Heinz Günthardt

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Heinz Günthardt

Heinz Günthardt
Singles
Günthardt and Ivanović during practice at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic.
Full name	Heinz Peter Günthardt
Country	Switzerland
Born	February 8, 1959 (1959-02-08) (age 52) Zürich
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	1976
Retired	1990
Plays	Right Handed
Career prize money	$1,550,007
Career record	228-193 (51.70%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	22 (1986)
Grand Slam results
French Open	4R (1985)
Wimbledon	QF (1985)
US Open	QF (1985)
Doubles
Career record	409-227 (64.30%)
Career titles	30
Highest ranking	3 (1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1990)
French Open	W (1981)
Wimbledon	W (1985)
US Open	F (1981)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	W (1985)
Wimbledon	F (1986)
US Open	W (1985)

Heinz Peter Günthardt (born February 8, 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 thirty titles. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on April 7, 1986, when he became the World No. 22. Günthardt won the men's doubles at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, and the mixed doubles at the 1985 US Open partnering Martina Navrátilová. He was also a member of the Swiss team at the 1988 Olympic Games.

He was a longtime coach of all-time great Steffi Graf and also worked briefly with Jelena Dokić. From February to November 2010 he worked with former WTA No. 1 Ana Ivanović.

1 Doubles titles (30)
- 1.1 Runner-ups (29)
2 Singles titles (5)
- 2.1 Runner-ups (4)

Doubles titles (30)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Raymond Moore Ilie Năstase	6–3, 7–6
2.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Bob Hewitt	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–2, 6–2
3.	1979	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Željko Franulović	Dick Crealy Antonio Zugarelli	6–2, 6–4
4.	1980	Munich, Germany	Clay	Bob Hewitt	David Carter Chris Lewis	7–6, 6–1
5.	1980	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Markus Günthardt	John Feaver Peter McNamara	6–4, 6–4
6.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Paul McNamee	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
7.	1981	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3
8.	1981	French Open, Paris	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 7–6, 6–3
9.	1981	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Markus Günthardt	David Carter Paul Kronk	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
10.	1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Raymond Moore Andrew Pattison	6–0, 6–2
11.	1981	North Conway, United States	Clay	Peter McNamara	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	7–5, 6–4
12.	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, United States	Clay	Peter McNamara	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
13.	1981	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
14.	1981	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
15.	1982	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
16.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Peter McNamara	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 7–6
17.	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Wojtek Fibak John Fitzgerald	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
18.	1983	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–5, 7–6
19.	1983	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Hans Simonsson Mats Wilander	6–2, 6–4
20.	1983	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–4
21.	1983	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Pavel Složil	Markus Günthardt Zoltan Kuharszky	6–3, 6–3
22.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Mark Edmondson Brian Gottfried	6–1, 6–0
23.	1983	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
24.	1983	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
25.	1984	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Markus Günthardt	Givaldo Barbosa Joao Soares	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
26.	1985	La Quinta, United States	Hard	Balázs Taróczy	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 7–5
27.	1985	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6–2, 6–1
28.	1985	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Balázs Taróczy	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
29.	1986	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
30.	1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 6–3, 7–6

Runner-ups (29)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1978	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	6–3, 7–6
2.	1979	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Bernard Mitton	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 6–4
3.	1979	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–7, 7–6, 6–1
4.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Gene Mayer Stan Smith	6–3, 6–4
5.	1980	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–5, 6–2
6.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Colin Dowdeswell	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–3
7.	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
8.	1980	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Markus Günthardt	Željko Franulović Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
9.	1980	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–1, 6–2
10.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Paul McNamee	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
11.	1981	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Peter McNamara	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	DEF
12.	1981	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
13.	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6–4, 6–2
14.	1982	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Markus Günthardt	Drew Gitlin Jim Gurfein	6–4, 7–5
15.	1982	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 3–6, 9–7
16.	1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Markus Günthardt	Sandy Mayer Ferdi Taygan	6–2, 6–3
17.	1982	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–4
18.	1982	Wembley, England	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 6–4
19.	1983	Munich WCT, Germany	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
20.	1983	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Tomáš Šmíd Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 7–5
21.	1984	Memphis, United States	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming	7–5, 7–6
22.	1984	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–1
23.	1984	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 7–5
24.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Balázs Taróczy	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	6–4, 6–4
25.	1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
26.	1985	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	1–6, 7–6, 6–4
27.	1988	Nice, France	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
28.	1989	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe	6–3, 6–4
29.	1989	Nice, France	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Ricki Osterthun Udo Riglewski	7–6, 6–7, 6–1

