Thomas Buchmayer

Thomas Buchmayer (born 14 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

Thomas Buchmayer
Full nameThomas Buchmayer
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1971-02-14) 14 February 1971
St. Polten, Austria
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$124,133
Singles
Career record10–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 198 (16 September 1991)
Doubles
Career record7–22
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 133 (20 July 1998)

Biography

Buchmayer, a left-handed player from Sankt Pölten, was coached by Jan Kukal.

Turning professional in 1989, he made the round of 16 as a wildcard at Kitzbühel that year, withs wins over Tomás Carbonell and world number 12 Alberto Mancini.[1]

In 1991 he made his debut for the Austria Davis Cup team and featured in two World Group ties. He played a reverse singles match in the first, against Czechoslovakia in Prague, which he won over Karel Nováček, but the Austrians had already lost the tie. His other tie was a qualifier in Manchester against Great Britain. He lost the opening singles match to Jeremy Bates in four sets, then later played in the last of the reserve singles, by which time the British team had taken Austria's place in the World Group. His reserve singles fixture, against Mark Petchey, was unfinished, abandoned at 6–6 in the first set.[2]

His next Davis Cup match came in 1993, when Austria were up against New Zealand in Christchurch. Back in the World Group, Austria were playing a tie to avoid relegation and won 3–2. Buchmayer featured in the doubles match with Alex Antonitsch, which they lost to Kelly Evernden and Brett Steven.[3]

Buchmayer's only final on the ATP Tour came in the doubles at the 1997 Austrian Open in Kitzbühel. He and partner Thomas Strengberger accounted for top seeds Luis Lobo and Andrei Olhovskiy in the semi-finals, but were unable to get past the Australian pairing of Wayne Arthurs and Richard Fromberg in the title decider.[4]

He played in his fourth and final Davis Cup tie for Austria in 1998, the doubles rubber against Israeli players Noam Behr and Eyal Erlich in Ramat Hasaron. Partnered with Wolfgang Schranz, the Austrian's lost the match and also the tie.[5]

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1997 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Thomas Strengberger Wayne Arthurs
Richard Fromberg		 4–6, 3–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)
No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1991 Graz, Austria Clay Thierry Guardiola 6–3, 6–2
2. 1992 Vienna, Austria Clay Reinhard Wawra 7–6, 6–1

Doubles: (2)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1998 Kiev, Ukraine Clay Thomas Strengberger Jeff Coetzee
Jim Thomas		 6–4, 7–6
2. 1997 Skopje, Macedonia Clay Thomas Strengberger Nebojša Djorđević
Dušan Vemić		 6–4, 7–6

See also

References
  1. "Mancini, Carlsson Upset". Boca Raton News. 3 August 1989. p. 2D. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. "Tennis". The Canberra Times. 26 September 1991. p. 24. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. "Qualifying". St Louis Post-Dispatch. 26 September 1993. p. 42. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. "Sport". Arizona Republic. 28 July 1997. p. 18. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. "Davis Cup, Monday's Results". Las Vegas Sun. 7 April 1998. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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