Roderich Menzel
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Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel (13 April 1907 – 17 October 1987) was an amateur tennis
player and after his active career an author.
, an advanced industrial city of Austria-Hungary Empire. He lived with his parents and two brothers in a three-storey house in Römheldstraße 7 (Tatranská street these days). His father Ernst, who was born in the family of glassworks manager in the mountain village Wilhelmshöhe
, rose from a correspondent to the position of a partner of cable manufacturer Felten & Guilleaume’s North Bohemia
office.
During his studies at a business high school he started to playing a football as a goalkeeper for RSK Reichenberg - at the age of 16 (1923) he joined the senior team. Looking back on his goalkeeper career Menzel often gave a good funny story about his great idol, goalkeeper of RSK Reichenberg, Ende. As is usual, home team goalkeeper’s name always appeared at the very end of both team rosters in the home programme but in this case people often thought that at that point the programme actually ends.
But as he was playing tennis at same level as a football, an important decision had to be made. He chose tennis and soon became a Czechoslovak junior champion (1925). Shortly before he had to cope with a large family tragedy, when his father died of a heart attack due to complicated double pneumonia.
competition and also entered a Davis Cup
competition against Sweden in the same year. He immediately won his first two singles in his long successful Davis Cup career (61 wins/23 defeats), which in a history of the Czech (Czechoslovakian) Davis Cup team remains unsurpassed even to these days. Even Kodeš
nor Lendl
weren’t better! Among his memorable Davis Cup performances belongs a couple of five sets battles against Gottfried von Cramm
, his great rival at the time.
Menzel also collected his trophies at other tournaments. In 1931, he won one of the most prestigious tournaments at the time, German Open Tennis Championships, over Gustav Jaenecke
and Monte-Carlo Masters just one year later, over George Rogers. Only few weeks later he achieved his big first Grand Slam
result when he made it to the French Open semifinals, where he lost to Giorgio de Stefani
. His excellent form continued to remain as he won over von Cramm in semifinal and Jacques Brugnon
in final of the Rot-Weiß Club
tournament in Berlin.
His stable form Menzel also confirmed one year later, in 1933, when he was playing quarterfinals at the French Open and Wimbledon. He reached the same result in 1934, tightly lost against von Cramm at the French Open and, in one of the most memorable matches of all time, to Fred Perry
at Wimbledon. Things got better at the Czechoslovakian International Championships (against von Cramm) and Egypt International (against Pat Hughes
), which he both won. What is more, he triumphed at the tournament in Cairo in following four years in a row!
There is no exception in 1935, when Menzel again finished his participation in Grand Slam tournaments in quarterfinals, at the US Open even in the 4th round. But at the same place he teamed up with Kay Stammers
to be the Mixed Doubles runner-up, losing in the finals to Sarah Palfrey / Enrique Maier. A major achievement is the final at the Pacific Southwest Tournament
in Los Angeles same year, where he was beaten by Don Budge
. But it was for long time Menzel’s latest success. In 1936, he suffered couple of breakdowns which resulted in serious heart problems. For more than a year he was forced to say hello to the world of the white sport. He spent nearly one year in Bad Gräfenberg
(Lázně Jeseník these days) where he received most of the treatments.
From today's perspective is certainly interesting to know how the Menzel's first symptoms of his health problems appear. First in quarterfinals of French Open 1935, when he played against Bunny Austin, No. 2-ranked player in the world that time. He already led 2-1 in sets and it seemed to him that he is already in semifinals. But then, while changing sides, he made a mistake and took a big thirsty sip from his opponent's glass. To his unpleasant surprise, there was a gin instead of water inside! Vision problems and hallucinations immediately followed and Menzel lost the match. He didn't pay too much attention to it until the Davis Cup final a few weeks later, when he played a crucial match of the whole series against von Cramm. A famous German already had two matchballs in the fourth set, but Menzel managed to avert the threat and won the set 7-5 and tied the match at 2-2. After Menzel won the first game of the fifth set and von Cramm continued to suffer, he received a strange offer at his home bench while changing sides. 'It will strengthen you' said President of the Czech Tennis Association and handed Menzel a glass of champagne! Menzel still managed to nearly win the second game of the fifth set, but once he started to see blurry sidelines, he knew that it's over. He lost the last set 1-6.
Menzel is back in 1937, but his early defeat at Wimbledon (1st round) suggests, that his comeback won’t be that easy. A much more better situation is in doubles, where he managed (with Ladislav Hecht
) to get in semifinals. Everything is forgiven one year later, when Menzel was the men’s singles runner-up at the French Open, losing in the final against Budge. His biggest success of all time is a little bit reduced by an absence of great players such as von Cramm or Perry.
