Karl Meiler (30 April 1949 – 17 April 2014) was a
tennis
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player from West Germany who was active in the 1970s and 1980s.
Meiler won four singles (1972, Buenos Aires; 1974, Omaha and Calgary; 1977, Manila) and 17 doubles titles during his professional career. He notably beat top seed
Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player. He won a record 23 Majors in singles, including eight Grand Slam singles titles and, before the Open Era, a record ...
in the
1973 Australian Open
The 1973 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1972 to 1 January 1973. It was the 61st edition of the Australian Open and the ...
, where he went on to reach the semifinals. Meiler reached his highest singles
ATP-ranking on 23 August 1973 when he became world No. 20. He died aged 64 on 17 April 2014 of complications from a head injury sustained in a domestic accident in November 2013.
ATP career finals
Singles: 17 (4 titles, 13 runner-ups)
Doubles: 24 (17 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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1949 births
2014 deaths
Sportspeople from Erlangen
West German male tennis players
Deaths from head injury
Tennis people from Bavaria