Heinz Günthardt

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Heinz Peter Günthardt (born 8 February 1959) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland.

Heinz Günthardt
Günthardt in Hilversum 1981
Full nameHeinz Peter Günthardt
Country (sports)  Switzerland
Born (1959-02-08) 8 February 1959 (age 65)
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1976
Retired1990
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,550,007
Singles
Career record228–193
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 22 (7 April 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1985)
WimbledonQF (1985)
US OpenQF (1985)
Other tournaments
WCT FinalsQF (1980)
Doubles
Career record409–227
Career titles30
Highest rankingNo. 3 (8 July 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1990)
French OpenW (1981)
WimbledonW (1985)
US OpenF (1981)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1988)
Mixed doubles
Career titles2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1985)
WimbledonF (1986)
US OpenW (1985)

Tennis player career

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Günthardt won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22 in April 1986.

In doubles, he captured a total number of 30 titles. Günthardt won the men's doubles at the 1981 Roland Garros and the 1985 Wimbledon Championships with Balázs Taróczy, and the mixed doubles at the 1985 US Open with Martina Navratilova. He was also a member of the Swiss team at the 1988 Olympic Games.[1]

Coaching career

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Günthardt was the coach of Steffi Graf from the start of 1992 until the end of Graf's tennis playing career in July 1999, and he also worked briefly with Jelena Dokić and Jennifer Capriati.[2]

From February to November 2010, he coached former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic.[3] He had not coached full-time since Graf's retirement in 1999.[4] When Günthardt started coaching her, Ivanovic had dropped out of the WTA's top 20, and she dropped to a career low of world No. 65 in July 2010.[5] During their partnership, Ivanovic recovered to world No. 17[6][7] before Günthardt ended his coaching relationship with her due to family responsibilities.[8]

Günthardt has been captain of the Swiss Fed Cup team since March 2012. He reached the final with the team in 2021, and won the Cup in 2022.[9]

Career finals

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Singles: 9 (5–4)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1978 Springfield, U.S. Carpet (i)   Harold Solomon 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 1980 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i)   Gene Mayer 6–2, 6–4
Win 3–0 Apr 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard   Victor Amaya 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–0 Jul 1980 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Kim Warwick 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 4–1 Jul 1981 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay   Balázs Taróczy 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 4–2 Jul 1982 Zell Am See WCT, Austria Clay   José Luis Clerc 0–6, 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 4–3 Jul 1983 Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany Clay   José Higueras 1–6, 1–6, 6–7
Win 5–3 Nov 1983 Toulouse, France Hard (i)   Pablo Arraya 6–0, 6–2
Loss 5–4 Nov 1984 Toulouse, France Hard (i)   Mark Dickson 6–7(3–7), 4–6

