Hans-Jürgen Pohmann

Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Country (sports) West Germany
Born (1947-05-23) 23 May 1947 (age 77)
Cologne, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record118–124
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 30 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (1974)
Wimbledon4R (1973)
US Open3R (1975)
Doubles
Career record155–96
Career titles5
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenSF (1973)
WimbledonSF (1975)
US Open3R (1975)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR – 2nd (1975)

Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (born 23 May 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

During his career, Pohmann won one singles and five doubles titles on the ATP Tour. He reached the quarter finals of the 1974 French Open, beating Adriano Panatta[1] before losing to François Jauffret. As of 2011, he was a commentator for the German television network RBB. Pohmann is probably most remembered for a controversial second round match at the 1976 US Open against Ilie Năstase. In that era, early round US Open matches were best of three-sets. At 5–5 in the third set Năstase was furious at a photographer and hit a ball at him and swung his racket near him.[2] The crowd were at fever pitch by this point. Then Pohmann "lunged for a ball and fell grimacing painfully to the ground holding his right leg in great pain".[2] There was a delay and the cramp subsided and "Pohmann continued to Năstase's obvious annoyance. Three times Pohmann went down on his cramped leg and three times he came back to fight Năstase to a standstill".[2] With the aid of the tournament physician, who attended the leg, Pohmann saved three match points and the set entered a tie-break.[2] Năstase was screaming at the umpire and making obscenities to the crowd. Pohmann had two match points but Năstase won and then screamed at Pohmann as the two approached the net.[2] The umpire George Armstrong refused to shake Năstase's hand as the Rumanian continued raving.[2] Năstase and Pohmann nearly came to blows in the clubhouse after the match before being separated.[2] Later, Năstase claimed the match should have been forfeited to him when Pohmann was unable to continue play immediately.[2]

ATP Tour finals

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Singles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Scores
Win 1–0 Jun 1973 Berlin, Germany Hard West Germany Karl Meiler 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Nov 1974 Manila, Philippines Hard Egypt Ismail El Shafei 6–7, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 1976 Berlin, Germany Hard Paraguay Víctor Pecci 1–6, 2–6, 7–5, 3–6

Doubles (5 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Scores
Win 1. Jul 1972 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Australia Mal Anderson
Australia Geoff Masters
7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 2. Jun 1973 Hamburg, Germany Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Spain Manuel Orantes
Romania Ion Țiriac
7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 1. Oct 1973 Manila, Philippines Hard West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Mexico Marcello Lara
United States Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 0–6
Loss 2. May 1974 Munich, Germany Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Spain Antonio Muñoz
Spain Manuel Orantes
6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win 3. May 1974 Hamburg, Germany Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3. Aug 1974 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender United States Jimmy Connors
Romania Ilie Năstase
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. Aug 1974 Montreal, Canada Hard West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Spain Manuel Orantes
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 5. Aug 1974 Boston, U.S. Clay United States Marty Riessen United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 6. Nov 1974 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Egypt Ismail El Shafei
United States Roscoe Tanner
5–7, 3–6
Loss 7. Mar 1975 London WCT, UK Carpet West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
3–6, 4–6
Win 4. Jul 1975 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Australia Ken Rosewall
6–4, 9–7, 6–1
Loss 8. Aug 1975 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Poland Wojciech Fibak Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
Spain Manuel Orantes
5–7, 0–6
Loss 9. Aug 1975 Columbus, U.S. Hard West Germany Jürgen Fassbender United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 10. Nov 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 11. May 1976 Munich, Germany Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.
Spain Manuel Orantes
6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 3–2, ret.
Loss 12. Jun 1976 Berlin, Germany Hard West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Chile Patricio Cornejo
Spain Antonio Muñoz
5–7, 1–6
Win 5. Jul 1976 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 13. Jul 1976 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay West Germany Jürgen Fassbender Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
7–6, 2–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Japanese net star eliminates Smith". Buffalo Courier-Express. 7 June 1974. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Nastase angers crowd while beating Pohmann". The New York Times. 4 September 1976. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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