Singles titles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1978	Springfield, U.S.	Carpet	Harold Solomon	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2.	1980	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Gene Mayer	6–2, 6–4
3.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Victor Amaya	6–4, 6–4
4.	1980	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Kim Warwick	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
5.	1983	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pablo Arraya	6–0, 6–2

Runner-ups (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
2.	1982	Zell Am See WCT, Austria	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
3.	1983	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	José Higueras	6–1, 6–1, 7–6
4.	1984	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Mark Dickson	7–6, 6–4

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French Open boys' singles champions

1968 Phil Dent · 1969 Antonio Muñoz · 1970 Juan Herrera · 1971 Corrado Barazzutti · 1972 Buster Mottram · 1973 Víctor Pecci · 1974 Christophe Casa · 1975 Christophe Roger-Vasselin · 1976 Heinz Günthardt · 1977 John McEnroe · 1978 Ivan Lendl · 1979 Ramesh Krishnan · 1980 Henri Leconte · 1981 Mats Wilander · 1982 Tarik Benhabiles · 1983 Stefan Edberg · 1984 Kent Carlsson · 1985 Jaime Yzaga · 1986 Guillermo Pérez-Roldán · 1987 Guillermo Pérez-Roldán · 1988 Nicolás Pereira · 1989 Fabrice Santoro · 1990 Andrea Gaudenzi · 1991 Andriy Medvedev · 1992 Andrei Pavel · 1993 Roberto Carretero · 1994 Jacobo Díaz · 1995 Mariano Zabaleta · 1996 Alberto Martín · 1997 Daniel Elsner · 1998 Fernando González · 1999 Guillermo Coria · 2000 Paul-Henri Mathieu · 2001 Carlos Cuadrado · 2002 Richard Gasquet · 2003 Stanislas Wawrinka · 2004 Gaël Monfils · 2005 Marin Čilić · 2006 Martin Kližan · 2007 Vladimir Ignatic · 2008 Yang Tsung-hua · 2009 Daniel Berta · 2010 Agustín Velotti · 2011 Bjorn Fratangelo

Wimbledon (Open Era) boys' singles champions

1968 John Alexander · 1969 Byron Bertram · 1970 Byron Bertram · 1971 Robert Kreiss · 1972 Björn Borg · 1973 Billy Martin · 1974 Billy Martin · 1975 Chris Lewis · 1976 Heinz Günthardt · 1977 Van Winitsky · 1978 Ivan Lendl · 1979 Ramesh Krishnan · 1980 Thierry Tulasne · 1981 Matt Anger · 1982 Pat Cash · 1983 Stefan Edberg · 1984 Mark Kratzmann · 1985 Leonardo Lavalle · 1986 Eduardo Vélez · 1987 Diego Nargiso · 1988 Nicolás Pereira · 1989 Nicklas Kulti · 1990 Leander Paes · 1991 Thomas Enqvist · 1992 David Škoch · 1993 Răzvan Sabău · 1994 Scott Humphries · 1995 Olivier Mutis · 1996 Vladimir Voltchkov · 1997 Wesley Whitehouse · 1998 Roger Federer · 1999 Jürgen Melzer · 2000 Nicolas Mahut · 2001 Roman Valent · 2002 Todd Reid · 2003 Florin Mergea · 2004 Gaël Monfils · 2005 Jérémy Chardy · 2006 Thiemo de Bakker · 2007 Donald Young · 2008 Grigor Dimitrov · 2009 Andrey Kuznetsov · 2010 Márton Fucsovics · 2011 Luke Saville

French Open men's doubles champions

(1968) Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle • (1969) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1970) Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac • (1971) Arthur Ashe / Marty Riessen • (1972) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1973) John Newcombe / Tom Okker • (1974) Dick Crealy / Onny Parun • (1975) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1976) Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart • (1977) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1978) Gene Mayer / Hank Pfister • (1979) Gene Mayer / Sandy Mayer • (1980) Victor Amaya / Hank Pfister • (1981) Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy • (1982) Sherwood Stewart / Ferdi Taygan • (1983) Anders Järryd / Hans Simonsson • (1984) Henri Leconte / Yannick Noah • (1985) Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick • (1986) John Fitzgerald / Tomáš Šmíd • (1987) Anders Järryd / Robert Seguso • (1988) Andrés Gómez / Emilio Sánchez • (1989) Jim Grabb / Patrick McEnroe • (1990) Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1992) Jakob Hlasek / Marc Rosset • (1993) Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen • (1994) Byron Black / Jonathan Stark • (1995) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1996) Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek • (1997) Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek • (1998) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1999) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2000) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (2001) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2002) Paul Haarhuis / Yevgeny Kafelnikov • (2003) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2004) Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus • (2005) Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi • (2006) Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi • (2007) Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor • (2008) Pablo Cuevas / Luis Horna • (2009) Lukáš Dlouhý / Leander Paes • (2010) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2011) Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor

