Bodo Nitsche
| Country (sports) |  West Germany |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 August 1938 Beuthen, Germany |
| Died | 18 February 2017 (aged 78) Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | 3R (1962) |
Bodo Nitsche (24 August 1938 – 18 February 2017) was a German tennis player.
Raised in Stuttgart, Nitsche played Bundesliga tennis for TEC Waldau. He was a member of the West German Davis Cup squad and reached the third round of the 1962 U.S. National Championships, losing to the top seed Rod Laver.[1] In 1963 he won the singles gold medal at the World University Games in Porto Alegre.[2]
Nitsche worked as an engineer for Mercedes-Benz outside of tennis and had three children with wife Ingrid.[2] His younger brother Detlev was a top collegiate player in the U.S. and played in the Wimbledon junior tournament.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Davis Team Picked". The Spokesman-Review. 21 April 1959.
- ^ a b "TEC Waldau Stuttgart trauert um Bodo Nitsche". www.tecwaldau.de (in German). 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Senior Siblings". Anderson Independent-Mail. 4 June 1990.