Fritz Buehning

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Fritz Buehning (b. March 5, 1960, Summit, New Jersey^[1]) is a former American tennis player from Summit, New Jersey.^[2]

Buehning attended Millburn High School, where he won the New Jersey state individual tennis championship in 1977 as a junior, his final year in high school. He attended University of California, Los Angeles, where he was recognized as an All-American and was part of a tennis team that won the NCAA championship.^[3]

Buehning achieved top rankings of #21 in singles and #4 in doubles, ending his career as a result of a foot injury after five seasons on the tour. He won 17 pro doubles tournament titles. Partnered with Van Winitsky, he lost the 1983 US Open finals to the team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe.^[3]

[edit] Doubles titles (17)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Johan Kriek	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
2.	1980	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Anand Amritraj	David Carter Chris Lewis	7–6, 6–2
3.	1980	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet	Ferdi Taygan	John Sadri Tim Wilkison	6–1, 6–2
4.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Ferdi Taygan	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
5.	1981	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Andrew Pattison	Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider	6–1, 6–4
6.	1981	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tony Giammalva	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
7.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Johan Kriek	Robert Lutz Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
8.	1982	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Teacher	Martin Davis Chris Dunk	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
9.	1982	Amsterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Tomáš Šmíd	Kevin Curren Buster Mottram	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
10.	1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tom Gullikson	Peter Fleming Pavel Slozil	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
11.	1983	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Tom Cain	John Lloyd Dick Stockton	6–2, 7–5
12.	1984	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–0

[edit] Runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1979	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Bruce Nichols	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–1, 6–3
2.	1979	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–1, 6–1
3.	1980	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Fred McNair	Wojtek Fibak Geoff Masters	6–4, 6–4
4.	1980	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Peter Rennert	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–4
5.	1980	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Van Winitsky	Bill Maze John McEnroe	7–6, 6–4
6.	1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Russell Simpson	Terry Moor John Yuill	6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–7, 12–10
7.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 6–2
8.	1982	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Pavel Slozil	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–2
9.	1983	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Teacher	Pavel Slozil Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 6–4
10.	1983	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Peter Fleming	Pavel Slozil Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
11.	1983	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gullikson	Brad Drewett Kim Warwick	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
12.	1983	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Van Winitsky	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
13.	1984	Madrid, Spain	Carpet	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
14.	1984	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Ferdi Taygan	Kevin Curren Wojtek Fibak	6–4, 6–4
15.	1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Sandy Mayer Andreas Maurer	7–6, 6–4

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