Hans Schwaier (born 24 March 1964) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.

Career

Schwaier was runner-up to

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in the boys' singles at the 1981 US Open, the same year he also reached the Wimbledon semi-finals and made it to number three in the world junior rankings. The West German turned professional in 1983 and was semi-finalist at

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that year. He reached the semi-finals at Barcelona in 1984 and en route defeated world number 14 Tomáš Šmíd, for the second time in the space of two months. His best year was 1985, when he made his only

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final, at the 1985 BMW Open and also reached the semi-finals in

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and Nice, as well as making it to the quarter-final stage in Basel and

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. He defeated the 11th ranked player in the world, Andrés Gómez, at Rome in 1986. From 1984 to 1986 he participated in the main draw of every Grand Slam event, except

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s. His other appearances came in the

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and

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. He had his best result in the 1985 US Open, where he reached the third round, with wins over Balázs Taróczy and

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. On four occasions during his career, Schwaier was eliminated from a Grand Slam tournament after losing a five set match. He made his

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debut for West Germany in their 1984 World Group relegation play-off against Romania. He won both of his singles rubbers, against Adrian Marcu and

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. In 1985 he helped the West Germans overcome the United States with a five set win over Aaron Krickstein, won 8–6 in the final set. In his second rubber, Schwaier lost to Eliot Teltscher, but

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would secure the tie for West Germany.Davis Cup Profile
/ref> He also played World Team Cup tennis for his country and has a win over Pat Cash to his credit, when the Australian was ranked in the top ten.

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwaier, Hans 1964 births Living people West German male tennis players German male tennis players Tennis people from Bavaria