Peter Pokorny (born 25 July 1940) is a former professional Austrian

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player who was active in the 1960s and 1970s. His best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round at the

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after a first round win against

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. In the second round he lost to

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in four sets. At Wimbledon he qualified for the main singles draw in 1966, 1969 and 1973 but did not manage to make it past the first round. In 1973 he won the singles title at the international German indoor championships in

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after a five-sets victory in the final against Tadeusz Nowicki. Pokorny played in 14 ties for the Austrian Davis Cup team between 1963 and 1974 and had a 8–25 win–loss record. As a senior player Pokorny won many European and World Championships.

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