Country (sports) | West Germany |
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Residence | Munich, Germany |
Born |
Erlangen, Germany |
30 April 1949
Died | 17 April 2014 | (aged 64)
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1970 |
Retired | 1986 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 232–173 |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 20 (23 August 1973) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1973) |
French Open | 3R (1977) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1973, 1976, 1977) |
US Open | 4R (1975) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 188–122 |
Career titles | 17 |
Highest ranking | No. 25 (23 August 1977) |
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. The German 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.