Frank Igor
Puncec
Male
South Africa
1951-07-09
, -
Punčec is the son of Croatian tennis player Franjo Punčec, who played for the Yugoslav Davis Cup team. His parents emigrated to South Africa in 1948 and Frank was born soon after in 1951, one of three children to Franjo and Zora.
As a professional player in the 1980s, he reached a best singles ranking of 179 in the world. Most notably he featured in the main draw of the 1983 French Open, where he was beaten in the first round by countryman Danie Visser.
1970 - 1985
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1985 - South Africa Satellite - Leg 3 (Open)
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Massimiliano Narducci
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Luca Bottazzi 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Luca Bottazzi 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Alexandre Hocevar
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Peter Carter 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Luis Arturo Gonzalez
7-5
7-6
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Erik Van't Hof
6-1
4-6
6-3
Round 3
Frank Puncec 1 *
Carlos Gomez
6-4
1-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Magnus Tideman
7-6
6-2
Semifinals
Craig A. Miller 1 *
Frank Puncec
4-6
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Magnus Tideman 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Hans Prassl
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Luke Jensen 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
5-7
6-0
Round 1
Peter Carlsson 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Gabriel Mattos 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Brian Hall
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Kevin Moir 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
3-6
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Greg Williams
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
John Stimpson
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Martin Wostenholme 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Brad Cherry
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Martin Wostenholme 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Joshua Sarner
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Henry Somerville
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Gerardo Vacarezza 1 *
Frank Puncec
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Joe Ragland
4-6
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Norm Schellenger
7-6
7-6
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Laird Dunlop
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Martin Wostenholme 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Miloslav Lacek
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Antony Emerson 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Eiji Takeuchi
?-?
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Christophe Meyer
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
George Kalovelonis
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Mark Kratzmann 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jarek Srnensky
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Gustavo Mirad
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Toshiro Sakai
6-7
6-1
7-6
Semifinals
Patrice Kuchna 1 *
Frank Puncec
5-7
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Peter Carter 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Boaz Merenstein
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Stefan Bienz
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Frank Puncec 1 *
Marc Krippendorf
6-7
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Carl Uwe Steeb
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Brent Pirow
6-2
7-6
Final
Frank Puncec 1 *
Eric Wilborts
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Andre de Beer
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Harald Theissen
6-1
4-6
7-6
Round 3
Denys Maasdorp 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Dean Botha
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Andre Snyman
6-2
6-7
6-1
Round 3
Frank Puncec 1 *
Piet Cilliers
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Harald Theissen
5-7
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Carl Uwe Steeb 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Clinton Ferreira
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Grant Saacks 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Pieter Norval
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Kwassie Van der Merwe
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Barry Moir 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Dominik Guido Utzinger 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Brian Levine 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Eduardo Oncins 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Mike De Palmer 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Russell Barlow 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Yannick Hesse 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Peter Carter
6-4
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Eduardo Bengoechea 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Per Hjertquist 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Klaus Eberhard 1 *
Frank Puncec
4-6
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Bernhard Pils 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-7
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Tracy DeLatte
6-4
7-6
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Derek Tarr
6-7
6-2
7-6
Round 3
Frank Puncec 1 *
Marius Masencamp
7-5
2-6
6-2
Round 4
Kevin Moir 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Gilles Ganancia
6-2
3-6
6-0
Round 2
Richard Fricker 1 *
Frank Puncec
1-6
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Andre Toumieu
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mr. Renard
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Willie Davies 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Danie Visser 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Jim Gurfein 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Eliot Teltscher 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Herve Gauvain
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Eric Jelen
6-1
6-4
Round 3
John W. Feaver 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
John Van Nostrand
6-4
7-6
Round 2
Andrew J. Pattison 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Scott Lipton 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Rory J. Chappell 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Ricardo Ycaza 1 *
Frank Puncec
2-6
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Morten Ronneberg
2-6
6-4
1-0
ret.
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Carlos Gustavo Gattiker
w.o.
Round 3
Schalk van der Merwe 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
1-6
6-2
Round 1
Schalk van der Merwe 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
3-6
7-6
Round 1
Raul Viver 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Charlie Fancutt
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Steve Krulevitz 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Stefan Edberg
6-3
7-6
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Dan Cassidy
7-5
6-3
Round 3
Frank Puncec 1 *
Olli Rahnasto
2-6
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Omar Laimina
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Gabriel Urpi
2-6
7-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Mike Myburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Jan Van Langendonck 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
7-6
Round 1
Ricardo Sanchez 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
2-6
6-4
Round 1
Mike Myburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Houcine Saber
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Guillermo Stevens
6-4
6-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Matthew N. (Matt) Doyle 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Robert Reininger
3-6
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Johan Carlsson 1 *
Frank Puncec
2-6
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Christo Steyn 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Leon Naude 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Alejandro Gattiker
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Gabriel Urpi 1 *
Frank Puncec
2-6
6-4
7-6
Round 2
Jordi Arrese 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Martín Rodriguez
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Alejandro Cortes 1 *
Frank Puncec
2-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Kevin Moir 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Max Osherov
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Boaz Nikritin 1 *
Frank Puncec
w.o.
