Henry Bunis

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Henry Bunis

| image =

| fullname = Henry Johnston Bunis

| country_represented = {{USA}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|3|27}}

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio

| death_date =

| death_place =

| plays =

| turnedpro = 1975

| retired = 1978

| careerprizemoney =

| singlesrecord = 28–58

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 100 (August 24, 1976)

| currentsinglesranking =

| AustralianOpenresult =

| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1976, 1977)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1977)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1976, 1977)

| doublesrecord = 16–44

| doublestitles = 0

| highestdoublesranking =

| currentdoublesranking =

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult =

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1976)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1977)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1977)

}}

Henry Bunis (born March 27, 1953) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

=Early years and education=

Born in Cincinnati, he is the oldest child of Alvin Bunis Sr. and Ann Bunis (née Johnston).{{cite news|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/07/15/loc_o.bunis.html|title=Bill Bunis turned from tennis, became sociology professor|last=Goodman|first=Rebecca|date=July 15, 2004|work=Cincinnati Enquirer|accessdate=27 January 2016}}{{Cite web |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel |date=September 2, 2011 |title=Alvin Bunis, Creator of a Senior Tennis Circuit, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/sports/tennis/alvin-bunis-creator-of-a-senior-tennis-circuit-dies-at-87.html |archive-url= |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

Bunis, winner of the Ohio high school state championship in 1971, was a two-time All American varsity tennis player at the Columbia University in New York, while he completed an arts history major.{{cite news|url=http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_23658523/love-tennis-passed-from-father-son|title=Love of tennis passed from father to son|last=Langone|first=Matt|date=July 14, 2013|work=The Sun|accessdate=27 January 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19750424-01.2.19&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------#|title=Bunis: Art Historian Turned Tennis Pro|last=Turkel|first=Chris|date=April 24, 1975|work=Columbia Daily Spectator|accessdate=27 January 2016}}

=Professional tennis=

Following graduation in 1975, Bunis turned professional and spent four years on tour. He made the quarter-finals at Cologne in 1976, to match his best performance in a Grand Prix tournament, a quarter-final appearance in Cincinnati while at Columbia University in 1974. At a tournament in Little Rock in 1977 he managed to win a set against Björn Borg, in front of a crowd of 3,500 in Arkansas.

Bunis also made appearances at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. He had three wins at Grand Slam level, to make the second round twice at the US Open and at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships, where he won a marathon 72 game match against Raz Reid.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/66240731/|title=Connors hushes boos|date=June 22, 1977|work=San Antonio Express|page=45|accessdate=27 January 2016}}

His only final on the Grand Prix tour came in the doubles, when he and partner Paul McNamee were runners-up at the 1977 Chilean Open, .{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010003161|title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Santiago - 14 November - 20 November 1977|publisher=International Tennis Federation|accessdate=27 January 2016}}

=Later life=

When he retired from tennis in 1978 he began working with JP Morgan in New York and later completed a J.D. degree at New York Law School in June 1992,{{cite book |url=https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=commencement_progs |title=One Hundredth Commencement Exercises |date=10 June 1992 |page=15 |publisher=New York Law School |access-date=1 November 2021}} after which he worked for 20 years with real state company Archstone.{{cite news|url=https://business.highbeam.com/3092/article-1G1-143817343/archstone-promotes-bunis-svp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203084349/https://business.highbeam.com/3092/article-1G1-143817343/archstone-promotes-bunis-svp|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2016|title=Archstone promotes Bunis to SVP|date=March 1, 2006|work=HighBeam Research|accessdate=27 January 2016}}

Bunis now lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is married with two sons, Evan and Ryan.