{{Short description|Australian tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Gavin Pfitzner | image = | fullname = Gavin Pfitzner | country_represented = {{AUS}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = $22,393 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 417 (26 September 1988) | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = | USOpenresult = | doublesrecord = 3-11 | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 195 (13 October 1986) | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1987, 1988, 1989) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1990) | USOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonMixedresult = 1R (1989) }} '''Gavin Pfitzner''' (born 1 September 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
==Biography== Pfitzner, who comes from South Australia, is the son of a tennis player. His father, Trevor, played against Marty Mulligan at the 1959 Australian Championships. He was coached during his career by one of his father's contemporaries Barry Phillips-Moore.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136294665 |title=Pfitzner: A man for a long haul |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=13 March 1987 |accessdate=22 June 2018 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Competing on the professional tour in the 1980s, Pfitzner made all of his Grand Prix main draw appearances in doubles, which included making the semi-finals of the 1987 Bordeaux Open with Richard Fricker. He played in the main draws of doubles events at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon on multiple occasions between 1987 and 1990.
He now coaches tennis at the Modbury Tennis Club in Adelaide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/modburytc/|title=Modbury Tennis Club - SA – Australia|publisher=tennis.com.au|accessdate=22 June 2018}}</ref>
==Challenger titles== ===Doubles: (1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !style="width:20px" class="unsortable"|No. !style="width:40px"|Year !style="width:220px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:200px"|Partner !style="width:200px"|Opponents !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |1. |1988 |Dijon, France |Carpet |{{flagicon|USA}} Howard Endelman |{{flagicon|ROU}} Mihnea-Ion Nastase<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} Fernando Pérez Pascal |7–6, 6–7, 6–4 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP|p064}} * {{ITF profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pfitzner, Gavin}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Australian male tennis players Category:Tennis players from South Australia Category:Sportsmen from South Australia Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen