Markus Günthardt

Markus Günthardt ( born September 10, 1957 in Zurich ) is a former Swiss tennis player and director of several tennis tournaments.

The Swiss was from 1978 to 1985 even professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. During this time he played for his country in the Davis Cup, in 1984 and 1985 as Playing Captain. He was regarded as a double specialist and made ​​it to rank 40 of the double world rankings. Even after the end of his career was the brother of ex- tennis pro Heinz Günthardt, who lives with his wife and two children in Madrid and in Switzerland, the tennis faithful: For the Swiss sports marketing company Marc Biver Development ( MBD ), the was later acquired by industry giant IMG, he built on the tennis division and took the German Davis Cup player Michael Stich and Carl -Uwe Steeb under contract.

For the ion Ţiriac Group, he was from the end of 1990 tournament director of various tennis tournaments, including the Euro Card Open in Stuttgart, the Tennis Masters in Stuttgart and Madrid and the ATP Tour World Championships from 1996 to 1999 in Hannover. In 2003 he built in Spain on the sports marketing agency Vision Sports & Events, with whom he collaborated, among others, on the Olympic bid of Madrid for the 2012 Games and was a consultant for the organizers of the European Swimming Championships in 2004 in the Spanish capital.

Since 2005 he has been the tournament director of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart and as such has overall responsibility for the marketing and the organization of the traditional Tournament at the Porsche Arena.

• Davis Cup player ( Switzerland )
• Swiss
• Born in 1957
• Man