerGermantennis player best known for reaching the1967 Wimbledon final. He participated in the1970 Davis Cup final as a player and in the1985 Davis Cup final as team captain.
In 1962 the right-handed Bungert reached the quarterfinals of theInternational Australian Championships, the doubles finals of theInternational French Championships and theInternational Tennis Tournament of Monte Carlo.
Bungert was ranked as high as World No. 4 for 1964 byLance Tingay ofThe Daily Telegraph.[1]
After reaching the semifinals in 1963 (beatingRoy Emerson before losing toChuck McKinley)[2] and 1964 (losing to Emerson), the unseeded Bungert was the second German player (thirty years afterGottfried von Cramm) to reach theWimbledon men’s finals in 1967 when he beatRoger Taylor in five sets. Bungert's victories in the quarterfinal and round of 16 had also been five-set affairs.[3] However, he lost the final in straight sets against theAustralianJohn Newcombe.
In 1970 he (with Christian Kuhnke) was part of the GermanDavis 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 Düsseldorf.
In the eighties Bungert was captain of the German Davis Cup team (Boris Becker andMichael Westphal) which lost the finals against Sweden 2–3.Nikola Pilić became his successor as captain.
Today, Bungert owns a tennis and golf center inHilden.Adidas named one of their tennis shoes after him[3] and have been producing pairs up until (at least) October 2005.[4]PUMA also named a tennis shoe after him, though exact production dates are unknown.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 1967 | Wimbledon | Grass |  John Newcombe | 2–6, 1–6, 1–6 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1962 | French Championships | Clay | Christian Kuhnke | Roy EmersonNeale Fraser | 3–6, 4–6, 5–7 |
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