Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) 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 (ear and knee, among others) 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 (indoor) 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) Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, other (4–9) Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Grass (0–1) Clay (1–1) Carpet (3–5) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jan 1979 Toronto, Canada Carpet (i) Barbara Potter 1–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Dec 1979 Sydney, Australia Grass Hana Mandlíková 3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 0–3 Oct 1980 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) Hana Mandlíková 2–6, 2–6Loss 0–4 Feb 1981 Houston, U.S. Carpet (i) Hana Mandlíková 4–6, 4–6Loss 0–5 Sep 1981 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Ann Kiyomura 4–6, 5–7Loss 0–6 Oct 1981 Tampa, U.S. Hard Martina Navratilova 7–5, 2–6, 0–6Loss 0–7 Jan 1982 Cincinnati, U.S. Carpet (i) Barbara Potter 4–6, 6–7(3–7)Win 1–7 Feb 1982 Houston, U.S. Carpet (i) Pam Shriver 6–2, 3–6, 6–2Win 2–7 May 1982 Berlin, West Germany Clay Kathy Rinaldi 6–2, 6–2Loss 2–8 Aug 1982 Mahwah, U.S. Hard Leigh-Anne Thompson 6–7(4–7), 3–6Win 3–8 Sep 1982 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Barbara Potter 7–6, 6–2Win 4–8 Feb 1983 Oakland, U.S. Carpet (i) Sylvia Hanika 6–3, 6–3Loss 4–9 Jul 1987 Knokke, Belgium Clay Kathleen Horvath 1–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 10 (4–6) Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, other (4–6) Finals by surface Hard 0–1) Grass (0–1) Clay (3–2) Carpet (1–2) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 1982 Berlin, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Liz Gordon Beverly Mould 3–6, 4–6Win 1–1 Jul 1983 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Ivanna Madruga Catherine Tanvier 7–5, 6–4Win 2–1 Jul 1983 Freiburg, West Germany Clay Eva Pfaff Ivanna Madruga Emilse Raponi-Longo 6–1, 6–2Loss 2–2 Oct 1984 Los Angeles, US Hard (i) Eva Pfaff Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull 2–6, 4–6Loss 2–3 Oct 1984 Filderstadt, West Germany Carpet (i) Eva Pfaff Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková 2–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 2–4 Nov 1984 Brisbane, Australia Grass Eva Pfaff Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 3–6, 2–6Loss 2–5 May 1985 Lugano, Switzerland Clay Eva Pfaff Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková 2–6, 4–6Win 3–5 Sep 1986 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Steffi Graf Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2Win 4–5 Jul 1987 Knokke, Belgium Clay Manuela Maleeva Kathleen Horvath Marcella Mesker 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 4–6 Nov 1987 Worcester, US Carpet (i) Eva Pfaff Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank 4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Career SR Australian Open A A 1R 3R A A 2R 1RNH A A A 0 / 4 French Open A 3R 3R 4R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R A A A 0 / 8 Wimbledon A 2R 3R 2R SF 1R 3R 3R QF 3R A A 0 / 9 US Open 3R 1R 3R 4R 3R A 3R 1R 2R 4R A A 0 / 9 SR0 / 10 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 20 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 20 / 00 / 00 / 30 Year-end ranking 105 32 19 9 9 11 21 23 12 15 NR 71

See also Manuela Maleeva Steffi Graf List of female tennis players

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