Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) is a retired German
tennis
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player. Born in
Adliswil
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The official language of Adliswil is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alem ...
, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...
,
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (''née'' Kohde; born 11 December 1963) is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of ...
,
Sylvia Hanika
Sylvia Hanika (born 30 November 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Year End Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as N ...
, and
Eva Pfaff
Eva Pfaff (born 10 February 1961) is a German former professional tennis player.
Career
During her career, she won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour
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.
Career
With German nationality as the daughter of a German businessman, she was born in Switzerland, and resided in
Peru
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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
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.
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
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in 1979,
Stockholm
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in 1980, Houston, Tampa, Cincinnati (indoor) and Tokyo in 1981,
Mahwah in 1982 and
Knokke
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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
Manuela Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Мануела Георгиева Малеева; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began re ...
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)
Doubles: 10 (4–6)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
See also
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Manuela Maleeva
Manuela Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Мануела Георгиева Малеева; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began re ...
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Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...
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List of female tennis players
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**Officially ranked among the top 25 by the Women's Tennis Association (since 1975)
**Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) ...
References
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West German female tennis players
People from Horgen District
1963 births
Living people
German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
German expatriates in Monaco
German expatriate sportspeople in Peru