Heinz Günthardt

Heinz Günthardt

Günthardt in Hilversum 1981
Full name	Heinz Peter Günthardt
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	8 February 1959 Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1976
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,550,007
Singles
Career record	228–193
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 22 (7 April 1986)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	4R (1985)
Wimbledon	QF (1985)
US Open	QF (1985)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	QF (1980)
Doubles
Career record	409–227
Career titles	30
Highest ranking	No. 3 (8 July 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1990)
French Open	W (1981)
Wimbledon	W (1985)
US Open	F (1981)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1988)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1985)
Wimbledon	F (1986)
US Open	W (1985)

Heinz Peter Günthardt (born 8 February 1959 in Zürich) is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980.

In doubles, Günthardt captured a total number of 30 titles. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 22 in April 1986. Günthardt won the men's doubles at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships with Balázs Taróczy, and the mixed doubles at the 1985 US Open partnering Martina Navratilova. He was also a member of the Swiss team at the 1988 Olympic Games.^[1]

Coaching career

He was the coach of all-time great Steffi Graf, from the start of 1992 until the end of Graf's tennis playing career in July 1999, and he has also worked briefly with Jelena Dokić and Jennifer Capriati.^[2]

From February to November 2010 he coached former WTA World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic.^[3] Günthardt had previously not coached full-time since Steffi Graf announced her retirement in 1999.^[4] When Günthardt started coaching her, Ivanovic had just dropped out of the WTA's top 20, and she dropped to a career low of World No. 65 in July 2010;^[5] but, she recovered to World No. 17^[6][7] before he ended his coaching relationship with her, due to his inability to coach and travel with Ivanovic full-time due to family responsibilities.^[8]

Doubles finals 59 (30–29)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1978	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1979	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Bernard Mitton	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Raymond Moore Ilie Năstase	6–3, 7–6
Winner	2.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	1979	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Željko Franulović	Dick Crealy Antonio Zugarelli	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1979	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Gene Mayer Stan Smith	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1980	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	1980	Munich, Germany	Clay	Bob Hewitt	David Carter Chris Lewis	7–6, 6–1
Winner	5.	1980	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Markus Günthardt	John Feaver Peter McNamara	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	1980	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Markus Günthardt	Željko Franulović Balázs Taróczy	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	1–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Paul McNamee	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Paul McNamee	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	1981	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	1981	French Open, Paris	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	9.	1981	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Markus Günthardt	David Carter Paul Kronk	6–4, 6–1
Winner	10.	1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Raymond Moore Andrew Pattison	6–0, 6–2
Winner	11.	1981	North Conway, United States	Clay	Peter McNamara	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	1981	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Peter McNamara	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	DEF
Winner	12.	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, United States	Clay	Peter McNamara	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	13.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	1981	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	14.	1981	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	13.	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	4–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	1982	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	1982	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Markus Günthardt	Drew Gitlin Jim Gurfein	4–6, 5–7
Winner	16.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Peter McNamara	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	15.	1982	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 6–3, 7–9
Winner	17.	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Wojtek Fibak John Fitzgerald	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	16.	1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Markus Günthardt	Sandy Mayer Ferdi Taygan	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	1982	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	18.	1982	Wembley, England	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–7, 4–6
Winner	18.	1983	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–5, 7–6
Winner	19.	1983	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Hans Simonsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	1983	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Winner	20.	1983	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	1983	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Tomáš Šmíd Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 5–7
Winner	21.	1983	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Pavel Složil	Markus Günthardt Zoltan Kuharszky	6–3, 6–3
Winner	22.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Mark Edmondson Brian Gottfried	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	23.	1983	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	24.	1983	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	1984	Memphis, United States	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming	5–7, 6–7
Runner-up	22.	1984	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 1–6
Winner	25.	1984	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Markus Günthardt	Givaldo Barbosa João Soares	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	23.	1984	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	24.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Balázs Taróczy	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	25.	1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	26.	1985	La Quinta, United States	Hard	Balázs Taróczy	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	27.	1985	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	26.	1985	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–7, 4–6
Winner	28.	1985	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Balázs Taróczy	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	29.	1986	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	30.	1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	27.	1988	Nice, France	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	28.	1989	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	29.	1989	Nice, France	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Ricki Osterthun Udo Riglewski	6–7, 7–6, 1–6

Singles titles (5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Harold Solomon	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	1980	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Gene Mayer	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Victor Amaya	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Kim Warwick	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1982	Zell Am See WCT, Austria	Clay	José Luis Clerc	0–6, 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	1983	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	José Higueras	1–6, 1–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	1983	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pablo Arraya	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	1984	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Mark Dickson	6–7, 4–6

References

1. Olympic results
2. Serena's loss portends well for Capriati, ESPN, 1 June 2004
3. Heinz Gunthardt is Ana Ivanovic's new coach | Ana Ivanovic
4. Sports Central / Sports Articles and Columns / Tennis / Ivanovic Makes the Right Call With Günthardt
5. High Strung – Tom Perrotta – The Atlantic
6. Weekly net post: Welcome back Ana Ivanovic. We missed you – USATODAY.com
7. Resurgent Ivanovic wins Bali crown | The Jakarta Post
8. Ana Ivanovic Splits With Coach Heinz Gunthardt | Bleacher Report

External links

• Heinz Günthardt at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Heinz Günthardt at the International Tennis Federation
• Heinz Günthardt at the Davis Cup