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Bettina Bunge

GER Age 63 173 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1978–1989

Bettina Bunge represented Germany on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 7. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 294–182 and 5 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

Elo peak

2121 (96th percentile)

Singles record

294–182 (61.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,126,424

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Bettina Bunge's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Larisa Savchenko #32	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 10, 1989*	R16	Chicago	WTA 250	Carpet
Jana Novotna #11	6-2 6-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1989*	R32	Chicago	WTA 250	Carpet
Conchita Martínez #11	6-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 3, 1989*	R16	Worcester	WTA 250	Carpet
Amy Schwartz	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 2, 1989*	R32	Worcester	WTA 250	Carpet
Katerina Maleeva #17	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 1989*	QF	Bayonne	WTA 250	Hard

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Bettina Bunge's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Hana Mandlikova	1	15	16	Feb 27, 1987	H2H
Martina Navratilova	0	16	16	Nov 17, 1986	H2H
Pam Shriver	4	11	15	Nov 7, 1987	H2H
Chris Evert	0	13	13	Apr 11, 1987	H2H
Sue Barker	6	5	11	Apr 15, 1983	H2H

Singles Titles (5)

Bettina Bunge singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1982	19	4	—	—	1	3	—	Houston, Nassau, Tokyo Tv Open, Berlin Open
1983	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Oakland
Total		5	—	—	1	4	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Bettina Bunge career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1978	15	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
1979	16	16	20	36	44.4%	—	—
1980	17	31	23	54	57.4%	—	—
1981	18	50	23	73	68.5%	—	9
1982	19	43	21	64	67.2%	—	9
1983	20	26	11	37	70.3%	—	7
1984	21	28	21	49	57.1%	11	21
1985	22	25	17	42	59.5%	22	22
1986	23	34	20	54	63.0%	23	12
1987	24	32	19	51	62.8%	12	15
1989	26	7	5	12	58.3%	111	72
Career		294	182	476	61.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Bettina Bunge career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1978	15	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1979	16	2	5	7	28.6%	3	4	7	42.9%	9	6	15	60.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	16	20	36	44.4%
1980	17	5	4	9	55.6%	6	3	9	66.7%	9	6	15	60.0%	11	10	21	52.4%	31	23	54	57.4%
1981	18	14	6	20	70.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	25	11	36	69.4%	50	23	73	68.5%
1982	19	6	3	9	66.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	8	2	10	80.0%	17	11	28	60.7%	43	21	64	67.2%
1983	20	—	—	—	—	10	4	14	71.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	13	5	18	72.2%	26	11	37	70.3%
1984	21	8	4	12	66.7%	2	4	6	33.3%	12	6	18	66.7%	6	7	13	46.2%	28	21	49	57.1%
1985	22	9	5	14	64.3%	8	4	12	66.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	3	4	7	42.9%	25	17	42	59.5%
1986	23	8	5	13	61.5%	8	5	13	61.5%	5	2	7	71.4%	13	8	21	61.9%	34	20	54	63.0%
1987	24	14	5	19	73.7%	6	5	11	54.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	8	6	14	57.1%	32	19	51	62.7%
1989	26	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	7	5	12	58.3%
Career	—	73	41	114	64.0%	55	36	91	60.4%	63	35	98	64.3%	100	70	170	58.8%	294	182	476	61.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Bettina Bunge career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	21	4	7	11	36.4%	2	6	8	25.0%	10	5	15	66.7%	2	0	2	100.0%	18	18	36	50.0%
1985	22	1	7	8	12.5%	3	3	6	50.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	1	0	1	100.0%	12	12	24	50.0%
1986	23	4	10	14	28.6%	7	1	8	87.5%	12	5	17	70.6%	0	0	—	—	23	16	39	59.0%
1987	24	1	10	11	9.1%	5	3	8	62.5%	17	2	19	89.5%	3	3	6	50.0%	26	18	44	59.1%
1989	26	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	0	0	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%
Career		10	36	46	21.7%	19	15	34	55.9%	49	15	64	76.6%	6	3	9	66.7%	84	69	153	54.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 153/476 (32.1%) of Bettina Bunge's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Bettina Bunge advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1978	15	1533	104.3	—	—	—	—	+86	—	—	55.6%	-0.22	0–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.06
1979	16	1699	137.7	—	—	—	—	-79	-104	+10	45.0%	-0.31	5–5 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	104.2	-0.05
1980	17	1885	156.5	—	—	—	—	-84	-197	-79	57.3%	+0.69	4–5 (44%)	6–6 (50%)	102.0	-6.14
1981	18	2027	161.4	—	—	—	—	0	-285	-113	64.3%	+1.20	12–7 (63%)	11–2 (85%)	110.3	-3.73
1982	19	2011	162.0	—	—	—	—	-24	-182	-43	64.0%	+1.24	7–5 (58%)	6–10 (38%)	98.2	-4.40
1983	20	2011	158.7	—	—	—	—	+80	-107	-72	69.6%	+1.56	2–3 (40%)	2–2 (50%)	97.6	-2.04
1984	21	1909	146.3	—	—	—	—	+51	-109	+54	56.4%	+0.62	8–6 (57%)	9–5 (64%)	102.9	-3.50
1985	22	1847	154.1	—	—	—	—	+42	-10	+97	61.1%	+1.04	3–5 (38%)	4–6 (40%)	96.3	-2.92
1986	23	2016	163.3	—	—	—	—	+9	-153	-24	59.2%	+0.74	11–6 (65%)	8–6 (57%)	106.1	-6.58
1987	24	1936	153.3	—	—	—	—	+62	-100	+10	62.7%	+1.05	7–5 (58%)	4–5 (44%)	97.6	-0.91
1989	26	1928	139.1	—	—	—	—	+25	—	—	57.7%	+0.77	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	99.1	-0.41
Career		2121	162.0	—	—	—	—	+7	-130	-15	60.3%	+0.89	62–49 (56%)	57–51 (53%)	105.8	-6.47

