ThoughMeskipun heia wonmemenangkan thegelar [[Germantunggal Nationalnasional BadmintonJerman Championships|German national singles title]]pada intahun 1974, Maywald waspada primarilydasarnya aadalah doublesspesialis specialistganda. HeDia wassangat particularlysukses successfulsecara internationallyinternasional indi men'sganda doublesputra withbersama [[Willi Braun]], whoseyang fastraket forecourtcepatnya racketdi complementedhalaman depan melengkapi permainan stabil Maywald'ssteadydi all-courtsemua playlapangan. Braun anddan Maywald won the biennialmemenangkan [[EuropeanKejuaraan BadmintonBulu ChampionshipsTangkis Eropa|EuropeanKejuaraan ChampionshipsEropa]] consecutivelydua tahunan berturut-turut pada intahun 1972 anddan 1974.<ref>Pat Davis, ''The Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 115.</ref> TheyMereka weretiga thricekali semifinalistsmenjadi atsemifinalis the prestigiousdi [[AllKejuaraan EnglandBulu OpenTangkis BadmintonInggris|Kejuaraan Championships|All-England Championships]] yang bergengsi (1971,1975 anddan 1976)<ref>"the all-England", ''Badminton USA'', May 1971, 14.</ref><ref>"Svend Pri wins the all-England title", ''World Badminton'', May 1975, 2,3.</ref><ref>"the all-England", ''Badminton USA'', May 1976, 13.</ref> and won the [[U.S. Open Badminton Championships|U.S. Open men's doubles]] in 1976.<ref>"open championships", ''Badminton USA'', May 1976, 6.</ref> He also won two bronze medals at the [[Badminton at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich Olympic Games]] when badminton was played as a demonstration sport. Maywald also shared a number of mixed doubles titles in Europe with various partners. In [[1975 All England Badminton Championships|1975]] he reached the final of mixed doubles at the All-England with [[Brigitte Steden]].