Wimbledon (Open Era) gentlemen's doubles champions

(1968) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1969) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1970) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1971) Roy Emerson / Rod Laver • (1972) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1973) Jimmy Connors / Ilie Năstase • (1974) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1975) Vitas Gerulaitis / Gene Mayer • (1976) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1977) Ross Case / Geoff Masters • (1978) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1979) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1980) Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee • (1981) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1982) Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee • (1983) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1984) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1985) Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy • (1986) Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander • (1987) Ken Flach / Robert Seguso • (1988) Ken Flach / Robert Seguso • (1989) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1990) Rick Leach / Jim Pugh • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1992) John McEnroe / Michael Stich • (1993) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1994) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1995) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1996) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1997) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1998) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1999) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2000) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (2001) Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer • (2002) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2003) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2004) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2005) Stephen Huss / Wesley Moodie • (2006) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2007) Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra • (2008) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2009) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2010) Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner • (2011) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

French Open mixed doubles champions

(1968) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen • (1970) Billie Jean King / Bob Hewitt • (1971) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1972) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Kim Warwick • (1973) Françoise Durr / Jean-Claude Barclay • (1974) Martina Navrátilová / Iván Molina • (1975) Fiorella Bonicelli / Thomas Koch • (1976) Ilana Kloss / Kim Warwick • (1977) Mary Carillo / John McEnroe • (1978) Renáta Tomanová / Pavel Složil • (1979) Wendy Turnbull / Bob Hewitt • (1980) Anne Smith / Billy Martin • (1981) Andrea Jaeger / Jimmy Arias • (1982) Wendy Turnbull / John Lloyd • (1983) Barbara Jordan / Eliot Teltscher • (1984) Anne Smith / Dick Stockton • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Heinz Günthardt • (1986) Kathy Jordan / Ken Flach • (1987) Pam Shriver / Emilio Sánchez Vicario • (1988) Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano • (1989) Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen • (1990) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jorge Lozano • (1991) Helena Suková / Cyril Suk • (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Eugenia Maniokova / Andrei Olhovskiy • (1994) Kristie Boogert / Menno Oosting • (1995) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Todd Woodbridge • (1996) Patricia Tarabini / Javier Frana • (1997) Rika Hiraki / Mahesh Bhupathi • (1998) Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob • (1999) Katarina Srebotnik / Piet Norval • (2000) Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams • (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Tomas Carbonell • (2002) Cara Black / Wayne Black • (2003) Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan • (2004) Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet • (2005) Daniela Hantuchová / Fabrice Santoro • (2006) Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić • (2007) Nathalie Dechy / Andy Ram • (2008) Victoria Azarenka / Bob Bryan • (2009) Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan • (2010) Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić • (2011) Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky

US Open mixed doubles champions

(1968) Mary Ann Eisel / Peter Curtis • (1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen • (1970) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen • (1971) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson • (1972) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen • (1973) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson • (1974) Pam Teeguarden / Geoff Masters • (1975) Rosemary Casals / Dick Stockton • (1976) Billie Jean King / Phil Dent • (1977) Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan • (1978) Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan • (1979) Greer Stevens / Bob Hewitt • (1980) Wendy Turnbull / Marty Riessen • (1981) Anne Smith / Kevin Curren • (1982) Anne Smith / Kevin Curren • (1983) Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / John Fitzgerald • (1984) Manuela Maleeva / Tom Gullikson • (1985)Martina Navrátilová / Heinz Günthardt • (1986)Raffaella Reggi / Sergio Casal • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Emilio Sánchez Vicario • (1988) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh • (1989) Robin White / Shelby Cannon • (1990) Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / Todd Woodbridge • (1991) Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen • (1992) Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Helena Suková / Todd Woodbridge • (1994) Elna Reinach / Patrick Galbraith • (1995) Meredith McGrath / Matt Lucena • (1996) Lisa Raymond / Patrick Galbraith • (1997) Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach • (1998) Serena Williams / Max Mirnyi • (1999) Ai Sugiyama / Mahesh Bhupathi • (2000) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jared Palmer • (2001) Rennae Stubbs / Todd Woodbridge • (2002) Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan • (2003) Katarina Srebotnik / Bob Bryan • (2004) Vera Zvonareva / Bob Bryan • (2005) Daniela Hantuchová / Mahesh Bhupathi • (2006) Martina Navrátilová / Bob Bryan • (2007) Victoria Azarenka / Max Mirnyi • (2008) Cara Black / Leander Paes • (2009) Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott • (2010) Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan

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