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Bettina Bunge Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1978	15	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1979	16	—	R16	R64	R128	3–3 (50%)
1980	17	R64	R16	R32	R32	6–4 (60%)
1981	18	R16	R16	R64	R16	8–4 (67%)
1982	19	—	R64	SF	R32	6–3 (67%)
1983	20	—	R64	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1984	21	R32	R32	R32	R32	7–4 (64%)
1985	22	R64	R32	R32	R128	4–4 (50%)
1986	23	—	R64	QF	R64	6–3 (67%)
1987	24	—	—	R32	R16	5–2 (71%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	13–8 (62%)	17–9 (65%)	15–9 (62%)	48–30 (62%)

WTA 500

Bettina Bunge WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BRI	DLB	NAP	SDG	WAS	AME	BER	CAN	LOS	MAN	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1979	16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	F	5–5 (50%)
1980	17	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R16	4–4 (50%)
1981	18	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	R16	SF	—	—	SF	11–5 (69%)
1982	19	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	R32	—	—	—	7–2 (78%)
1983	20	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1984	21	—	SF	—	R64	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	7–6 (54%)
1985	22	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	SF	R32	—	QF	—	R64	13–6 (68%)
1986	23	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	7–3 (70%)
1987	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	QF	—	—	—	6–3 (67%)
1989	26	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	4–4 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	13–6 (68%)	8–5 (62%)	8–6 (57%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	12–5 (71%)	65–37 (64%)

