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Karl Meiler

Karl Meiler
Country (sports)  West Germany
Residence Munich, Germany
Born (1949-04-30)30 April 1949
Erlangen, Germany
Died 17 April 2014(2014-04-17) (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.


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