In September 1938, on the basis of the Munich Agreement
, it’s decided that Czechoslovakia
had to leave a part of its territory (Sudetenland
) to Nazi Germany
. Menzel, who was born and spent his childhood in Reichenberg, now the capital of a new German state, became also a German citizen. In May 1939, only a few months later, he already played for his new homeland, Germany, in Davis Cup. After the outbreak of World War II
, Menzel started to work as a journalist in a foreign broadcast of Großdeutscher Rundfunk. Unlike his other colleagues in the team (Henner Henkel
was killed at Battle of Stalingrad
, von Cramm was wounded on the Eastern Front
) Menzel didn’t have to go to the front and spent the all war years in the relative safety in Berlin (he lived in the Bavarian Quarter, Güntzelstraße 4). After the war, Menzel tried to build on his pre-war tennis achievements, but with the exception of a few victories in tournaments of regional significance, dary=----WebKitFormBoundaryqxEKLareer comes to the end.
Roderich Menzel had at that time an unusually high figure (6 ft 3in), which him directly predetermined to a serve and volley
style of play. Notorious was also his fierce temper – he refused to play until the nearby bells will stop ringing or the child stops crying in the stands. Menzel also loved often to passionately „discuss“ with the judge and spectators. People at the stadium of the Italian tennis championships in Rome managed him go berserk to such an extent that he went off the court and never came back. Although Menzel failed to win any Grand Slam tournaments, his achievements in the Davis Cup and at the most prestigious international tournaments at that time ranks him among the world tennis elite of its time.
Africa certainly belonged among his favourite parts of the world. Not only because of his five consecutive wins in a row at International Championships in Cairo. It was particularly Egypt
, when he felt like at home. Cairo
, pyramids
, Alexandria
, Luxor
, Nile, Assuan – all these places made every time a huge impression on him. He often also recalled the meeting with lot sof interesting people, such as Sheikh Mussa, King of snakes.
Menzel also visited Australia
several times, sometimes with mixed feelings. It certainly had something to do with a conflict that happened during one double, when audience didn’t want to allow players to leave the court, even though it was a long dark. ‘Play on, we paid’ they shouted. Neither this conflict didn’t prevent Menzel from going all around over Australia and subsequently the entire Pacific
region (Samoa
, Tahiti
, Hawaii
).
In the summer of 1935 Menzel came to India
– Kolkata
, Mumbai
, elephants ride, expedition into the jungle, meeting with the Maharajah of Mysore. Especially the latter area charmed him quite a lot – “Mysore has two skies – one above me and the other beneath me!”. Menzel’s next steps led to Ceylon and Japan
. He visited Hong Kong
and Singapore
on the way back.
With tennis Menzel was able to travel all around the world. Completely different than we know it today, at the very end of so called colonial era. “Many things has changed since my travels,” writes Menzel in his autobiography Liebe zu Böhmen.
Before World War II, Menzel mostly contributed to Prager Tagblatt
, where his colleagues were such names as Egon Erwin Kisch or Max Brod
. Menzel didn’t write only to the daily sports column, he also composed poems and It is definitely worth noting that Menzel alternated for two years with Hermann Hesse
and Karel Čapek
in Saturday’s feuilleton column of Prager Tagblatt. Apart from this major Prague German newspaper Menzel also wrote to BZ am Mittag
and Vossische Zeitung
. In 1931, he published his first sports novel Der weiße Weg, which was also published in Zurich daily Sport and came out in Czech translation under title Bílá cesta one year later. Soon followed by other titles, mostly from the tennis environment – Tennis… wie ich sehe!, Tennis-Parade or Geliebte Tennispartnerin. But he was able to fully focus on his writing passion to the end of his athletic career.
In his new home, Bavarian Landshut
, Menzel wrote books not only about his most favourite sports (tennis and football), but he also began to wonder about the other genres. Great success was the medical book Triumph der Medizin, which earned admiration even among the professional community (it was included in the compulsory literature of medical universities in Japan). Meanwhile, he moved to Munich
, where he started to work as head of feuilleton department in a newspaper Echo der Woche. Menzel met there his future wife, illustrator Johanna Sengler, who gave him an idea to start writing books for children.
