Karl Meiler

Karl Meiler (30 April 1949 – 17 April 2014) was a tennis player from West Germany who was active in the 1970s and 1980s.

Meiler won four singles (1972, Buenos Aires; 1974, Omaha and Calgary; 1977, Manila) and 17 doubles titles during his professional career. He notably beat top seed Ken Rosewall in the 1973 Australian Open, where he went on to reach the semifinals. Meiler reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23 August 1973 when he became world No. 20. He died aged 64 on 17 April 2014 of complications from a head injury sustained in a domestic accident in November 2013.

ATP career finals

Singles: 17 (4 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1972	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Feb 1973	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–7, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 1973	West Berlin	Hard	Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Jun 1973	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eddie Dibbs	1–6, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 1974	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–4	Jan 1974	Omaha, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
Loss	2–5	Feb 1974	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	2–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Mar 1974	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Byron Bertram	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3–6	Mar 1974	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	6–7, 5–7
Loss	3–7	Nov 1974	Oslo, Norway	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Jeff Borowiak	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–8	Jan 1975	Nassau, Bahamas	Outdoor	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	0–6, 2–6
Loss	3–9	May 1975	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 0–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–10	Jul 1975	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–11	May 1976	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	1–6, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–12	Jun 1977	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Harold Solomon	5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4–12	Nov 1977	Manila, Philippines	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	DEF
Loss	4–13	May 1979	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 24 (17 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1972	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Jim McManus Template:Flagicon Jim Osborne	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win	1.	1974	Omaha, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Ian Fletcher Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	1974	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Owen Davidson Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner	7–6, 7–5
Win	3.	1974	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	6–0, 6–2
Win	4.	1974	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Iván Molina Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco Sr.	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	1974	Tempe, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Ian Fletcher Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	6.	1974	Oslo, Norway	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Haroon Rahim	Template:Flagicon Jeff Borowiak Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–2
Win	7.	1975	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Colin Dowdeswell Template:Flagicon John Yuill	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	2.	1975	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jan Písecký	Template:Flagicon Ian Crookenden Template:Flagicon Ian Fletcher	2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	1975	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Milan Holeček	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	5–7, 3–6
Loss	4.	1975	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	8.	1975	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	6–4, 7–6
Win	9.	1975	London, England	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–1, 7–5
Loss	5.	1976	Atlanta WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	3–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	1976	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	3–6, 3–6
Win	10.	1976	Nuremberg, West Germany	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Colin Dowdeswell Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	7–6, 6–4
Loss	7.	1976	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Patrice Dominguez Template:Flagicon François Jauffret	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	11.	1976	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–1
Win	12.	1976	WCT World Doubles, Kansas City	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	13.	1976	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Raymond Moore	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	14.	1977	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	Template:Flagicon Phil Dent Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Win	15.	1977	Düsseldorf, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk Template:Flagicon Cliff Letcher	6–3, 6–3
Win	16.	1977	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Colin Dowdeswell Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	6–4, 7–6
Win	17.	1979	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Klaus Eberhard	Template:Flagicon Robin Drysdale Template:Flagicon Andrew Jarrett	4–6, 7–6, 6–3

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