Jürgen Fassbender

Jürgen Fassbender
	Jürgen Fassbender in 1975
Country (sports)	West Germany
Born	28 May 1948 (age 76); Wesseling, Allied-occupied Germany
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	185–170
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 31 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1973, 1974)
Wimbledon	QF (1973)
US Open	2R (1972)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1968, demonstration)
Doubles
Career record	250–129
Career titles	16
Highest ranking	No. 22 (1 March 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1973)
Wimbledon	SF (1973, 1975)
US Open	3R (1975)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR – 2nd (1975)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	F (1968, demonstration)

Jürgen Fassbender (German: Faßbender, born 28 May 1948) is a retired German tennis player.

On the ATP Tour, Fassbender won three singles and 15 doubles titles. His best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. In doubles, he reached the semifinals of the 1973 French Open and the 1973 and 1975 Wimbledon Championships.

Between 1968 and 1979, he played in 23 ties for the German Davis Cup team and compiled a record of 20 wins and 14 losses. Best team result was winning the European Zone and reaching the Inter-Zonal semifinal in 1968.^[1]^[2]

Career finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1972	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Ilie Năstase	0–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Mar 1973	Charleston, United States	Carpet (i)	Clark Graebner	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Mar 1974	Paramus, United States	Carpet (i)	Sandy Mayer	1–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	May 1974	Munich, West Germany	Clay	François Jauffret	6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Feb 1975	Boca Raton, United States	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Mar 1975	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Hard (i)	Bernard Mignot	6–3, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 35 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1968	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Wilhelm Bungert	Gerald Battrick Bobby Wilson	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Aug 1969	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Jean-Claude Barclay	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 1972	London Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Karl Meiler	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Jul 1972	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Mal Anderson Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jan 1973	Birmingham, United States	Hard	Pat Cramer	Clark Graebner Ion Țiriac	6–4, 7–5
Loss	3–3	Feb 1973	Salisbury, United States	Hard (i)	Juan Gisbert Sr.	Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win	4–3	Jun 1973	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	4–4	Oct 1973	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Marcello Lara Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 0–6
Loss	4–5	Nov 1973	Christchurch, New Zealand	Carpet (i)	Jeff Simpson	Anand Amritraj Fred McNair	w/o
Win	5–5	Jan 1974	Omaha, United States	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	Ian Fletcher Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–4
Win	6–5	Feb 1974	Baltimore, United States	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	Owen Davidson Clark Graebner	7–6, 7–5
Win	7–5	Feb 1974	Little Rock, United States	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	Vitas Gerulaitis Bob Hewitt	6–0, 6–2
Win	8–5	Mar 1974	Calgary, Canada	Hard (i)	Karl Meiler	Iván Molina Jairo Velasco Sr.	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–5	Mar 1974	Tempe, Arizona	Hard	Karl Meiler	Ian Fletcher Kim Warwick	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	9–6	May 1974	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win	10–6	May 1974	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	10–7	Aug 1974	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–8	Aug 1974	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	10–9	Nov 1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Ismail El Shafei Roscoe Tanner	5–7, 3–6
Win	11–9	Jan 1975	Birmingham, United States	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	Colin Dowdeswell John Yuill	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	11–10	Feb 1975	Boca Raton, United States	Hard	Ion Țiriac	Juan Gisbert Sr. Clark Graebner	2–6, 1–6
Loss	11–11	Mar 1975	London WCT, UK	Carpet (i)	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	3–6, 4–6
Win	12–11	Jul 1975	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Colin Dowdeswell Ken Rosewall	6–4, 9–7, 6–1
Loss	12–12	Aug 1975	Columbus, United States	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	12–13	Nov 1975	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	12–14	May 1976	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 3–2 ret.
Loss	12–15	Jun 1976	Berlin, West Germany	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Patricio Cornejo Antonio Muñoz	5–7, 1–6
Win	13–15	Jul 1976	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	13–16	Jul 1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	14–16	May 1977	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Karl Meiler	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–3, 6–3
Win	15–16	Jul 1977	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Karl Meiler	Colin Dowdeswell Bob Hewitt	6–4, 7–6
Loss	15–17	Mar 1978	Lagos, Nigeria	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	George Hardie Sashi Menon	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	15–18	May 1978	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Tom Okker	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Win	16–18	Jun 1978	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Željko Franulović Hans Gildemeister	6–3, 6–4
Loss	16–19	May 1979	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Jean-Louis Haillet	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	6–7, 5–7