Robert Reininger

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Robert Reininger
Full nameRobert Reininger
Country (sports)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Born (1958-01-20) 20 January 1958 (age 65)
Linz, Austria
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$57,642
Singles
Career record9–33
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 182 (3 January 1983)
Doubles
Career record15–35
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 224 (8 October 1984)

Robert Reininger (born 20 January 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

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Biography

Reininger, a right-handed player from Linz, was the Austrian junior champion in 1975. He followed it up with a national Under 21s title in 1976, then in 1979 was Austria's Indoor and Outdoor Championships in both singles and doubles.

The top ranked player in Austria in 1979 and 1981, Reininger appeared in seven ties for the Austria Davis Cup team. This included a tie against Great Britain in Bristol and a match against Ilie Năstase in Bucharest. [1] [2]

His only title on the Grand Prix tennis circuit was in the doubles at the Sofia Open in 1980. An unseeded pairing, he partnered with Hartmut Kirchhübel to win the tournament. [3] As a singles player his best performances came in his home event, the Grand Prix tournament held in Linz. He made the quarter-finals twice, in 1981 and 1982.

He now runs an insurance company in Linz. [4]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Dec 1980 Sofia, BulgariaCarpet (i) Flag of Germany.svg Hartmut Kirchhübel Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vadim Borisov
Flag of East Germany.svg Thomas Emmrich
4–6, 6–3, 6–4

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References

  1. "Tennis". The Glasgow Herald . 7 June 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. "Sport". The Cincinnati Enquirer . 9 March 1980. p. 27. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Sofia - 15 December - 21 December 1980". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. "Official website". RFL Insurance Broker. Retrieved 23 January 2016.