Hans-Jürgen Pohmann

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

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)

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 Nastase. In that era, early round US Open matches were best of three-sets. At 5-5 in the third set Nastase 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 Nastase's obvious annoyance. Three times Pohmann went down on his cramped leg and three times he came back to fight Nastase 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] Nastase was screaming at the umpire and making obscenities to the crowd. Pohmann had two match points but Nastase won and then screamed at Pohmann as the two approached the net.[2] The umpire George Armstrong refused to shake Nastase's hand as the Rumanian continued raving.[2] Nastase and Pohmann nearly came to blows in the clubhouse after the match before being separated.[2] Later, Nastase 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   Karl Meiler 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Nov 1974 Manila, Philippines Hard   Ismail El Shafei 6–7, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 1976 Berlin, Germany Hard   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   Jürgen Fassbender   Mal Anderson
  Geoff Masters
7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 2. Jun 1973 Hamburg, Germany Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Manuel Orantes
  Ion Țiriac
7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 1. Oct 1973 Manila, Philippines Hard   Jürgen Fassbender   Marcello Lara
  Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 0–6
Loss 2. May 1974 Munich, Germany Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Antonio Muñoz
  Manuel Orantes
6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win 3. May 1974 Hamburg, Germany Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Brian Gottfried
  Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3. Aug 1974 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Jimmy Connors
  Ilie Năstase
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. Aug 1974 Montreal, Canada Hard   Jürgen Fassbender   Manuel Orantes
  Guillermo Vilas
1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 5. Aug 1974 Boston, U.S. Clay   Marty Riessen   Robert Lutz
  Stan Smith
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 6. Nov 1974 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard   Jürgen Fassbender   Ismail El Shafei
  Roscoe Tanner
5–7, 3–6
Loss 7. Mar 1975 London WCT, UK Carpet   Jürgen Fassbender   Paolo Bertolucci
  Adriano Panatta
3–6, 4–6
Win 4. Jul 1975 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Colin Dowdeswell
  Ken Rosewall
6–4, 9–7, 6–1
Loss 8. Aug 1975 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay   Wojciech Fibak   Juan Gisbert Sr.
  Manuel Orantes
5–7, 0–6
Loss 9. Aug 1975 Columbus, U.S. Hard   Jürgen Fassbender   Robert Lutz
  Stan Smith
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 10. Nov 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Paolo Bertolucci
  Adriano Panatta
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 11. May 1976 Munich, Germany Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Juan Gisbert Sr.
  Manuel Orantes
6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 3–2, ret.
Loss 12. Jun 1976 Berlin, Germany Hard   Jürgen Fassbender   Patricio Cornejo
  Antonio Muñoz
5–7, 1–6
Win 5. Jul 1976 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Paolo Bertolucci
  Adriano Panatta
7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 13. Jul 1976 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay   Jürgen Fassbender   Jiří Hřebec
  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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