Klaus Eberhard (tennis)

Klaus Eberhard
	Tennisturnier um den Galea-Cup
Country (sports)	West Germany
Residence	Berlin/Hanover
Born	15 September 1957 (age 67); Datteln, West Germany
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	53–74
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 104 (22 Dec 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1978, 1980, 1982)
Wimbledon	1R (1981)
Doubles
Career record	26–45
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 320 (3 Jan 1983)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1981)

Klaus Eberhard (born 15 September 1957) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany.^[1]

Career

Early in his career, Eberhard had his best performances in his home country.^[2] He was quarterfinalist at the Stuttgart Outdoor tournament in 1978 and reached the quarter-finals at Berlin the following year.^[2] The West German defeated Peter Elter to make second round of the 1978 French Open.^[2]

In 1980, he reached the semifinals of the BMW Open in Munich and again made the second round of the French Open, beating Spaniard José López-Maeso.^[2] He took part in a Davis Cup tie for the West German team that year, playing two singles rubbers against Swedish players Björn Borg and Kjell Johansson, which he both lost.^[3]

Eberhard was an Austrian Open and Tel Aviv Open semifinalist in 1981.^[2] Also that year, he reached the quarterfinals in Mexico City.^[2]

He defeated Mario Martinez in the first round of the 1982 French Open, then lost a five-set second-round match to John Lloyd.^[2] It would be his last win at a Grand Slam tournament.^[2]

In 1982, he was a quarterfinalist at the Cairo Open and made the semifinals in Linz.^[2]

He won two doubles titles during his career, in Nancy and Kitzbühel.^[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1979	Nancy, France	Hard	Karl Meiler	Robin Drysdale Andrew Jarrett	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 1980	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Ulrich Marten	Carlos Kirmayr Chris Lewis	6–4, 3–6, 6–4