Jürgen Fassbender

Jürgen Fassbender

Jürgen Fassbender in 1975
Country (sports)	West Germany
Born	28 May 1948 Wesseling, West Germany
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	167–151 (Open era)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 31 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1973, 1974)
Wimbledon	QF (1973)
US Open	2R (1972)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1968, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record	226–120
Career titles	15
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	SF (1973)
Wimbledon	SF (1973, 1975)
US Open	3R (1975)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	F (1968, demonstration)

Jürgen Fassbender (German: Faßbender, born 28 May 1948) is a retired professional tennis player for West Germany.

On the ATP Tour, Fassbender won one singles and sixteen doubles titles. His best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. In doubles he reached the semifinals at the 1973 French Open and the 1973 and 1975 Wimbledon Championships.

Between 1968 and 1979 he played in 23 ties for the German Davis Cup team and compiled a record of 20 wins and 14 losses. Best team result was winning the European zone and reaching the Inter-Zonal semifinal in 1968.^[1][2]

ATP Tour titles (17)

Singles (1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	25 July 1972	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Ilie Năstase	0–6, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	9 July 1973	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	2–6, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	3 March 1974	Paramus, U.S.	Indoor	Sandy Mayer	1–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	15 May 1974	Munich, Germany	Clay	François Jauffret	6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	17 February 1975	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 2–6

Doubles (16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	20 August 1968	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Wilhelm Bungert	Gerald Battrick Robert Wilson	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	11 August 1969	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jean-Claude Barclay	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	24 June 1972	London/Queen's Club, U.K.	Grass	Karl Meiler	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	22 July 1972	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Mal Anderson Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	17 January 1973	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.	Hard	Pat Cramer	Clark Graebner Ion Ţiriac	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	18 February 1973	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Juan Gisbert, Sr.	Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	11 June 1973	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Manuel Orantes Ion Ţiriac	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	21 October 1973	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Marcello Lara Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	18 November 1973	Christchurch, New Zealand		Jeff Simpson	Anand Amritraj Fred McNair	W/O
Winner	5.	27 January 1974	Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.		Karl Meiler	Ian Fletcher Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	3 February 1974	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	Owen Davidson Clark Graebner	7–6, 7–5
Winner	7.	10 February 1974	Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	Vitas Gerulaitis Bob Hewitt	6–0, 6–2
Winner	8.	17 March 1974	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	Karl Meiler	Iván Molina Jairo Velasco, Sr.	6–4, 6–4
Winner	9.	27 March 1974	Tempe, Arizona	Hard	Karl Meiler	Ian Fletcher Kim Warwick	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	15 May 1974	Munich, Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Winner	10.	20 May 1974	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	5 August 1974	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	12 August 1974	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	3 November 1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Ismail El Shafei Roscoe Tanner	5–7, 3–6
Winner	11.	20 January 1975	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	Colin Dowdeswell John Yuill	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	10.	17 February 1975	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Ion Ţiriac	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Clark Graebner	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	4 March 1975	London WCT, U.K.	Carpet	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	3–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	7 July 1975	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Colin Dowdeswell Ken Rosewall	6–4, 9–7, 6–1
Runner-up	12.	18 August 1975	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	10 November 1975	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up	14.	4 May 1976	Munich, Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 3–2, RET.
Runner-up	15.	20 June 1976	Berlin, Germany	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Patricio Cornejo Antonio Muñoz	5–7, 1–6
Winner	13.	4 July 1976	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	16.	18 July 1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	16 May 1977	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Karl Meiler	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–3, 6–3
Winner	15.	3 July 1977	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Karl Meiler	Colin Dowdeswell Bob Hewitt	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	17.	5 March 1978	Lagos, Nigeria	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	George Hardie Sashi Menon	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	18.	23 May 1978	Munich, Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	16.	25 June 1978	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Željko Franulović Hans Gildemeister	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	22 May 1979	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jean-Louis Haillet	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–7, 5–7

References

1. "Biographien – Jürgen Faßbender". Munzinger.
2. "Players – Jürgen Fassbender". ITF.

External links

• Jürgen Fassbender at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jürgen Fassbender at the Davis Cup
• Jürgen Fassbender at the International Tennis Federation