Christian Kuhnke

Christian Kuhnke (born 14 April 1939) is a former German tennis player.

Kuhnke was part of the West Germany Davis Cup team who reached the Challenge Round in the 1970 Davis Cup. Kuhnke reached the quarter finals of the Australian Championships in 1961. Kuhnke was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 1963, losing in straight sets to Manuel Santana. The following year at Wimbledon, Kuhnke beat Santana (who had recently won the French Championships). Kuhnke, "a tall and solemn German left-hander", was "a pretty good volleyer with a long reach and a good deal of force and reliability in service" and was the kind of opponent that "bored" Santana. Kuhnke lost in the quarter finals to Fred Stolle.

Kuhnke was ranked World No. 8 for 1964 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph. He also won the title at Berlin in 1971 over Santana. He retired in 1974.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner–up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss 1962 French Championships Clay Wilhelm Bungert Roy Emerson Neale Fraser 3–6, 4–6, 5–7