Klaus Eberhard (born 15 September 1957) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

Early in his career, Eberhard had his best performances in his home country.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He was quarterfinalist at the Stuttgart Outdoor tournament in 1978 and reached the quarter-finals at

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the following year. The West German defeated Peter Elter to make second round of the

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. In 1980, he reached the semifinals of the

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and again made the second round of the

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, beating Spaniard José López-Maeso. He took part in a

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tie for the West German team that year, playing two singles rubbers against Swedish players

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and Kjell Johansson, which he both lost.Davis Cup Profile
/ref> Eberhard was an Austrian Open and

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semifinalist in 1981. Also that year, he reached the quarterfinals in

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. He defeated Mario Martinez in the first round of the

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, then lost a five-set second-round match to John Lloyd. It would be his last win at a

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tournament. In 1982, he was a quarterfinalist at the Cairo Open and made the semifinals in

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. He won two doubles titles during his career, in Nancy and

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Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Challenger titles

Doubles: 1

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eberhard, Klaus 1957 births Living people West German male tennis players People from Datteln Sportspeople from Münster (region) Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia