Hans-Dieter Beutel

Hans-Dieter Beutel (born 12 June 1962) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.[1]

Hans-Dieter Beutel
Country (sports)West Germany West Germany
ResidenceHannover/Stuttgart
Born (1962-06-12) 12 June 1962
Esslingen,
West Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$113,016
Singles
Career record18–44
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 101 (21 November 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1984, 1989)
French Open1R (1984, 1985)
Wimbledon1R (1984)
Doubles
Career record17–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 110 (3 January 1983)

Career

Beutel was a losing finalist in the 1980 Wimbledon boys' singles event, to Frenchman Thierry Tulasne.[2]

In 1981, Beutel made the semi-finals of the Sofia Open.[3]

He was the German National Champion in 1982, for both indoor and outdoor singles and in the outdoor doubles.[3] Also that year he reached the quarter-finals in Linz and was a doubles runner-up in Cologne.[3]

Beutel was a singles finalist at Cologne in 1983, beating Carlos Kirmayr, Shlomo Glickstein, Eric Jelen and Pavel Složil en route.[3] He made the quarter-finals at Båstad the following year.[3]

He won two Grand Slam matches during his career, both at the Australian Open.[3] In the 1984 tournament, he defeated countryman Jelen in the opening round, before going down to Tarik Benhabiles in five sets.[3] At the 1989 Australian Open he came from two sets down to overcome Laurent Prades in the first round.[3] He was eliminated in the second round by 14th seed Jonas Svensson.[3]

The West German appeared in five Davis Cup ties for his national team in the early 1980s, winning three of his eight rubbers, one in singles and two in doubles.[4]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1983 Cologne, West Germany Carpet Republic of Ireland Matt Doyle 6–1, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1982 Cologne, West Germany Hard West Germany Christoph Zipf Uruguay José Luis Damiani
Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
2–6, 6–3, 5–7

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1983 Dortmund, West Germany Clay France Jérôme Vanier 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
2. 1988 Fürth, West Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Richard Vogel 1–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: (1)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1984 Neunkirchen, West Germany Clay West Germany Christoph Zipf West Germany Ulf Fischer
West Germany Eric Jelen
7–6, 7–5

References


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