Bettina Bunge

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

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

Singles: 13 (4–9)

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)	Template:Flagicon Barbara Potter	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 1979	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Feb 1981	Houston, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Hana Mandlíková	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Sep 1981	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ann Kiyomura	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–6	Oct 1981	Tampa, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–7	Jan 1982	Cincinnati, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Barbara Potter	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	1–7	Feb 1982	Houston, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2–7	May 1982	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kathy Rinaldi	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–8	Aug 1982	Mahwah, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Leigh-Anne Thompson	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	3–8	Sep 1982	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Barbara Potter	7–6, 6–2
Win	4–8	Feb 1983	Oakland, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Sylvia Hanika	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–9	Jul 1987	Knokke, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kathleen Horvath	1–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

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	0–1	May 1982	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Liz Gordon Template:Flagicon Beverly Mould	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1983	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Template:Flagicon Ivanna Madruga Template:Flagicon Catherine Tanvier	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–1	Jul 1983	Freiburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff	Template:Flagicon Ivanna Madruga Template:Flagicon Emilse Raponi-Longo	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Oct 1984	Los Angeles, US	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert-Lloyd Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 1984	Filderstadt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Nov 1984	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–5	May 1985	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff	Template:Flagicon Bonnie Gadusek Template:Flagicon Helena Suková	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	Sep 1986	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Katerina Maleeva Template:Flagicon Manuela Maleeva	6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Win	4–5	Jul 1987	Knokke, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuela Maleeva	Template:Flagicon Kathleen Horvath Template:Flagicon Marcella Mesker	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–6	Nov 1987	Worcester,US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Eva Pfaff	Template:Flagicon Elise Burgin Template:Flagicon Rosalyn Fairbank	4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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

• Manuela Maleeva
• Steffi Graf
• List of female tennis players

External links

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