Rainer Kuhlmey

Rainer Kuhlmey (born July 16, 1942, in Wuppertal, Germany) is a retired German tennis player.

He has won several national titles including the German Tennis-Hochschulmeisterschaften and the 1968 German Tennis Team Championships with Eintracht Frankfurt in a 6-3 team victory versus TV Hannover[1] and took part in several international tournaments, such as Beaulieu and Cannes Championships.[2]

In addition, he represented Germany as the only German player in the main draw of the 1971 French Open – Men's Singles competition at Roland Garros, Paris. Prior, he succeeded in the Qualifying Draw, winning one of the longest three consecutive matches in tennis history in a total of 14 and a half hours.[3]

His real strength was to play doubles. Amongst other national doubles titles, most notably, he beat the former Davis Cup players Faßbender/Meiler in a spectacular doubles final of 1967 Kassel Open, partnering Hans Engert (former manager of Steffi Graf). As a result of his successes, he was nominated to the German national team against Norway in 1969.

Apart from his career in sports, he graduated in economics (Diplom-Volkswirt) at the University of Marburg. Moreover, he partnered with roulette legend Richard Jarecki, conquering roulette and Black Jack by employing sophisticated empirical methods.



References
  1. "Tennis-Blatt 1968" (PDF).
  2. "National and international results at tennisarchives.com".
  3. "Kuhlmey erinnert sich an die French Open". op-marburg.de / Oberhessische Presse / Zeitung für Marburg - Biedenkopf (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-26.


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