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Hans-Jürgen Pohmann

Country (sports)	West Germany
Born	(1947-05-23) 23 May 1947 (age 77) Cologne, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	118–124
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 30 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	QF (1974)
Wimbledon	4R (1973)
US Open	3R (1975)
Doubles
Career record	155–96
Career titles	5
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1973)
Wimbledon	SF (1975)
US Open	3R (1975)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR – 2nd (1975)

Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (born 23 May 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

During his career, Pohmann won one singles and five doubles titles on the ATP Tour. He reached the quarter finals of the 1974 French Open, beating Adriano Panatta before losing to François Jauffret. As of 2011, he was a commentator for the German television network RBB. Pohmann is probably most remembered for a controversial second round match at the 1976 US Open against Ilie Năstase. In that era, early round US Open matches were best of three-sets. At 5–5 in the third set Năstase was furious at a photographer and hit a ball at him and swung his racket near him. The crowd were at fever pitch by this point. Then Pohmann "lunged for a ball and fell grimacing painfully to the ground holding his right leg in great pain". There was a delay and the cramp subsided and "Pohmann continued to Năstase's obvious annoyance. Three times Pohmann went down on his cramped leg and three times he came back to fight Năstase to a standstill". With the aid of the tournament physician, who attended the leg, Pohmann saved three match points and the set entered a tie-break. Năstase was screaming at the umpire and making obscenities to the crowd. Pohmann had two match points but Năstase won and then screamed at Pohmann as the two approached the net. The umpire George Armstrong refused to shake Năstase's hand as the Rumanian continued raving. Năstase and Pohmann nearly came to blows in the clubhouse after the match before being separated. Later, Năstase claimed the match should have been forfeited to him when Pohmann was unable to continue play immediately.

ATP Tour finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Scores
Win	1–0	Jun 1973	Berlin, Germany	Hard	Karl Meiler	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Nov 1974	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Ismail El Shafei	6–7, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 1976	Berlin, Germany	Hard	Víctor Pecci	1–6, 2–6, 7–5, 3–6

Doubles (5 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Scores
Win	1.	Jul 1972	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Mal Anderson Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	Jun 1973	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	1.	Oct 1973	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Jürgen Fassbender	Marcello Lara Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	May 1974	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win	3.	May 1974	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	3.	Aug 1974	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Aug 1974	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jürgen Fassbender	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	5.	Aug 1974	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Marty Riessen	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	Nov 1974	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jürgen Fassbender	Ismail El Shafei Roscoe Tanner	5–7, 3–6
Loss	7.	Mar 1975	London WCT, UK	Carpet	Jürgen Fassbender	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	3–6, 4–6
Win	4.	Jul 1975	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Colin Dowdeswell Ken Rosewall	6–4, 9–7, 6–1
Loss	8.	Aug 1975	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	5–7, 0–6
Loss	9.	Aug 1975	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Jürgen Fassbender	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	Nov 1975	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	11.	May 1976	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 3–2, ret.
Loss	12.	Jun 1976	Berlin, Germany	Hard	Jürgen Fassbender	Patricio Cornejo Antonio Muñoz	5–7, 1–6
Win	5.	Jul 1976	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	13.	Jul 1976	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš	7–6, 2–6, 4–6

References

1. "Japanese net star eliminates Smith". Buffalo Courier-Express. 7 June 1974. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
2. ^ "Nastase angers crowd while beating Pohmann". The New York Times. 4 September 1976. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

External links

• Hans-Jürgen Pohmann at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Hans-Jürgen Pohmann at the International Tennis Federation
• Hans-Jürgen Pohmann at the Davis Cup

• 1947 births
• Living people
• Tennis players from Cologne
• Tennis commentators
• West German male tennis players
• German male tennis players
• 20th-century German sportsmen