Since the early 60’s he published (some under the pseudonym Clemens Parma) number of books for the youngest readers – fairy tales, poems and legends, often from his native land. Märchenreise ins Sudetenland, Neue Rüberzahl-Geschichten or Schlesische Märchen. Most of his books for children were illustrated by his new wife – Pitt und das verzauberte Fahrrad, Zotti der Bär or Der fliegende Teppich. In 1963, Menzel won the 1st Prize in the best children's book competition, organized by the Federal Ministry for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims
, for his book Die Buben am Hammersee. Menzel also proved his creative talent in radio, television and theater. In 1950 he won, together with Josef Mühlberger, a competition of Adalbert Stifter
Association for the best drama. Menzel's theater play Rüberzahl, conducted by Schauspiel Studio Iserlohn, was played in 43 German cities.
Menzel’s memories had fully come to life in his work from 1970’s. First in his autobiography Liebe zu Böhmen
, and then in the Die Tannhofs trilogy (1974–1981), the highlight of his work. In these books Menzel describes abrupt changes of Central Europe
during the 20th century on the background of one family. He also fully confessed his admiration for the Austro-Hungarian Empire there. After completion of the trilogy in the early 1980s Menzel concluded his work with the sports topics again and wrote profiles of the leading German footballers: Die Großen des Sports: Toni Schumacher or Die Großen des Sports: Karl-Heinz Förster.
, Germany, aged 80.
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 and after his active career an author.
Birth
Roderich Menzel was born in ReichenbergLiberec
Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....
, an advanced industrial city of Austria-Hungary Empire. He lived with his parents and two brothers in a three-storey house in Römheldstraße 7 (Tatranská street these days). His father Ernst, who was born in the family of glassworks manager in the mountain village Wilhelmshöhe
Jizerka (Korenov)
Jizerka is part of municipality Kořenov in Jablonec nad Nisou District. The hamlet located in the Bohemian part of Jizera Mountains, on the border with Silesia, Poland....
, rose from a correspondent to the position of a partner of cable manufacturer Felten & Guilleaume’s North Bohemia
North Bohemia
North Bohemia , is a region in the north of the Czech Republic.- Location :North Bohemia roughly covers the present-day NUTS regional unit of CZ04 Severozápad and the western part of CZ05 Severovýchod....
office.
During his studies at a business high school he started to playing a football as a goalkeeper for RSK Reichenberg - at the age of 16 (1923) he joined the senior team. Looking back on his goalkeeper career Menzel often gave a good funny story about his great idol, goalkeeper of RSK Reichenberg, Ende. As is usual, home team goalkeeper’s name always appeared at the very end of both team rosters in the home programme but in this case people often thought that at that point the programme actually ends.
But as he was playing tennis at same level as a football, an important decision had to be made. He chose tennis and soon became a Czechoslovak junior champion (1925). Shortly before he had to cope with a large family tragedy, when his father died of a heart attack due to complicated double pneumonia.
Athletic career
In 1928, Menzel first qualified for the main WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
competition and also entered a Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
competition against Sweden in the same year. He immediately won his first two singles in his long successful Davis Cup career (61 wins/23 defeats), which in a history of the Czech (Czechoslovakian) Davis Cup team remains unsurpassed even to these days. Even Kodeš
Jan Kodeš
Jan Kodeš is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s.Kodeš's greatest success was on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final, and in 1971, defeating Ilie Năstase in the final...
nor Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...
weren’t better! Among his memorable Davis Cup performances belongs a couple of five sets battles against 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:...
, his great rival at the time.
Menzel also collected his trophies at other tournaments. In 1931, he won one of the most prestigious tournaments at the time, German Open Tennis Championships, over Gustav Jaenecke
Gustav Jaenecke
Gustav "Justav" Jaenecke was a German ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics, in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics, and tennis player who played in five International Lawn Tennis Challenge ties for Germany.He was born in Berlin, German Empire and died in...
and Monte-Carlo Masters just one year later, over George Rogers. Only few weeks later he achieved his big first Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
result when he made it to the French Open semifinals, where he lost to Giorgio de Stefani
Giorgio de Stefani
Giorgio de Stefani was a left-handed tennis player competing for Italy...
. His excellent form continued to remain as he won over von Cramm in semifinal and Jacques Brugnon
Jacques Brugnon
Jacques "Toto" Brugnon was a French tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.He was born in Paris and died in Paris....
in final of the Rot-Weiß Club
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club
The Lawn Tennis Turnier Club Rot-Weiß is a tennis club located in the Grunewald district of Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1897, and has been the venue of the German Open WTA Tour tournament since 1979. The club has 16 clay courts. A 7,000-seat stadium court was built in 1996, and was...
tournament in Berlin.