WTA 250

Bettina Bunge WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	CIN	DAL	EAS	HAM	HOU	MEL	ITA	STO	TKY	VIE	AME	BAY	BIR	BOC	BOS	BRI	CHI	CHI	DEE	DET	EAS	POR	HIL	HIL	JOH	KAN	KEY	KNO	LUG	MAH	MAN	NAS	NEW	OAK	OLD	ORL	PER	PHO	PRI	SEA	TAM	WOR	W-L Win %
1978	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	16	R32	—	R32	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	8–12 (40%)
1980	17	—	R32	QF	R64	—	R32	—	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	21–15 (58%)
1981	18	—	R32	BR	R16	—	F	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	F	—	28–12 (70%)
1982	19	—	F	R32	SF	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	F	—	W	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	30–12 (71%)
1983	20	—	—	SF	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22–6 (79%)
1984	21	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	14–11 (56%)
1985	22	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	8–7 (53%)
1986	23	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	20–12 (62%)
1987	24	—	—	QF	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	R16	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	21–13 (62%)
1989	26	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	4–4 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	16–10 (62%)	18–9 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	10–4 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	13–4 (76%)	0–1 (0%)	6–3 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	8–6 (57%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	8–6 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	4–1 (80%)	6–3 (67%)	9–4 (69%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	9–4 (69%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	4–2 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	176–105 (63%)

WTA Finals

Bettina Bunge WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1981	18	BR	3–2 (60%)
1982	19	RR	0–2 (0%)
1983	20	QF	1–1 (50%)
1986	23	QF	1–1 (50%)
1987	24	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–7 (42%)	5–7 (42%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

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First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 20

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 10

Jan 9, 1984

Ranking History Matrix

Bettina Bunge ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	21	8	8	23	31	37	29	26	26	25	26	21	21
1985	22	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	23	21	24	27	28	25	30	25	26	23	20	13	12
1987	24	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	15	15
1988	25	15	15	17	19	17	16	21	40	49	79	—	—
1989	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	111	71	72
1990	27	74	74	70	71	68	64	67	132	129	135	—	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

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Bettina Bunge's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Barbara Potter	USA	#8	2,098	494	303	191	61.3%	$1,376,580	5	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Andrea Temesvari	HUN	#7	2,022	364	185	179	50.8%	$1,162,635	5	1981–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Rosie Casals	USA	#6	2,213	917	594	323	64.8%	$1,364,955	12	1968–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Sylvia Hanika	GER	#5	2,137	654	415	239	63.5%	$1,296,560	9	1976–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Kathy Jordan	USA	#5	2,094	404	249	155	61.6%	$1,592,111	2	1978–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Betty Stove	NED	#7	2,175	726	419	307	57.7%	$1,047,356	8	1969–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	USA	#9	2,083	490	277	213	56.5%	$1,417,423	4	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Bonnie Gadusek	USA	#10	2,076	283	189	94	66.8%	$504,238	8	1980–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Kathy Horvath	USA	#10	1,976	342	187	155	54.7%	$570,414	7	1979–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Jo Durie	GBR	#5	2,102	574	311	263	54.2%	$1,224,016	9	1975–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Dianne Fromholtz	AUS	#5	2,184	749	466	283	62.2%	$1,145,377	22	1971–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Claudia Kohde Kilsch	GER	#4	2,158	635	401	234	63.1%	$2,227,116	12	1977–1992	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Bettina Bunge?: Bettina Bunge is 63 years old, born on June 13, 1963.
Which country does Bettina Bunge represent?: Bettina Bunge represents Germany in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Bettina Bunge?: Bettina Bunge is 173 cm / 5'8".
Does Bettina Bunge use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Bettina Bunge uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Bettina Bunge left-handed or right-handed?: Bettina Bunge plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Bettina Bunge won?: Bettina Bunge has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Bettina Bunge won?: TennisDB does not group any of Bettina Bunge's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Bettina Bunge won?: Bettina Bunge has won 5 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Oakland in 1983.
What is Bettina Bunge's highest WTA ranking?: Bettina Bunge's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 7.
What is Bettina Bunge's career win-loss record?: Bettina Bunge has a career WTA singles record of 294 wins and 182 losses (61.8%).
How much career prize money has Bettina Bunge earned?: Bettina Bunge has earned at least $1,126,424 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Bettina Bunge's career appear in TennisDB?: Bettina Bunge appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1978 through 1989.
On which surface does Bettina Bunge have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Bettina Bunge's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 64.3% (63–35).
Who has Bettina Bunge faced most often?: Bettina Bunge's most frequent opponent is Hana Mandlikova, with a head-to-head record of 1–15 across 16 meetings.