Harald Elschenbroich (born 19 June 1941) is a former international
tennis player
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from West Germany. He competed in the
Davis Cup
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from 1965 to 1975,
Harald Elschenbroich
at daviscup.com and in the Australian Open
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four times, from 1963 to 1977.Manuel Santana
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Juan Gisbert Sr. (born 5 April 1942) is a retired amateur and professional tennis player from the 1960s and 1970s.
He won one ATP singles title (plus at least three others before the Open era) and reached the finals at the Australian Champion ...]
in the final.
He won the ATP Stuttgart Open
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in 1973 defeating Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (born 23 May 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
During his career, Pohmann won two singles and five doubles titles on the ATP Tour
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in the final.
Elschenbroich won the 1977 Gottfried von Cramm Memorial Tournament defeating Bob Carmichael
Bob "Nails" Carmichael (4 July 1940 – 18 November 2003) was an Australian tennis player and coach.
As a player, Carmichael won one singles title and 12 doubles titles, and achieved a top-ten ranking in 1970. Partnering Allan Stone, he reach ...
in the final.
Career finals
Singles (2 runner-up)
Doubles (1 runner-up)
References
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1941 births
Living people
West German male tennis players
Sportspeople from Mönchengladbach
Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia
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