| Hans-Dieter Beutel | |
| Birth Date: | 1962 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Esslingen, West Germany |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $113,016 |
| Singlesrecord: | 18–44 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 101 (21 November 1983) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (1984, 1989) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1984, 1985) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1984) |
| Doublesrecord: | 17–25 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 110 (3 January 1983) |
Hans-Dieter Beutel (born 12 June 1962) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.[1]
Beutel was a losing finalist in the 1980 Wimbledon boys' singles event, to Frenchman Thierry Tulasne.[2]
In 1981, Beutel made the semi-finals of the Sofia Open.[3]
He was the German National Champion in 1982, for both indoor and outdoor singles and in the outdoor doubles.[3] Also that year he reached the quarter-finals in Linz and was a doubles runner-up in Cologne.[3]
Beutel was a singles finalist at Cologne in 1983, beating Carlos Kirmayr, Shlomo Glickstein, Eric Jelen and Pavel Složil en route.[3] He made the quarter-finals at Båstad the following year.[3]
He won two Grand Slam matches during his career, both at the Australian Open.[3] In the 1984 tournament, he defeated countryman Jelen in the opening round, before going down to Tarik Benhabiles in five sets.[3] At the 1989 Australian Open he came from two sets down to overcome Laurent Prades in the first round.[3] He was eliminated in the second round by 14th seed Jonas Svensson.[3]
The West German appeared in five Davis Cup ties for his national team in the early 1980s, winning three of his eight rubbers, one in singles and two in doubles.[4]
| No. | Year | Tournament | width=50 | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1983 | Dortmund, West Germany | Clay |  Jérôme Vanier | 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 2. | 1988 | Fürth, West Germany | Clay | Richard Vogel | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| No. | Year | Tournament | width=50 | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1984 | Neunkirchen, West Germany | Clay | Christoph Zipf | Ulf Fischer Eric Jelen | 7–6, 7–5 |