Hartmut Kirchhübel

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Hartmut Kirchhübel
Full name Hartmut Kirchhübel
Country (sports)  West Germany
Born (1952-04-23) 23 April 1952 (age 72)
Waldheim, East Germany
Singles
Career record 0–8
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 253 (4 January 1982)
Doubles
Career record 10–10
Career titles 1
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1981)

Hartmut Kirchhübel (born 23 April 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Biography

Born in East Germany, Kirchhübel and his family moved to Hanover when he was seven.[1] After school he studied at a Medical College in Hanover, then worked as a Medizinalassistenten before completing his PhD at Hannover Medical School.[2]

Kirchhübel didn't begin competing in professional tennis until the age of 28.[1] In 1980 he partnered with Robert Reininger to win the Sofia Open, a tournament on the Grand Prix tennis circuit.[3] It was in doubles that he made his only Grand Slam appearance, which was at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships with Klaus Eberhard.[4]

In 1983 he returned to medicine and since 1992 has worked in Wolfratshausen as an orthopedist.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 1980 Sofia, Bulgaria Carpet Austria Robert Reininger Soviet Union Vadim Borisov
East Germany Thomas Emmrich
4–6, 6–3, 6–4

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