Rainer Kuhlmey

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Rainer Kuhlmey
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
Born (1942-07-16) 16 July 1942 (age 82)
Wuppertal, Germany
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1971)

Rainer Kuhlmey (born 16 July 1942) is a retired German tennis player.

He has won several national titles including the 1973 German Tennis-Hochschulmeisterschaften, [1] the 1970 Wesseling tournament [2] and the 1968 German Tennis Team Championships with Eintracht Frankfurt in a 6-3 team victory versus TV Hannover [3] [4] [5] and took part in several international tournaments, such as Nice, Beaulieu and Cannes Championships, notably defeating former ATP no. 36 ranked Patrice Dominguez and former ATP no. 6 ranked José Higueras at the 1970 Nice TC Mediterranee tournament. [6] [7]

In addition, he represented Germany as the only German player in the main draw of the 1971 French Open – Men's Singles competition at Roland Garros, Paris. [8] Prior, he succeeded in the Qualifying Draw, winning one of the longest three consecutive matches in tennis history in a total of 14 and a half hours. [9] [10]

His real strength was to play doubles. Amongst other national doubles titles, most notably, he beat the former Davis Cup players Jürgen Fassbender/Karl Meiler in a spectacular doubles final of the 1969 Kassel Wilhelmshöhe tournament, partnering Dr. Rainer Janson, in two straight sets 9-7 6-4. [11] As a result of his successes, he was nominated to the German national team against Norway in 1969.

Apart from his career in sports, he graduated in economics (Diplom-Volkswirt) at the University of Marburg. Moreover, he partnered with roulette legend Richard Jarecki, conquering roulette and Black Jack by employing sophisticated empirical methods.

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References

  1. ↑ Deutsche Tennis-Zeitung, vol. 23/1973, page 727 (in German).
  2. ↑ Deutsche Tennis-Zeitung, vol. 18/1971, page 481 (in German).
  3. ↑ "Tennis-Blatt 1968" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt - Meilensteine: Deutsche Mannschaftsmeisterschaft der Tennis-Herren 1968". Archived from the original on 2018-03-25.
  5. ↑ Deutsche Tennis-Zeitung, vol. 18/1968, pages 508/509 (in German).
  6. ↑ "National and international results at tennisarchives.com".
  7. ↑ Deutsche Tennis-Zeitung, vol. 7/1970, page 164 (in German).
  8. ↑ The New York Times, edition of May 26, 1971, page 25.
  9. ↑ "Kuhlmey erinnert sich an die French Open". op-marburg.de / Oberhessische Presse / Zeitung für Marburg - Biedenkopf (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  10. ↑ "14,5 Stunden für drei Spiele". op-marburg.de / Oberhessische Presse / Zeitung für Marburg - Biedenkopf.
  11. ↑ Deutsche Tennis-Zeitung, vol. 15/1969, page 431 (in German).


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