His stable form Menzel also confirmed one year later, in 1933, when he was playing quarterfinals at the French Open and Wimbledon. He reached the same result in 1934, tightly lost against von Cramm at the French Open and, in one of the most memorable matches of all time, to Fred Perry
Fred Perry
Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row...
at Wimbledon. Things got better at the Czechoslovakian International Championships (against von Cramm) and Egypt International (against Pat Hughes
Pat Hughes (tennis)
George Patrick Hughes was an English tennis player.Pat Hughes and Fred Perry won the doubles at Roland Garros in 1933 and in Kooyong in 1934. Hughes later teamed up with Raymond Tuckey. They won the doubles in Wimbledon in 1936...
), which he both won. What is more, he triumphed at the tournament in Cairo in following four years in a row!
There is no exception in 1935, when Menzel again finished his participation in Grand Slam tournaments in quarterfinals, at the US Open even in the 4th round. But at the same place he teamed up with Kay Stammers
Kay Stammers
Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home...
to be the Mixed Doubles runner-up, losing in the finals to Sarah Palfrey / Enrique Maier. A major achievement is the final at the Pacific Southwest Tournament
Los Angeles Open (tennis)
The Los Angeles Open and formerly known as the Countrywide Classic, Los Angeles Tennis Open, Pacific South West Open, and other sponsored names, is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Los Angeles, California, United States...
in Los Angeles same year, where he was beaten by Don Budge
Don Budge
John Donald Budge was an American tennis champion who was a World No. 1 player for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional...
. But it was for long time Menzel’s latest success. In 1936, he suffered couple of breakdowns which resulted in serious heart problems. For more than a year he was forced to say hello to the world of the white sport. He spent nearly one year in Bad Gräfenberg
Lázne Jeseník
Lázně Jeseník is a small village in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It is administratively part of the city of Jeseník ....
(Lázně Jeseník these days) where he received most of the treatments.
From today's perspective is certainly interesting to know how the Menzel's first symptoms of his health problems appear. First in quarterfinals of French Open 1935, when he played against Bunny Austin, No. 2-ranked player in the world that time. He already led 2-1 in sets and it seemed to him that he is already in semifinals. But then, while changing sides, he made a mistake and took a big thirsty sip from his opponent's glass. To his unpleasant surprise, there was a gin instead of water inside! Vision problems and hallucinations immediately followed and Menzel lost the match. He didn't pay too much attention to it until the Davis Cup final a few weeks later, when he played a crucial match of the whole series against von Cramm. A famous German already had two matchballs in the fourth set, but Menzel managed to avert the threat and won the set 7-5 and tied the match at 2-2. After Menzel won the first game of the fifth set and von Cramm continued to suffer, he received a strange offer at his home bench while changing sides. 'It will strengthen you' said President of the Czech Tennis Association and handed Menzel a glass of champagne! Menzel still managed to nearly win the second game of the fifth set, but once he started to see blurry sidelines, he knew that it's over. He lost the last set 1-6.
Menzel is back in 1937, but his early defeat at Wimbledon (1st round) suggests, that his comeback won’t be that easy. A much more better situation is in doubles, where he managed (with Ladislav Hecht
Ladislav Hecht
Ladislav Hecht was a Jewish professional tennis player, well known for representing Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup during the 1930s....
) to get in semifinals. Everything is forgiven one year later, when Menzel was the men’s singles runner-up at the French Open, losing in the final against Budge. His biggest success of all time is a little bit reduced by an absence of great players such as von Cramm or Perry.
In September 1938, on the basis of the Munich Agreement
Munich Agreement
The Munich Pact was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without...
, it’s decided that Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
had to leave a part of its territory (Sudetenland
Sudetenland
Sudetenland is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the northern, southwest and western regions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans, specifically the border areas of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia being within Czechoslovakia.The...
) to Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
. Menzel, who was born and spent his childhood in Reichenberg, now the capital of a new German state, became also a German citizen. In May 1939, only a few months later, he already played for his new homeland, Germany, in Davis Cup. After the outbreak of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Menzel started to work as a journalist in a foreign broadcast of Großdeutscher Rundfunk. Unlike his other colleagues in the team (Henner Henkel
Henner Henkel
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.- External links :* *...
was killed 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...
, von Cramm was wounded on the Eastern Front
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
) Menzel didn’t have to go to the front and spent the all war years in the relative safety in Berlin (he lived in the Bavarian Quarter, Güntzelstraße 4). After the war, Menzel tried to build on his pre-war tennis achievements, but with the exception of a few victories in tournaments of regional significance, dary=----WebKitFormBoundaryqxEKLareer comes to the end.
