Markus Günthardt

Markus Günthardt (born 10 September 1957 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a former Swiss tennis player. Günthardt won three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ATP doubles ranking on 17 September 1984, when he became the number 44 in the world.

Günthardt participated in 14 Davis Cup ties for Switzerland from 1980–86, posting a 9-5 record in doubles.

Günthardt's younger brother Heinz was a successful doubles player, winning two Grand Slam doubles titles in his career.

Doubles titles (3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1980 Båstad, Sweden Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt United Kingdom John Feaver
Australia Peter McNamara
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 1980 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner 2. 1981 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Australia David Carter
Australia Paul Kronk
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 1981 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil Argentina José Luis Clerc
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Runner-up 3. 1982 Cairo, Egypt Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt United States Drew Gitlin
United States Jim Gurfein
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 1982 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt United States Sandy Mayer
United States Ferdi Taygan
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 1983 Madrid, Spain Clay Hungary Zoltan Kuharszky Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
3–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 1984 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Brazil Givaldo Barbosa
Brazil João Soares
6–4, 3–6, 7–6

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