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Markus Günthardt (born 10 September 1957 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a former Swiss tennis player. Günthardt won three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ATP doubles ranking on 17 September 1984, when he became the number 44 in the world.
Günthardt participated in 14 Davis Cup ties for Switzerland from 1980–86, posting a 9-5 record in doubles.
Günthardt's younger brother Heinz was a successful doubles player, winning two Grand Slam doubles titles in his career.
Doubles titles (3)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score 1. 1980 Båstad, Sweden Clay Heinz Günthardt
John Feaver
Peter McNamara
6–4, 6–4 2. 1981 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Heinz Günthardt
David Carter
Paul Kronk
6–4, 6–1 3. 1984 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Heinz Günthardt
Givaldo Barbosa
Joao Soares
6–4, 3–6, 7–6 Runner-ups (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score 1. 1980 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Heinz Günthardt
Željko Franulović
Balázs Taróczy
4–6, 6–4, 4–6 2. 1981 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Pavel Složil
José Luis Clerc
Ilie Năstase
6–7, 7–6, 6–7 3. 1982 Cairo, Egypt Clay Heinz Günthardt
Drew Gitlin
Jim Gurfein
4–6, 5–7 4. 1982 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Heinz Günthardt
Sandy Mayer
Ferdi Taygan
2–6, 3–6 5. 1983 Madrid, Spain Clay Zoltan Kuharszky
Heinz Günthardt
Pavel Složil
3–6, 3–6 External links
- Markus Günthardt at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Markus Günthardt at the International Tennis Federation
- Markus Günthardt at the Davis Cup
Categories:- Living people
- 1957 births
- Swiss male tennis players
- People from the canton of Zurich
- European tennis biography stubs
- Swiss sportspeople stubs
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