Rainer Kuhlmey
Rainer Kuhlmey (born July 16, 1942, in Wuppertal, Germany) is a retired German tennis player.
He has won several national titles including the German Tennis-Hochschulmeisterschaften and the 1968 German Tennis Team Championships with Eintracht Frankfurt in a 6-3 team victory versus TV Hannover[1] and took part in several international tournaments, such as Beaulieu and Cannes Championships.[2]
In addition, he represented Germany as the only German player in the main draw of the 1971 French Open – Men's Singles competition at Roland Garros, Paris. Prior, he succeeded in the Qualifying Draw, winning one of the longest three consecutive matches in tennis history in a total of 14 and a half hours.[3]
His real strength was to play doubles. Amongst other national doubles titles, most notably, he beat the former Davis Cup players Faßbender/Meiler in a spectacular doubles final of 1967 Kassel Open, partnering Hans Engert (former manager of Steffi Graf). As a result of his successes, he was nominated to the German national team against Norway in 1969.
Apart from his career in sports, he graduated in economics (Diplom-Volkswirt) at the University of Marburg. Moreover, he partnered with roulette legend Richard Jarecki, conquering roulette and Black Jack by employing sophisticated empirical methods.
References
- ^ "Tennis-Blatt 1968" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "National and international results at tennisarchives.com".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Kuhlmey erinnert sich an die French Open". op-marburg.de / Oberhessische Presse / Zeitung für Marburg - Biedenkopf (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-26.
External links
- https://www.tvbb.de/images/Tennis-Magazine/1960-1969/15---Berliner-Tennis---Blatt-1968_web.pdf (PDF page 113)
- https://www.tennisarchives.com/player/?pl=5222
- https://www.op-marburg.de/Sport/Lokalsport/Lokalsport/Rainer-Kuhlmey-nahm-1971-bei-den-French-Open-teil
- Rainer Kuhlmey at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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