Hans Gildemeister

Hans Gildemeister

Gildemeister in 2004
Full name	Hans Gildemeister Bohner
Country (sports)	Chile
Residence	Santiago, Chile
Born	(1956-02-09) 9 February 1956 (age 69) Lima, Peru
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1973
Retired	1987
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$740,858
Singles
Career record	194–142
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 12 (22 February 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	QF (1978, 1979, 1980)
Wimbledon	2R (1977)
US Open	2R (1977)
Doubles
Career record	251–126
Career titles	23
Highest ranking	No. 5 (27 April 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	F (1982)
Wimbledon	2R (1977)
US Open	3R (1977)

Hans Gildemeister Bohner (born Juan Pedro Gildemeister Bohner on 9 February 1956), ^[1] is a Chilean former tennis player of German ancestry, who won four singles and 23 doubles titles during his professional career. ^[1] The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 22 February 1980, when he became world No. 12.

He is a former captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team. ^{[2] [ citation needed ]}

Personal life

Gildemeister was born in Lima, Peru, to German parents and moved to Chile at the age of two. His father, Benito, owned a printing house and his mother, Elena, was a German teacher. He has four siblings. ^{[3] [4]}

He naturalized Chilean by residence in 1978. ^[5]

He is the brother of Heinz  ^{[ es ]} and Fritz Gildemeister, also pro tennis players, ^{[3] [5] [6]} and was brother in law of Laura Gildemeister, who was also a tennis player. ^[7]

He has lived in Tampa, Florida, United States. ^[3]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1982	French Open	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 3–6, 1–1 ret.

Career finals

Singles: 6 (4 wins, 2 losses)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1979	Boston, United States	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–0, 2–6, 2–6
Win	1.	1979	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
Win	2.	1979	Santiago, Chile	Clay	José Higueras	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	2.	1981	Boston, United States	Clay	José Higueras	3–6, 1–6
Win	3.	1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Andrés Gómez	6–4, 7–5
Win	4.	1982	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Pablo Arraya	7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 34 (23 wins, 11 losses)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1976	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Patricio Cornejo	Lito Álvarez Belus Prajoux	6–3, 7–6
Loss	1.	1977	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Patricio Cornejo	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	5–7, 2–6
Win	2.	1977	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Jorge Andrew Carlos Kirmayr	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	1978	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Željko Franulović	Colin Dowdeswell Jürgen Fassbender	3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	1978	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Željko Franulović	Jean-Louis Haillet Gilles Moretton	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3.	1978	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol	4–6, 3–6
Win	4.	1978	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Víctor Pecci	Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4.	1980	Boston, United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	1980	Washington DC., United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–4, 7–5
Win	6.	1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Jan Kodeš Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 6–3, 10–8
Win	7.	1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Andrés Gómez	José Luis Clerc Belus Prajoux	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win	8.	1981	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	9.	1981	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Bruce Manson Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 6–2
Loss	5.	1981	Boston, United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Raúl Ramírez Pavel Složil	4–6, 6–7
Win	10.	1981	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	6.	1981	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	1–6, 4–6
Win	11.	1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Andrés Gómez	David Carter Ricardo Ycaza	7–5, 6–3
Win	12.	1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	6–2, 7–6
Loss	7.	1982	French Open, Paris	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 3–6, 1–1 ret.
Loss	8.	1982	Washington DC., United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	5–7, 6–7
Win	13.	1982	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–4, 6–2
Win	14.	1983	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Júlio Góes Ney Keller	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9.	1983	Boston, United States	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Mark Dickson Cássio Motta	5–7, 3–6
Loss	10.	1984	Nice, France	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	1–6, 5–7
Win	15.	1985	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	16.	1985	Washington DC., United States	Clay	Víctor Pecci	David Graham Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win	17.	1986	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
Win	18.	1986	Forest Hills, United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7–6, 7–6
Win	19.	1986	Boston, United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Dan Cassidy Mel Purcell	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win	20.	1986	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Ricardo Acioly César Kist	6–3, 7–5
Loss	11.	1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Win	21.	1986	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Win	22.	1987	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Mansour Bahrami Michael Mortensen	6–2, 6–4
Win	23.	1987	Boston, United States	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	7–6, 3–6, 6–1

References

1. "Hans GILDEMEISTER". Davis Cup. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
2. Valdebenito, Rodrigo. "Massu and Minar to start in Coquimbo". Davis Cup. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
3. Méndez, Carolina (9 July 2019). "El excapitán de Copa Davis, quien llegó a estar número doce en el escalafón mundial, escribe desde Estados Unidos su primera biografía oficial". segreader.emol.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
4. "La luminosa soledad de Hans Gildemeister" (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
5. Ried, Sergio (14 October 2023). "Crónicas de Sergio Ried: Hans Gildemeister, toda una vida". Diario El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
6. Leyton Ojeda, Sebastián (24 May 2024). "Muere sobrino de destacado ex tenista Hans Gildemeister en trágico accidente vehicular". www.chilevision.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
7. "Proyección de un triunfo en Copa Davis". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 9 March 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

External links

• Hans Gildemeister at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Hans Gildemeister at the International Tennis Federation
• Hans Gildemeister at the Davis Cup