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General Date1970-07-06 - 1970-07-12
Tournament type
SurfaceClay
Rounds5
CityDusseldorf, Rochusclub
CountryGermany

Source Deutsche Tennis Zeitung

Info 22nd edition.

Report Both finalists kept an unusal low profile during the 1970 German clay court season because they were busy playing Davis Cup. They had already won 3 rounds
before they arrived in Düsseldorf(8.-10.V in.Bad Homburg,22.-24.V.in Berlin and 12.-14.VI.1970 in Nuremberg).In the following week Bungert,Kuhnke,
Buding and Fassbender would defeat the USSR Team at the Rochus Club in Düsseldorf (17.-19.VII.1970).Two weeks later they overwhelmed the Indian Team
In the Inter-Zone Semi-Final in Poona (1.-3.VIII.1970).Then they returned to Düsseldorf to defeat Spain ( Santana ,Orantes and Juan Gisbert)in a memorable
Inter-Zone Final held at the Rheinstadion on hard court (14.-17.VIII.1970).They finally met defeat in the Challenge Round in Cleveland,OH on 29.-31.VIII.1970 when they confronted the U.S.Team (Ashe,Lutz,Richey and Smith).It should be mentioned that the 1970 Düsseldorf Singles title was Bungert`s next to last title.He would win his last one in Brumana in 1972.

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Winner Player Wilhelm Paul Bungert


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Rounds
Round 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

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