Frank Igor
Puncec
Male
South Africa
1951-07-09
, -
Punčec is the son of Croatian tennis player Franjo Punčec, who played for the Yugoslav Davis Cup team. His parents emigrated to South Africa in 1948 and Frank was born soon after in 1951, one of three children to Franjo and Zora.
As a professional player in the 1980s, he reached a best singles ranking of 179 in the world. Most notably he featured in the main draw of the 1983 French Open, where he was beaten in the first round by countryman Danie Visser.
1970 - 1983
0
140
68
Round 1
Danie Visser 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Herve Gauvain
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Eric Jelen
6-1
6-4
Round 3
John W. Feaver 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Scott Lipton 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Schalk van der Merwe 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
3-6
7-6
Round 1
Raul Viver 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Charlie Fancutt
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Steve Krulevitz 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Omar Laimina
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Gabriel Urpi
2-6
7-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Mike Myburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Jan Van Langendonck 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
7-6
Round 1
Ricardo Sanchez 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
2-6
6-4
Round 1
Mike Myburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Houcine Saber
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Guillermo Stevens
6-4
6-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Matthew N. (Matt) Doyle 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 2
Leon Naude 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-3
Round 1
Eric Deblicker 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Roberto Vizcaino 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Rick Meyer 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-7
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Sean Brawley
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Dominique Bedel 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Christophe C. Freyss 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Hitoshi Shirato
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Tony Graham
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Charles Bud Cox
6-2
6-3
Final
Michael (Mike) Barr 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jean Robert Desdunes
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Franco Merlone 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Laurie Warder
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jakob Hlasek
4-6
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Charles Bud Cox 1 *
Frank Puncec
1-6
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Pavel Krta
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Thies Roepcke 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Ivo Werner
1-6
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Renato Schmitz
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jakob Hlasek
6-3
7-6
Final
Tsuyoshi Fukui 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Phil Lehnhoff
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Denys Maasdorp 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Steve Shaw
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Patrice Kuchna
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Frank Puncec 1 *
Shakhar Perkiss
6-7
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Christo Jensen Van Rensburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
5-7
7-5
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Hanspeter Schar
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Marko Ostoja 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-7
6-2
Round 1
Peter Johnston 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
5-7
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Desmond Ward
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Gordon Simmonds
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Hank Pfister 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Cliff L. Letcher 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mark Holland
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jeff Papell
4-6
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mark Buckley
6-4
1-6
9-7
Semifinals
Craig Edwards 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Robert Crames 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Brian Levine
6-1
1-6
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Garth Haynes
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Craig Edwards
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mark Buckley
6-3
2-6
6-3
Final
Jaromir Becka Jr. 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Manuel De Sousa
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Craig Tregonning 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
1-6
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Alessandro De Minicis
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Michael Wennberg
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mark Buckley
6-2
6-2
Final
Craig Edwards 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Thierry Stevaux 1 *
Frank Puncec
3-6
7-6
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Kevin Moir
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
G. Brady
4-0
ret.
Round 3
Michael Robertson 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Warren Maher
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Jérôme Vanier 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-3
Round 2
Roberto Vizcaino 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-0
Round 1
Jan Gunnarsson 1 *
Frank Puncec
2-6
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Miloslav Lacek 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Per Hjertquist 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Ricardo Ycaza 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-7
6-3
Round 1
Shlomo Glickstein 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Robbie Venter
2-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Bruno Corbiere
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Glenn Busby
7-6
6-1
Final
Pender Murphy 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Alain Boucher
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Vilmos Lazar
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Ray Kelly
2-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Patrizio Parrini 1 *
Frank Puncec
4-6
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Peter Johnston 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jeff Schneider
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Jean Robert Desdunes 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Harald Rittersbacher
7-6
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Ray Kelly
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Bruce Brescia
6-3
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Derek Tarr 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Willem Prinsloo 1 *
Frank Puncec
5-7
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Željko Franulović 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Egan Adams
4-6
7-6
6-1
Round 2
Paolo Bertolucci 1 *
Frank Puncec
3-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Thomas Hogstedt 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Thomas Renz
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Thierry Froget
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Robbie Venter 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Jérôme Vanier 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-2
Round 1
Rick Fagel 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Hans Dieter Beutel 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Wally Masur
6-2
7-6
Round 2
Scott Davis 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
7-5
Round 1
Johnny Muller 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Zdeněk Slizek 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Rocky Royer 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Steve Meister
5-7
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Nick Kelaidis
4-6
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Mike Myburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Hansueli Ritschard
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Mike Myburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Ferenc Csepai
7-6
7-5
Round 1
Gregoire Rafaitin 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Torquato Rossini
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Alejandro Cortes
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alejandro Pierola 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Junie Chatman 1 *
Frank Puncec
3-6
6-3
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Joan Roura
6-3
7-6
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Rafael Mensua
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Edgar Schurmann 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Pat Serret 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Tsuyoshi Fukui 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Renato Schmitz
5-7
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Toby Crabel 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Marc Renoult
6-2
6-2
Round 2
John Fitzgerald 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mr. Nedelko
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Craig Edwards
6-2
4-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Sachio Kato 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-7
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Freddy Blatter
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Joel Hoffman
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Rory J. Chappell
6-4
7-5
Round 3
David Carter 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-3
Round 2
George J. Rudman 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
4-6
6-3