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Bettina Bunge

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Bettina Bunge
Country (sports) West Germany
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1963-06-13) 13 June 1963 (age 61)
Adliswil, Switzerland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1978
Retired1989
PlaysRight-handed (one–handed backhand)
Prize money$357,876
Singles
Career record294–177
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 6 (28 March 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1981)
French Open4R (1981)
WimbledonSF (1982)
US Open4R (1981, 1987)
Doubles
Career record206–153
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 17 (19 January 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1980)
French OpenSF (1981)
WimbledonSF (1982)
US OpenSF (1982)

Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) is a retired German tennis player. Born in Adliswil, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.

Career

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With German nationality as the daughter of a German businessman, she was born in Switzerland, and resided in Peru for more than 13 years. She was a national champion in Peru at the age of 13, and later moved to Miami, Florida. She dealt with a series of injuries (ear and knee, among others) throughout her career.

Bunge was a professional player from 1978 to 1989, appearing for the first time at No. 150 in July 1978. Her career-high ranking of No. 6 she achieved in 1983. In 1982, she registered her all-time best achievement in Grand Slam singles competition when she reached the semifinals of Wimbledon.

She won four singles tournaments, including the tournaments at the German Open, Houston, and Tokyo in 1982, and Oakland in 1983. She was finalist in Sydney in 1979, Stockholm in 1980, Houston, Tampa, Cincinnati (indoor) and Tokyo in 1981, Mahwah in 1982 and Knokke in 1987.

Bunge won four doubles tournaments, including the tournaments of Pan Pacific in Tokyo with Steffi Graf in 1986 and The Belgian Open with Manuela Maleeva in 1987. She was a finalist at the German Open with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch in 1982, the Swiss Open with Eva Pfaff in 1985, and New England, also Pfaff, in 1987.

She was a part of the German Federation Cup Team from 1980 to 1983, 1985 to 1987 and 1989. She won the 1987 WTA Comeback of the Year Award. Bunge lives in Coral Gables, Florida.

WTA career finals

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Singles: 13 (4–9)

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Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (4–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (3–5)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1979 Toronto, Canada Carpet (i) United States Barbara Potter 1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 1979 Sydney, Australia Grass Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 1980 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Feb 1981 Houston, U.S. Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Sep 1981 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) United States Ann Kiyomura 4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–6 Oct 1981 Tampa, U.S. Hard United States Martina Navratilova 7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Loss 0–7 Jan 1982 Cincinnati, U.S. Carpet (i) United States Barbara Potter 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 1–7 Feb 1982 Houston, U.S. Carpet (i) United States Pam Shriver 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win 2–7 May 1982 Berlin, West Germany Clay United States Kathy Rinaldi 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–8 Aug 1982 Mahwah, U.S. Hard United States Leigh-Anne Thompson 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 3–8 Sep 1982 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) United States Barbara Potter 7–6, 6–2
Win 4–8 Feb 1983 Oakland, U.S. Carpet (i) West Germany Sylvia Hanika 6–3, 6–3
Loss 4–9 Jul 1987 Knokke, Belgium Clay United States Kathleen Horvath 1–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

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Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (4–6)
Finals by surface
Hard 0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. May 1982 Berlin Clay West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch South Africa Liz Gordon
South Africa Beverly Mould
3–6, 4–6
Win 1. Jul 1983 Hamburg Clay West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Argentina Ivanna Madruga
France Catherine Tanvier
7–5, 6–4
Win 2. Jul 1983 Freiburg Clay West Germany Eva Pfaff Argentina Ivanna Madruga
Argentina Emilse Raponi-Longo
6–1, 6–2
Loss 2. Oct 1984 Los Angeles Hard (i) West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Chris Evert-Lloyd
United States Wendy Turnbull
2–6, 4–6
Loss 3. Oct 1984 Filderstadt Carpet (i) West Germany Eva Pfaff West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 4. Nov 1984 Brisbane Grass West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
3–6, 2–6
Loss 5. May 1985 Lugano Clay West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Bonnie Gadusek
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
2–6, 4–6
Win 3. Sep 1986 Tokyo Carpet (i) West Germany Steffi Graf Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva
6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Win 4. Jul 1987 Knokke Clay Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva United States Kathleen Horvath
Netherlands Marcella Mesker
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6. Nov 1987 Worcester Carpet (i) West Germany Eva Pfaff United States Elise Burgin
South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Career SR
Australian Open A A 1R 3R A A 2R 1R NH A A A 0 / 4
French Open A 3R 3R 4R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R A A A 0 / 8
Wimbledon A 2R 3R 2R SF 1R 3R 3R QF 3R A A 0 / 9
US Open 3R 1R 3R 4R 3R A 3R 1R 2R 4R A A 0 / 9
SR 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 30
Year-end ranking 105 32 19 9 9 11 21 23 12 15 NR 71

See also

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References

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Awards
Preceded by
No award
WTA Comeback Player of the Year
1987
Succeeded by