Name Karl Meiler Turned pro 1970 Career titles 4 Weight 75 kg | Career record 232–173 Height 1.78 m Role Tennis Player Retired 1986 | |
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Born 30 April 1949Erlangen, Germany ( 1949-04-30 ) Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Highest ranking No. 20 (23 August 1973) Died April 17, 2014, Augsburg, Germany | ||
Guillermo Vilas campeón ATP Munich 1975
Karl Meiler (30 April 1949 – 17 April 2014) was a tennis player from West Germany.
Meiler won four singles (1972, Buenos Aires; 1974, Omaha and Calgary; 1977, Manila) and seventeen 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 semifinal. 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 November 2013.
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