Bettina Bunge

Bettina Bunge
Country (sports)	West Germany
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	13 June 1963 (age 61); Adliswil, Switzerland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1978
Retired	1989
Plays	Right-handed (one–handed backhand)
Prize money	$357,876
Singles
Career record	294–177
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 6 (28 March 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1981)
French Open	4R (1981)
Wimbledon	SF (1982)
US Open	4R (1981, 1987)
Doubles
Career record	206–153
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 17 (19 January 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1980)
French Open	SF (1981)
Wimbledon	SF (1982)
US Open	SF (1982)

Last updated August 03, 2024

Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) is a retired German tennis player. Born in Adliswil, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.

Career

With German nationality as the daughter of a German businessman, she was born in Switzerland, and resided in Peru for more than 13 years. She was a national champion in Peru at the age of 13, and later moved to Miami, Florida. She dealt with a series of injuries (ear and knee, among others) throughout her career.

Bunge was a professional player from 1978 to 1989, appearing for the first time at No. 150 in July 1978. Her career-high ranking of No. 6 she achieved in 1983. In 1982, she registered her all-time best achievement in Grand Slam singles competition when she reached the semifinals of Wimbledon.

She won four singles tournaments, including the tournaments at the German Open, Houston, and Tokyo in 1982, and Oakland in 1983. She was finalist in Sydney in 1979, Stockholm in 1980, Houston, Tampa, Cincinnati (indoor) and Tokyo in 1981, Mahwah in 1982 and Knokke in 1987.

Bunge won four doubles tournaments, including the tournaments of Pan Pacific in Tokyo with Steffi Graf in 1986 and The Belgian Open with Manuela Maleeva in 1987. She was a finalist at the German Open with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch in 1982, the Swiss Open with Eva Pfaff in 1985, and New England, also Pfaff, in 1987.

She was a part of the German Federation Cup Team from 1980 to 1983, 1985 to 1987 and 1989. She won the 1987 WTA Comeback of the Year Award. Bunge lives in Coral Gables, Florida.

WTA career finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (4–9)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (3–5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1979	Toronto, Canada	Carpet (i)	Barbara Potter	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 1979	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Hana Mandlíková	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Feb 1981	Houston, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Sep 1981	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Ann Kiyomura	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–6	Oct 1981	Tampa, U.S.	Hard	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–7	Jan 1982	Cincinnati, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Barbara Potter	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	1–7	Feb 1982	Houston, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Pam Shriver	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2–7	May 1982	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Kathy Rinaldi	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–8	Aug 1982	Mahwah, U.S.	Hard	Leigh-Anne Thompson	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Win	3–8	Sep 1982	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Barbara Potter	7–6, 6–2
Win	4–8	Feb 1983	Oakland, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Sylvia Hanika	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–9	Jul 1987	Knokke, Belgium	Clay	Kathleen Horvath	1–6, 6–7^(5–7)

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (4–6)

Finals by surface
Hard 0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Carpet (1–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1982	Berlin	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Liz Gordon Beverly Mould	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Jul 1983	Hamburg	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Ivanna Madruga Catherine Tanvier	7–5, 6–4
Win	2.	Jul 1983	Freiburg	Clay	Eva Pfaff	Ivanna Madruga Emilse Raponi-Longo	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2.	Oct 1984	Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Eva Pfaff	Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	Oct 1984	Filderstadt	Carpet (i)	Eva Pfaff	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	4.	Nov 1984	Brisbane	Grass	Eva Pfaff	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	May 1985	Lugano	Clay	Eva Pfaff	Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková	2–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Sep 1986	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2
Win	4.	Jul 1987	Knokke	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	Kathleen Horvath Marcella Mesker	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	Nov 1987	Worcester	Carpet (i)	Eva Pfaff	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	2R	1R	NH	A	A	A	0 / 4
French Open	A	3R	3R	4R	2R	2R	3R	3R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 8
Wimbledon	A	2R	3R	2R	SF	1R	3R	3R	QF	3R	A	A	0 / 9
US Open	3R	1R	3R	4R	3R	A	3R	1R	2R	4R	A	A	0 / 9
SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 30
Year-end ranking	105	32	19	9	9	7	21	23	12	15	NR	71

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References

External links

Bettina Bunge at the Women's Tennis Association
Bettina Bunge at the International Tennis Federation
Bettina Bunge at the Billie Jean King Cup

Awards
Preceded by No award	WTA Comeback Player of the Year 1987	Succeeded by Pascale Paradis

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