| Henry Bunis | |
| Fullname: | Henry Johnston Bunis |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Turnedpro: | 1975 |
| Retired: | 1978 |
| Singlesrecord: | 28–58 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 100 (August 24, 1976) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1976, 1977) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1977) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1976, 1977) |
| Doublesrecord: | 16–44 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| 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.
Born in Cincinnati, he is the oldest child of Alvin Bunis Sr. and Ann Bunis (née Johnston).[1] [2]
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.[3] [4]
Following graduation in 1975, Bunis turned professional and spent four years on tour.[3] 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.[3]
Bunis also made appearances at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.[3] 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.[5]
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, .[6]
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,[7] after which he worked for 20 years with real state company Archstone.[3] [8]
Bunis now lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and is married with two sons, Evan and Ryan.