Peter Pokorny (tennis)

Peter Pokorny (born 25 July 1940) is a former professional Austrian tennis player who was active in the 1960s and 1970s.

Peter Pokorny
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1940-07-25) 25 July 1940
Graz, Austria
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record8–25
Highest rankingNo. 221 (14 June 1976)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open2R (1971)
Wimbledon1R (1966, 1969, 1973)
Doubles
Career record5–18
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open1R (1971)
Wimbledon1R (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)

His best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round at the 1971 French Open after a first round win against Bob Giltinan. In the second round he lost to Nicola Pietrangeli in four sets. At Wimbledon he qualified for the main singles draw in 1966, 1969 and 1973 but did not manage to make it past the first round.[1]

In 1973 he won the singles title at the international German indoor championships in Bremen after a five-sets victory in the final against Tadeusz Nowicki.[2][3]

Pokorny played in 14 ties for the Austrian Davis Cup team between 1963 and 1974 and had a 8–25 win/loss record.

As a senior player Pokorny won many European and World Championships.[4][5]

References
  1. "Wimbledon player profile – Peter Pokorny". AELTC.
  2. "Tennis". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 29 January 1973. p. 10 – via Delpher.
  3. Philip Bauer (20 November 2012). ""Wir waren Nomaden des Tennissports"". Der Standard (in German).
  4. "Der beste Tennissenior der Welt". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). 14 April 2015.
  5. "Pokorny — mit 74 Jahren eine Klasse für sich". RP Online (in German). 7 May 2015.
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