Doubles: 59 (30–29)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1978 Toronto, Canada Clay   Colin Dowdeswell   Wojciech Fibak
  Tom Okker
3–6, 6–7
Loss 2. 1979 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i)   Bernard Mitton   Peter Fleming
  John McEnroe
4–6, 4–6
Win 1. 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard   Colin Dowdeswell   Raymond Moore
  Ilie Năstase
6–3, 7–6
Win 2. 1979 Båstad, Sweden Clay   Bob Hewitt   Mark Edmondson
  John Marks
6–2, 6–2
Win 3. 1979 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay   Željko Franulović   Dick Crealy
  Antonio Zugarelli
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3. 1979 Toronto, Canada Hard   Bob Hewitt   Peter Fleming
  John McEnroe
7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Loss 4. 1979 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i)   Pavel Složil   Gene Mayer
  Stan Smith
3–6, 4–6
Loss 5. 1980 Denver, U.S. Carpet   Wojciech Fibak   Kevin Curren
  Steve Denton
5–7, 2–6
Loss 6. 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard   Colin Dowdeswell   Bob Hewitt
  Frew McMillan
4–6, 3–6
Win 4. 1980 Munich, West Germany Clay   Bob Hewitt   David Carter
  Chris Lewis
7–6, 6–1
Win 5. 1980 Båstad, Sweden Clay   Markus Günthardt   John Feaver
  Peter McNamara
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7. 1980 Toronto, Canada Hard   Sandy Mayer   Bruce Manson
  Brian Teacher
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 8. 1980 Geneva, Switzerland Clay   Markus Günthardt   Željko Franulović
  Balázs Taróczy
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 9. 1980 Vienna, Austria Hard (i)   Pavel Složil   Robert Lutz
  Stan Smith
1–6, 2–6
Win 6. 1980 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i)   Paul McNamee   Robert Lutz
  Stan Smith
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10. 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard   Paul McNamee   Robert Lutz
  Stan Smith
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 7. 1981 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Pavel Složil
  Tomáš Šmíd
6–3, 6–3
Win 8. 1981 French Open, Paris Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Terry Moor
  Eliot Teltscher
6–2, 7–6, 6–3
Win 9. 1981 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Markus Günthardt   David Carter
  Paul Kronk
6–4, 6–1
Win 10. 1981 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Raymond Moore
  Andrew Pattison
6–0, 6–2
Win 11. 1981 North Conway, U.S. Clay   Peter McNamara   Pavel Složil
  Ferdi Taygan
6–7, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 11. 1981 US Open, New York Hard   Peter McNamara   Peter Fleming
  John McEnroe
def.
Win 12. 1981 Sawgrass Doubles, U.S. Clay   Peter McNamara   Robert Lutz
  Stan Smith
7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
Win 13. 1981 Geneva, Switzerland Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Pavel Složil
  Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 12. 1981 Madrid, Spain Clay   Tomáš Šmíd   Hans Gildemeister
  Andrés Gómez
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 14. 1981 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Larry Stefanki
  Robert Van't Hof
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 13. 1981 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Victor Amaya
  Hank Pfister
4–6, 2–6
Win 15. 1982 Masters Doubles WCT, London Carpet (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Kevin Curren
  Steve Denton
6–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 14. 1982 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Markus Günthardt   Drew Gitlin
  Jim Gurfein
4–6, 5–7
Win 16. 1982 Milan, Italy Carpet (i)   Peter McNamara   Mark Edmondson
  Sherwood Stewart
7–6, 7–6
Loss 15. 1982 Madrid, Spain Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Pavel Složil
  Tomáš Šmíd
1–6, 6–3, 7–9
Win 17. 1982 Rome, Italy Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Wojciech Fibak
  John Fitzgerald
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 16. 1982 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Markus Günthardt   Sandy Mayer
  Ferdi Taygan
2–6, 3–6
Loss 17. 1982 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Jan Kodeš
  Tomáš Šmíd
6–7, 4–6
Loss 18. 1982 Wembley, England Carpet (i)   Tomáš Šmíd   Peter Fleming
  John McEnroe
6–7, 4–6
Win 18. 1983 Masters Doubles WCT, London Carpet (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Brian Gottfried
  Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 7–5, 7–6
Win 19. 1983 Brussels, Belgium Carpet (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Hans Simonsson
  Mats Wilander
6–2, 6–4
Loss 19. 1983 Munich WCT, West Germany Carpet (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Kevin Curren
  Steve Denton
5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Win 20. 1983 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Henri Leconte
  Yannick Noah
6–2, 6–4
Loss 20. 1983 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Tomáš Šmíd
  Sherwood Stewart
6–7, 5–7
Win 21. 1983 Madrid, Spain Clay   Pavel Složil   Markus Günthardt
  Zoltán Kuhárszky
6–3, 6–3
Win 22. 1983 Hamburg, West Germany Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Mark Edmondson
  Brian Gottfried
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win 23. 1983 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Jan Kodeš
  Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 24. 1983 Toulouse, France Hard (i)   Pavel Složil   Bernard Mitton
  Butch Walts
5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 21. 1984 Memphis, U.S. Carpet (i)   Tomáš Šmíd   Fritz Buehning
  Peter Fleming
5–7, 6–7
Loss 22. 1984 Hamburg, West Germany Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Stefan Edberg
  Anders Järryd
3–6, 1–6
Win 25. 1984 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Markus Günthardt   Givaldo Barbosa
  João Soares
6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 23. 1984 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Ken Flach
  Robert Seguso
6–7, 5–7
Loss 24. 1984 Vienna, Austria Hard (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Wojciech Fibak
  Sandy Mayer
4–6, 4–6
Loss 25. 1985 Masters Doubles WCT, London Carpet (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Ken Flach
  Robert Seguso
3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Win 26. 1985 La Quinta, U.S. Hard   Balázs Taróczy   Ken Flach
  Robert Seguso
3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win 27. 1985 Milan, Italy Carpet (i)   Anders Järryd   Broderick Dyke
  Wally Masur
6–2, 6–1
Loss 26. 1985 Hamburg, West Germany Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Hans Gildemeister
  Andrés Gómez
6–1, 6–7, 4–6
Win 28. 1985 Wimbledon, London Grass   Balázs Taróczy   Pat Cash
  John Fitzgerald
6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 29. 1986 Masters Doubles WCT, London Carpet (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Paul Annacone
  Christo van Rensburg
6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win 30. 1986 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay   Tomáš Šmíd   Hans Gildemeister
  Andrés Gómez
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 27. 1988 Nice, France Clay   Diego Nargiso   Guy Forget
  Henri Leconte
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 28. 1989 Milan, Italy Carpet (i)   Balázs Taróczy   Jakob Hlasek
  John McEnroe
3–6, 4–6
Loss 29. 1989 Nice, France Clay   Balázs Taróczy   Ricki Osterthun
  Udo Riglewski
6–7, 7–6, 1–6

References

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  1. ^ Olympic results Archived 5 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Serena's loss portends well for Capriati, ESPN, 1 June 2004
  3. ^ Heinz Gunthardt is Ana Ivanovic's new coach | Ana Ivanovic
  4. ^ Sports Central / Sports Articles and Columns / Tennis / Ivanovic Makes the Right Call with Günthardt
  5. ^ High Strung – Tom Perrotta – The Atlantic
  6. ^ Weekly net post: Welcome back Ana Ivanovic. We missed you – USATODAY.com
  7. ^ Resurgent Ivanovic wins Bali crown | The Jakarta Post
  8. ^ Ana Ivanovic Splits with Coach Heinz Gunthardt | Bleacher Report
  9. ^ Matt Roberts. "Switzerland Crowned 2022 Billie Jean Kng Cup Champions". billiejeankingcup.com. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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