Hans Engert
Appearance
Country (sports) | West Germany |
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Born | Mannheim, West Germany | 22 April 1951
Died | 22 December 2020 | (aged 69)
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–11 |
Highest ranking | No. 171 (23 Aug 1973) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1973) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 2–9 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1973) |
Hans Engert (22 April 1951 – 22 December 2020) was a German professional tennis player.[1]
Born and raised in Mannheim, Engert was a long serving Bundesliga player for Grün-Weiss Mannheim and ranked as high as fifth nationally.[2] In 1973 he qualified for the singles main draw of the Wimbledon Championships, where he lost his first round match in four sets to Chiradip Mukerjea.[3] He later worked as the manager of Steffi Graf.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Trauer um eine große Tennislegende". Mannheimer Morgen (in German). 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Steffi-Graf-Manager Hans Engert ist gestorben". Die Rheinpfalz (in German). 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Yesterday's Wimbledon results". Boston Globe. 26 June 1973.
- ^ "Graf-Rücktritt: Entschluss fiel vor einer Woche". Der Spiegel (in German). 13 August 1999.