Klaus Eberhard (tennis) explained

Klaus Eberhard
Birth Date:15 September 1957
Birth Place:Datteln, West Germany
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:53–74
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 104 (22 Dec 1980)
Frenchopenresult:2R (1978, 1980, 1982)
Wimbledonresult:1R (1981)
Doublesrecord:26–45
Doublestitles:2
Highestdoublesranking:No. 320 (3 Jan 1983)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (1981)

Klaus Eberhard (born 15 September 1957) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.[1]

Career

Early in his career, Eberhard had his best performances in his home country.[2] He was quarterfinalist at the Stuttgart Outdoor tournament in 1978 and reached the quarter-finals at Berlin the following year.[2] The West German defeated Peter Elter to make second round of the 1978 French Open.[2]

In 1980, he reached the semifinals of the BMW Open in Munich and again made the second round of the French Open, beating Spaniard José López-Maeso.[2] He took part in a Davis Cup tie for the West German team that year, playing two singles rubbers against Swedish players Björn Borg and Kjell Johansson, which he both lost.[3]

Eberhard was an Austrian Open and Tel Aviv Open semifinalist in 1981.[2] Also that year, he reached the quarterfinals in Mexico City.[2]

He defeated Mario Martinez in the first round of the 1982 French Open, then lost a five-set second-round match to John Lloyd.[2] It would be his last win at a Grand Slam tournament.[2]

In 1982, he was a quarterfinalist at the Cairo Open and made the semifinals in Linz.[2]

He won two doubles titles during his career, in Nancy and Kitzbühel.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Mar 1979Nancy, FranceHard Karl Meiler Robin Drysdale
Andrew Jarrett
4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win2–0 Jul 1980Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Ulrich Marten Carlos Kirmayr
Chris Lewis
6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Challenger titles

Doubles: 1

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10002277 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Eb/K/Klaus-Eberhard.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
  3. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10002277 Davis Cup Profile