Fritz Buehning

Fritz Buehning (born March 5, 1960) is an American former tennis player.

Born in Summit, New Jersey, Buehning grew up in Millburn, New Jersey and attended Millburn High School, where he won the New Jersey state individual tennis championship in 1977 as a junior, his final year in high school. He attended University of California, Los Angeles, where he was recognized as Pac-10 Player of the Year and an All-American and was part of a tennis team that won the NCAA championship.

Buehning achieved top rankings of No. 21 in singles and No. 4 in doubles, ending his career as a result of a foot injury after five seasons on the tour. On professional tournaments, he won one singles title and 12 doubles titles. Partnered with Van Winitsky, he lost the 1983 US Open finals to the team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe.

Career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	2–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Dec 1980	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	1–2	Feb 1982	Richmond, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 27 (12 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1979	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bruce Nichols	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	1979	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	1980	Richmond, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	1–3	1980	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Fred McNair	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	1980	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj	Template:Flagicon David Carter Template:Flagicon Chris Lewis	7–6, 6–2
Loss	2–4	1980	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter Rennert	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	1980	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Van Winitsky	Template:Flagicon Bill Maze Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–7, 4–6
Win	3–5	1980	Melbourne, Australia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon John Sadri Template:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	6–1, 6–2
Win	4–5	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
Win	5–5	1981	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Shlomo Glickstein Template:Flagicon David Schneider	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–5	1981	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming	Template:Flagicon Sammy Giammalva Jr. Template:Flagicon Tony Giammalva	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	6–6	1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Russell Simpson	Template:Flagicon Terry Moor Template:Flagicon John Yuill	3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–6, 10–12
Loss	6–7	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	5–7, 2–6
Win	7–7	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	8–7	1982	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Martin Davis Template:Flagicon Chris Dunk	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	8–8	1982	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	2–6, 2–6
Win	9–8	1982	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Buster Mottram	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	9–9	1983	Richmond, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 4–6
Win	10–9	1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	10–10	1983	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	11–10	1983	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tom Cain	Template:Flagicon John Lloyd Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–2, 7–5
Loss	11–11	1983	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	Template:Flagicon Brad Drewett Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	11–12	1983	US Open, New York	Hard	Template:Flagicon Van Winitsky	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	12–12	1984	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–0
Loss	12–13	1984	Madrid, Spain	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	3–6, 3–6
Loss	12–14	1984	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–15	1984	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer Template:Flagicon Andreas Maurer	6–7, 4–6

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