Rolf Thung

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Rolf Thung
Rolf Thung.jpg
Thung in 2008
Full nameRolf Thung
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1951-07-27) 27 July 1951 (age 73)
Naarden, Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record20–65
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 86 (30 April 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 3R (1974)
Doubles
Career record29–56
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 529 (16 July 1984)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 6–8

Rolf Thung (born 27 July 1951) is a retired Dutch tennis player. With Louk Sanders, he won the doubles title of the 1978 British Hard Court Championships.

Contents

Thung held a win–loss record of 6–8 for the Netherlands Davis Cup team. [1]

Career finals

Doubles (1 title)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 1978 Bournemouth, EnglandClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Louk Sanders Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Carter
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Frawley
6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977
Australian Open AAAA
French Open A 1R AA
Wimbledon 3R 1R 1R 1R
US Open A 1R AA

Doubles

Tournament 1975 1976 1977 1979
Australian Open AAAA
French Open AAAA
Wimbledon 1R 1R AA
US Open 1R 2R A 1R

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