Round 1
Eric Deblicker 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Roberto Vizcaino 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Rick Meyer 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-7
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Sean Brawley
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Dominique Bedel 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Christophe C. Freyss 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Hitoshi Shirato
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Tony Graham
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Bud Cox
6-2
6-3
Final
Mike Barr 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jean Robert Desdunes
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Franco Merlone 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Marc Krippendorf
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Laurie Warder
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jakob Hlasek
4-6
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Bud Cox 1 *
Frank Puncec
1-6
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Pavel Krta
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Thies Roepcke 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Ivo Werner
1-6
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Renato Schmitz
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jakob Hlasek
6-3
7-6
Final
Tsuyoshi Fukui 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Phil Lehnhoff
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Denys Maasdorp 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Steve Shaw
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Patrice Kuchna
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Frank Puncec 1 *
Shakhar Perkiss
6-7
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Christo Jensen Van Rensburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
5-7
7-5
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Hanspeter Schar
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Marko Ostoja 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-7
6-2
Round 1
Peter Johnston 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
5-7
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Desmond Ward
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Gordon Simmonds
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Hank Pfister 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Cliff L. Letcher 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mark Holland
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jeff Papell
4-6
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mark Buckley
6-4
1-6
9-7
Semifinals
Craig Edwards 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Robert Crames 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Brian Levine
6-1
1-6
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Garth Haynes
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Craig Edwards
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mark Buckley
6-3
2-6
6-3
Final
Jaromir Becka Jr. 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Manuel De Sousa
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Craig Tregonning 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
1-6
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Alessandro De Minicis
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Michael Wennberg
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mark Buckley
6-2
6-2
Final
Craig Edwards 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Thierry Stevaux 1 *
Frank Puncec
3-6
7-6
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Kevin Moir
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
G. Brady
4-0
ret.
Round 3
Michael Robertson 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Warren Maher
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Jérôme Vanier 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-3
Round 2
Roberto Vizcaino 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-0
Round 1
Jan Gunnarsson 1 *
Frank Puncec
2-6
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Miloslav Lacek 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Per Hjertquist 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Ricardo Ycaza 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-7
6-3
Round 1
Shlomo Glickstein 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Robbie Venter
2-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Bruno Corbiere
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Glenn Busby
7-6
6-1
Final
Pender Murphy 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Alain Boucher
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Vilmos Lazar
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Ray Kelly
2-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Patrizio Parrini 1 *
Frank Puncec
4-6
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mike Howard
6-3
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Peter Johnston 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Jeff Schneider
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Jean Robert Desdunes 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Harald Rittersbacher
7-6
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Ray Kelly
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Frank Puncec 1 *
Bruce Brescia
6-3
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Derek Tarr 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Willem Prinsloo 1 *
Frank Puncec
5-7
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Željko Franulović 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Egan Adams
4-6
7-6
6-1
Round 2
Paolo Bertolucci 1 *
Frank Puncec
3-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Thomas Hogstedt 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Thomas Renz
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Thierry Froget
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Robbie Venter 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Jérôme Vanier 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
6-2
Round 1
Rick Fagel 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Hans Dieter Beutel 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Wally Masur
6-2
7-6
Round 2
Scott Davis 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
7-5
Round 1
Johnny Muller 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Zdeněk Slizek 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Rocky Royer 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-0
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Steve Meister
5-7
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Peter Spang 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Nick Kelaidis
4-6
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Mike Myburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Hansueli Ritschard
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Mike Myburg 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Ferenc Csepai
7-6
7-5
Round 1
Gregoire Rafaitin 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Torquato Rossini
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Alejandro Cortes
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alejandro Pierola 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Junie Chatman 1 *
Frank Puncec
3-6
6-3
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Joan Roura
6-3
7-6
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Rafael Mensua
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Edgar Schurmann 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Pat Serret 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Tsuyoshi Fukui 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Renato Schmitz
5-7
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Toby Crabel 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Marc Renoult
6-2
6-2
Round 2
John Fitzgerald 1 *
Frank Puncec
7-6
7-6
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Martin Nedelko
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Craig Edwards
6-2
4-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Sachio Kato 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-7
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Freddy Blatter
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mr. Hubert
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Frank Puncec 1 *
Mr. Short
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
C. Martin Robinson 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Frank Puncec 1 *
Joel Hoffman
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Frank Puncec 1 *
Rory J. Chappell
6-4
7-5
Round 3
David Carter 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
6-3
Round 2
George J. Rudman 1 *
Frank Puncec
6-4
4-6
6-3