Günther
Bosch
Male
Romania
1937-03-01
Brasov, Romania
From: Günther Bosch - Wikipedia
A Transylvanian Saxon, Günther Bosch played tennis in the Romanian Davis Cup team, but was only the Romanian number three, in the shadow of Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac. After his career as a tennis player, Bosch studied at the Sports University of Bucharest and completed a thesis entitled “The Psychology of the Serve”.
In 1974, when he was the youth coach of the Romanian Tennis Federation, Bosch defected during a junior tournament in Saarbrücken, West Germany. His wife Rodica and daughter were only allowed to leave Romania for West Germany two years later.
In 1976, while a national coach in West Germany, Bosch discovered the young talent Boris Becker during a tournament in Biberach. At the request of Becker’s parents, he took over the care of Boris, who called him ‘Güntzi’. In 1984, Bosch gave up his position as the coach of up-and-coming West German tennis players. At the same time, Ion Țiriac took over the position of sports manager for Becker. Together the West German to the men’s singles title at Wimbledon two years in a row, in 1985 and 1986.
In 1987, Boris Becker and Günther Bosch parted ways after Becker, contrary to expectations, lost in the round of 16 at the Australian Open. The West German tennis star justified the separation with the words: “I need a trainer who doesn’t look after me day and night.”
Bosch later worked as an author, newspaper columnist and television commentator. In 1999, he opened the Günther Bosch Tennis Academy in Waldsiedlung, Berlin. Bosch lives in Monte Carlo Berlin. Since autumn 2005, he has been responsible for promoting talent at the LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin tennis club.
1957 - 1972
2
49
29
1966 - Israel Spring Championships (Open)
1961 - Romanian International Championships (Open)
Round 1
Dimitri (Tim) Sturdza 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
Ernst Horvath
6-3
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Günther Bosch 1 *
Dimitru Haradau
6-2
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Günther Bosch 1 *
Georghe Boaghe
6-2
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Viorel Marcu 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-4
8-6
8-6
Round 2
Jurgen Fassbender 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
Ray Keldie
6-0
6-4
Round 2
John Alexander 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
Ionel (Ion) Santeiu (Sânteiu)
7-5
7-5
ret.
Quarterfinals
Ilie Nastase 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Wilhelm Bungert 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
Mohammed El Bialy
6-4
1-6
6-0
Round 2
Günther Bosch 1 *
Luis Flor
4-6
7-5
6-1
Round 3
Ilie Nastase 1 *
Günther Bosch
5-7
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Günther Bosch 1 *
Mabrouk Mohammed Ali
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 3
Ilie Nastase 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Günther Bosch 1 *
Waldemar Timm
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Manuel Santana 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-1
6-3
6-0
Poule
Bernard Paul 1 *
Günther Bosch
11-9
6-4
Preliminary Round
Günther Bosch 1 *
Carsten Keller
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
Peter Ristau
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Günther Bosch 1 *
John Bartlett
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Günther Bosch 1 *
Waldemar Timm
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Allan Stone 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Günther Bosch 1 *
Rafael Gorney
6-3
6-3
Final
Günther Bosch 1 *
Constantin Popovici
6-1
6-4
Unknown
Günther Bosch 1 *
Mr. Szapados
6-4
6-0
Poule
Boro Jovanovic 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-3
6-0
6-2
Poule
Günther Bosch 1 *
Rangel Rangelov
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-3
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
John Fraser
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Jose Edson Mandarino 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
Shaher Mourad
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Günther Bosch 1 *
Ivan Pourpouras
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Jose-Luis (Lis) Arilla Lopez 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Günther Bosch 1 *
Petre Marmureanu
7-5
6-4
6-2
Final
Ion Tiriac 1 *
Günther Bosch
scores
not
given
Round 1
Round 2
Günther Bosch 1 *
Peter Fährmann (Fahrmann)
6-2
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
Günther Bosch 1 *
Vyacheslav Egorov
6-4
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Ion Tiriac 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-4
6-3
6-2
Final
Ion Tiriac 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-1
6-4
0-6
6-3
Semifinals
Günther Bosch 1 *
Ion Tiriac
Final
Günther Bosch 1 *
Gheorghe Viziru
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
Bernd Windhoff
6-2
6-4
2-6
4-6
6-1
Round 2
Andras Szikszai 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-2
6-3
2-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Günther Bosch 1 *
Alan J. Lane
in
5
sets
Semifinals
Wladyslaw Skonecki 1 *
Günther Bosch
9-7
6-1
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Günther Bosch 1 *
Boris Lingorov
5-7
6-4
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Ferruccio Bonetti 1 *
Günther Bosch
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-1