Bodo Nitsche

Bodo Nitsche (24 August 1938 – 18 February 2017) was a German tennis player.

Bodo Nitsche
Country (sports) West Germany
Born(1938-08-24)24 August 1938
Beuthen, Germany
Died18 February 2017(2017-02-18) (aged 78)
Stuttgart, West Germany
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open3R (1962)
Medal record
Universiade
1963 Porto AlegreMen's singles
1963 Porto AlegreMen's doubles

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]

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