Hans-Peter Kandler (born 2 April 1956) is a former professional
tennis player from Austria.
Biography
Kandler was born in
Mödling, a town near Vienna. He competed professionally on the
Grand Prix
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tour in the 1980s and represented
Austria in two
Davis Cup
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ties in 1982.
Both of his Davis Cup appearances came in 1982, the first a Europe Zone quarter-final tie at home against
Algeria, in which Kandler won two singles matches to help Austria secure a 5–0 whitewash. He played again in the semi-final against
Switzerland
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at Werzer Stadium in Portschach. Once more he was used in two singles rubbers and on this occasion lost both, to
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and then
Heinz Günthardt
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Tennis player career
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.
On the Grand Prix tour he won a total of five singles matches and made it to 136 in the world. He suffered an unusual injury at the
1985 Tournament of Champions in Forest Hills, while partnering
Fernando Luna in first round of the doubles draw, against top seeds
Ken Flach and
Robert Seguso. In the opening game of the match he was positioning himself for an overhead shot when he ran into the box under the centre line judge's chair. His left leg struck the edge of the box and caused a large laceration, deep enough to expose the tibia. Following an examination by the tournament physician he was forced to default the match and was treated in hospital.
Kandler won the Kaduna
Challenger
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tournament in 1985.
He has a daughter Christine who competed on the
WTA Tour.
Challenger titles
Singles: (1)
See also
*
List of Austria Davis Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1956 births
Living people
Austrian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Mödling
Tennis players from Vienna