Bettina Bunge


Bettina Bunge is a retired German tennis player. Born in Adliswil, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.

Career

With German nationality as the daughter of a German businessman, she was born in Switzerland, and resided in Peru for more than 13 years. She was a national champion in Peru at the age of 13, and later moved to Miami, Florida. She dealt with a series of injuries throughout her career.
Bunge was a professional player from 1978 to 1989, appearing for the first time at No. 150 in July 1978. Her career-high ranking of No. 6 she achieved in 1983. In 1982, she registered her all-time best achievement in Grand Slam singles competition when she reached the semifinals of Wimbledon.
She won four singles tournaments, including the tournaments at the German Open, Houston, and Tokyo in 1982, and Oakland in 1983. She was finalist in Sydney in 1979, Stockholm in 1980, Houston, Tampa, Cincinnati and Tokyo in 1981, Mahwah in 1982 and Knokke in 1987.
Bunge won four doubles tournaments, including the tournaments of Pan Pacific in Tokyo with Steffi Graf in 1986 and The Belgian Open with Manuela Maleeva in 1987. She was a finalist at the German Open with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch in 1982, the Swiss Open with Eva Pfaff in 1985, and New England, also Pfaff, in 1987.
She was a part of the German Federation Cup Team from 1980 to 1983, 1985 to 1987 and 1989. She won the 1987 WTA Comeback of the Year Award. Bunge lives in Coral Gables, Florida.

WTA career finals

Singles: 13 (4–9)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jan 1979Toronto, CanadaCarpet Barbara Potter1–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Dec 1979Sydney, AustraliaGrass Hana Mandlíková3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss0–3Oct 1980Stockholm, SwedenCarpet Hana Mandlíková2–6, 2–6
Loss0–4Feb 1981Houston, U.S.Carpet Hana Mandlíková4–6, 4–6
Loss0–5Sep 1981:fr:Open de Tokyo|Tokyo, JapanCarpet Ann Kiyomura4–6, 5–7
Loss0–6Oct 1981Tampa, U.S.Hard Martina Navratilova7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Loss0–7Jan 1982Cincinnati, U.S.Carpet Barbara Potter4–6, 6–7
Win1–7Feb 1982Houston, U.S.Carpet Pam Shriver6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Win2–7May 1982Berlin, West GermanyClay Kathy Rinaldi6–2, 6–2
Loss2–8Aug 1982Mahwah, U.S.Hard Leigh-Anne Thompson6–7, 3–6
Win3–8Sep 1982Tokyo, JapanCarpet Barbara Potter7–6, 6–2
Win4–8Feb 1983Oakland, U.S.Carpet Sylvia Hanika6–3, 6–3
Loss4–9Jul 1987Knokke, BelgiumClay Kathleen Horvath1–6, 6–7

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.May 1982BerlinClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Liz Gordon
Beverly Mould		3–6, 4–6
Win1.Jul 1983HamburgClay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Ivanna Madruga
Catherine Tanvier		7–5, 6–4
Win2.Jul 1983FreiburgClay Eva Pfaff Ivanna Madruga
Emilse Raponi-Longo		6–1, 6–2
Loss2.Oct 1984Los AngelesHard Eva Pfaff Chris Evert-Lloyd
Wendy Turnbull		2–6, 4–6
Loss3.Oct 1984FilderstadtCarpet Eva Pfaff Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková		2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss4.Nov 1984BrisbaneGrass Eva Pfaff Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver		3–6, 2–6
Loss5.May 1985LuganoClay Eva Pfaff Bonnie Gadusek
Helena Suková		2–6, 4–6
Win3.Sep 1986TokyoCarpet Steffi Graf Katerina Maleeva
Manuela Maleeva		6–1, 6–7, 6–2
Win4.Jul 1987KnokkeClay Manuela Maleeva Kathleen Horvath
Marcella Mesker		4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss6.Nov 1987WorcesterCarpet Eva Pfaff Elise Burgin
Rosalyn Fairbank		4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989Career SR
Australian OpenAA1RR16AA2R1RNHAAA0 / 4
French OpenAR16R16R162R2R3R3R2RAAA0 / 8
WimbledonA2R3R2RSF1R3R3RQF3RAA0 / 9
US Open3R1R3RR163RA3R1R2RR16AA0 / 9
SR0 / 10 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 20 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 20 / 00 / 00 / 30
Year-end ranking105321999721231215NR71-