Fritz Buehning

Fritz Buehning

Country (sports)	United States
Born	March 5, 1960 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 gew 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 #21 in singles and #4 in doubles, ending his career as a result of a foot injury after five seasons on the tour. He won 1 pro singles and 12 pro doubles tournament 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 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	21 December 1980	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–7, 7–6

Doubles (12 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1979	South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Clay	Bruce Nichols	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1979	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	1980	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Johan Kriek	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	1980	Dayton, Ohio, U.S.	Carpet	Fred McNair	Wojtek Fibak Geoff Masters	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	1980	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Anand Amritraj	David Carter Chris Lewis	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	1980	Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.	Grass	Peter Rennert	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1980	South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Clay	Van Winitsky	Bill Maze John McEnroe	6–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	1980	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet	Ferdi Taygan	John Sadri Tim Wilkison	6–1, 6–2
Winner	4.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Ferdi Taygan	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	5.	1981	South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Clay	Andrew Pattison	Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider	6–1, 6–4
Winner	6.	1981	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tony Giammalva	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Russell Simpson	Terry Moor John Yuill	3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–6, 10–12
Runner-up	7.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	5–7, 2–6
Winner	7.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Johan Kriek	Robert Lutz Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	8.	1982	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Teacher	Martin Davis Chris Dunk	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	1982	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	2–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	1982	Amsterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Buster Mottram	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	9.	1983	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Teacher	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tom Gullikson	Peter Fleming Pavel Složil	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Runner-up	10.	1983	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	11.	1983	South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Clay	Tom Cain	John Lloyd Dick Stockton	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	1983	Stowe, Vermont, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gullikson	Brad Drewett Kim Warwick	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	1983	US Open, New York City	Hard	Van Winitsky	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	12.	1984	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	13.	1984	Madrid, Spain	Carpet	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	1984	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Ferdi Taygan	Kevin Curren Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	15.	1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, 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