Jürgen Fassbender
Jürgen Fassbender in 1975
Country (sports) West Germany
Born (1948-05-28) 28 May 1948
Wesseling, Allied-occupied Germany
Retired1981
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record185–170 (52.1% in Open Era)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 31 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1973, 1974)
WimbledonQF (1973)
US Open2R (1972)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1968, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record250–129 (66.0% in Open Era)
Career titles16
Highest rankingNo. 22 (1 March 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenSF (1973)
WimbledonSF (1973, 1975)
US Open3R (1975)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR – 2nd (1975)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesF (1968, demonstration)

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

On the ATP Tour, Fassbender won three singles and 15 doubles titles. His best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. In doubles, he reached the semifinals of 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]

Career finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1972 Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 0–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Mar 1973 Charleston, United States Carpet (i) United States Clark Graebner 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Mar 1974 Paramus, United States Carpet (i) United States Sandy Mayer 1–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 May 1974 Munich, West Germany Clay France François Jauffret 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Feb 1975 Boca Raton, United States Hard United States Jimmy Connors 4–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Mar 1975 Düsseldorf, West Germany Hard (i) Belgium Bernard Mignot 6–3, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 35 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1968 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay West Germany Wilhelm Bungert United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
6–3, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Aug 1969 Hamburg, West Germany Clay France Jean-Claude Barclay Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 1972 London Queen's Club, UK Grass West Germany Karl Meiler United States Jim McManus
United States Jim Osborne
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jul 1972 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Australia Mal Anderson
Australia Geoff Masters
7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–2 Jan 1973 Birmingham, United States Hard South Africa Pat Cramer United States Clark Graebner
Romania Ion Țiriac
6–4, 7–5
Loss 3–3 Feb 1973 Salisbury, United States Hard (i) Spain Juan Gisbert Sr. United States Clark Graebner
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Jun 1973 Hamburg, West Germany Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Spain Manuel Orantes
Romania Ion Țiriac
7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 4–4 Oct 1973 Manila, Philippines Hard West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Mexico Marcello Lara
United States Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 0–6
Loss 4–5 Nov 1973 Christchurch, New Zealand Carpet (i) New Zealand Jeff Simpson India Anand Amritraj
United States Fred McNair
w/o
Win 5–5 Jan 1974 Omaha, United States Carpet (i) West Germany Karl Meiler Australia Ian Fletcher
Australia Kim Warwick
6–2, 6–4
Win 6–5 Feb 1974 Baltimore, United States Carpet (i) West Germany Karl Meiler Australia Owen Davidson
United States Clark Graebner
7–6, 7–5
Win 7–5 Feb 1974 Little Rock, United States Carpet (i) West Germany Karl Meiler United States Vitas Gerulaitis
South Africa Bob Hewitt
6–0, 6–2
Win 8–5 Mar 1974 Calgary, Canada Hard (i) West Germany Karl Meiler Colombia Iván Molina
Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr.
6–4, 6–4
Win 9–5 Mar 1974 Tempe, Arizona Hard West Germany Karl Meiler Australia Ian Fletcher
Australia Kim Warwick
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 9–6 May 1974 Munich, West Germany Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Spain Antonio Muñoz
Spain Manuel Orantes
6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win 10–6 May 1974 Hamburg, West Germany Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 10–7 Aug 1974 Indianapolis, United States Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann United States Jimmy Connors
Romania Ilie Năstase
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 10–8 Aug 1974 Montreal, Canada Hard West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Spain Manuel Orantes
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 10–9 Nov 1974 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Egypt Ismail El Shafei
United States Roscoe Tanner
5–7, 3–6
Win 11–9 Jan 1975 Birmingham, United States Carpet (i) West Germany Karl Meiler United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
South Africa John Yuill
6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 11–10 Feb 1975 Boca Raton, United States Hard Romania Ion Țiriac Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
United States Clark Graebner
2–6, 1–6
Loss 11–11 Mar 1975 London WCT, UK Carpet (i) West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
3–6, 4–6
Win 12–11 Jul 1975 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Australia Ken Rosewall
6–4, 9–7, 6–1
Loss 12–12 Aug 1975 Columbus, United States Hard West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 12–13 Nov 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 12–14 May 1976 Munich, West Germany Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
Spain Manuel Orantes
6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 3–2 ret.
Loss 12–15 Jun 1976 Berlin, West Germany Hard West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Chile Patricio Cornejo
Spain Antonio Muñoz
5–7, 1–6
Win 13–15 Jul 1976 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 13–16 Jul 1976 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win 14–16 May 1977 Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay West Germany Karl Meiler Australia Paul Kronk
Australia Cliff Letcher
6–3, 6–3
Win 15–16 Jul 1977 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay West Germany Karl Meiler United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
South Africa Bob Hewitt
6–4, 7–6
Loss 15–17 Mar 1978 Lagos, Nigeria Clay United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell United States George Hardie
India Sashi Menon
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 15–18 May 1978 Munich, West Germany Clay Netherlands Tom Okker Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Win 16–18 Jun 1978 Berlin, West Germany Clay United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
Chile Hans Gildemeister
6–3, 6–4
Loss 16–19 May 1979 Munich, West Germany Clay France Jean-Louis Haillet Poland Wojciech Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–7, 5–7

References

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