Karl Meiler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetKarl Meiler
West German tennis player
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
About Karl Meiler
- Karl Meiler (30 April 1949 – 17 April 2014) was a tennis player from West Germany who was active in the 1970s and 80s. Meiler won four singles (1972, Buenos Aires; 1974, Omaha and Calgary; 1977, Manila) and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career.
- He notably beat top seed Ken Rosewall in the 1973 Australian Open, where he went on to reach the semifinal.
- Meiler reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 23 August 1973, when he became world No.
- 20.
- He died aged 64 on 17 April 2014, of complications from a head injury sustained in a domestic accident in November 2013.
Read more at Wikipedia