Henner Henkel
Encyclopedia
Henner Henkel was a German tennis
player.
He was the second German to win the singles title at the French Championships in 1937. The same year, he and Gottfried von Cramm
also won the Roland Garros doubles title.
Henkel was killed in action at Battle of Stalingrad
.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player.
He was the second German to win the singles title at the French Championships in 1937. The same year, he and Gottfried von Cramm
Gottfried von Cramm
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm was a German amateur tennis champion and twice French Open champion.-Birth:...
also won the Roland Garros doubles title.
Henkel was killed in action at Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943...
.