Hans-Jürgen Pohmann

Hans-Jürgen Pohmann (born 23 May 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

During his career, Pohmann won one singles and five doubles titles on the Grand Prix circuit (precursor to the ATP Tour). He reached the quarter finals of the 1974 French Open, beating Adriano Panatta before losing to François Jauffret. , he was a commentator for the German television network RBB.

Pohmann was involved in a controversial second round match at the 1976 US Open against Ilie Năstase. At 5–5 in the deciding third set Năstase was furious at a photographer and hit a ball at him and swung his racket near him. The crowd were at fever pitch by this point. Then Pohmann "lunged for a ball and fell grimacing painfully to the ground holding his right leg in great pain". There was a delay and the cramp subsided and "Pohmann continued to Năstase's obvious annoyance. Three times Pohmann went down on his cramped leg and three times he came back to fight Năstase to a standstill". With the aid of the tournament physician, who attended the leg, Pohmann saved three match points and the set entered a tie-break. Năstase was screaming at the umpire and making obscenities to the crowd. Pohmann had two match points but Năstase won and then screamed at Pohmann as the two approached the net. The umpire George Armstrong refused to shake Năstase's hand as the Romanian continued raving. Năstase and Pohmann nearly came to blows in the clubhouse after the match before being separated. Later, Năstase claimed the match should have been forfeited to him when Pohmann was unable to continue play immediately.

Career finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles (5 titles, 13 runner-ups) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoresWin 1. Jul 1972 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Jürgen Fassbender Mal Anderson Geoff Masters 7–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 2. Jun 1973 Hamburg, Germany Clay Jürgen Fassbender Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac 7–6, 7–6, 7–6Loss 1. Oct 1973 Manila, Philippines Hard Jürgen Fassbender Marcello Lara Sherwood Stewart 2–6, 0–6Loss 2. May 1974 Munich, Germany Clay Jürgen Fassbender Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes 6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 2–6Win 3. May 1974 Hamburg, Germany Clay Jürgen Fassbender Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 6–4, 6–4Loss 3. Aug 1974 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Jürgen Fassbender Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase 7–6, 3–6, 4–6Loss 4. Aug 1974 Montreal, Canada Hard Jürgen Fassbender Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas 1–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss 5. Aug 1974 Boston, U.S. Clay Marty Riessen Robert Lutz Stan Smith 6–3, 4–6, 3–6Loss 6. Nov 1974 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Jürgen Fassbender Ismail El Shafei Roscoe Tanner 5–7, 3–6Loss 7. Mar 1975 London WCT, UK Carpet Jürgen Fassbender Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 3–6, 4–6Win 4. Jul 1975 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Jürgen Fassbender Colin Dowdeswell Ken Rosewall 6–4, 9–7, 6–1Loss 8. Aug 1975 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Wojciech Fibak Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes 5–7, 0–6Loss 9. Aug 1975 Columbus, U.S. Hard Jürgen Fassbender Robert Lutz Stan Smith 2–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss 10. Nov 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Jürgen Fassbender Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6–7, 7–6, 4–6Loss 11. May 1976 Munich, Germany Clay Jürgen Fassbender Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 3–2, ret.Loss 12. Jun 1976 Berlin, Germany Hard Jürgen Fassbender Patricio Cornejo Antonio Muñoz 5–7, 1–6Win 5. Jul 1976 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Jürgen Fassbender Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 7–5, 6–3, 6–3Loss 13. Jul 1976 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Jürgen Fassbender Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš 7–6, 2–6, 4–6