Roderich Menzel had at that time an unusually high figure (6 ft 3in), which him directly predetermined to a serve and volley
Serve and volley
Serve and volley is a style of play in tennis where the player serving moves quickly towards the net after hitting a serve. The server then attempts to hit a volley , as opposed to the baseline style, where the server would stay back following the serve and attempt to hit a groundstroke Serve and...
style of play. Notorious was also his fierce temper – he refused to play until the nearby bells will stop ringing or the child stops crying in the stands. Menzel also loved often to passionately „discuss“ with the judge and spectators. People at the stadium of the Italian tennis championships in Rome managed him go berserk to such an extent that he went off the court and never came back. Although Menzel failed to win any Grand Slam tournaments, his achievements in the Davis Cup and at the most prestigious international tournaments at that time ranks him among the world tennis elite of its time.
Travel
There was yet another addition to Menzel’s passions – travel. He was often, as he states, in a good mood, when he was eliminated from some tournament, because he had more time to explore the surrounding beauty. And when he saw something extraordinary, he often had to think about it during the next match.Africa certainly belonged among his favourite parts of the world. Not only because of his five consecutive wins in a row at International Championships in Cairo. It was particularly Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, when he felt like at home. Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, pyramids
Giza pyramid complex
The Giza Necropolis is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture known as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an...
, Alexandria
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
, Luxor
Luxor
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population numbers 487,896 , with an area of approximately . As the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", as the ruins of the temple...
, Nile, Assuan – all these places made every time a huge impression on him. He often also recalled the meeting with lot sof interesting people, such as Sheikh Mussa, King of snakes.
Menzel also visited Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
several times, sometimes with mixed feelings. It certainly had something to do with a conflict that happened during one double, when audience didn’t want to allow players to leave the court, even though it was a long dark. ‘Play on, we paid’ they shouted. Neither this conflict didn’t prevent Menzel from going all around over Australia and subsequently the entire Pacific
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....
region (Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
, Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
).
In the summer of 1935 Menzel came to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
– Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, elephants ride, expedition into the jungle, meeting with the Maharajah of Mysore. Especially the latter area charmed him quite a lot – “Mysore has two skies – one above me and the other beneath me!”. Menzel’s next steps led to Ceylon and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He visited Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
on the way back.
With tennis Menzel was able to travel all around the world. Completely different than we know it today, at the very end of so called colonial era. “Many things has changed since my travels,” writes Menzel in his autobiography Liebe zu Böhmen.
Literary career
Already when Roderich Menzel was at the peak of his athletic career, he contributed as a journalist to many newspapapers and magazines. His articles were not only about sport, he also wrote about numerous experiences from his travels around the world.Before World War II, Menzel mostly contributed to Prager Tagblatt
Prager Tagblatt
The Prager Tagblatt was a German language newspaper published in Prague from 1876 to 1939. It was considered to be the most influential liberal-democratic German newspaper in Bohemia. It stopped publication after the German invasion of Czechoslovakia...
, where his colleagues were such names as Egon Erwin Kisch or Max Brod
Max Brod
Max Brod was a German-speaking Czech Jewish, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is most famous as the friend and biographer of Franz Kafka...
. Menzel didn’t write only to the daily sports column, he also composed poems and It is definitely worth noting that Menzel alternated for two years with Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature...
and Karel Čapek
Karel Capek
Karel Čapek was Czech writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Born in 1890 in the Bohemian mountain village of Malé Svatoňovice to an overbearing, emotional mother and a distant yet adored father, Čapek was the youngest of three siblings...
in Saturday’s feuilleton column of Prager Tagblatt. Apart from this major Prague German newspaper Menzel also wrote to BZ am Mittag
B.Z. (newspaper)
B.Z. is a German tabloid newspaper, published in Berlin by Ullstein-Verlag, a subsidiary of Axel Springer AG. As of 2010, it has a circulation of around 200,000....
and Vossische Zeitung
Vossische Zeitung
The Vossische Zeitung was the well known liberal German newspaper that was published in Berlin . Its predecessor was founded in 1704...
. In 1931, he published his first sports novel Der weiße Weg, which was also published in Zurich daily Sport and came out in Czech translation under title Bílá cesta one year later. Soon followed by other titles, mostly from the tennis environment – Tennis… wie ich sehe!, Tennis-Parade or Geliebte Tennispartnerin. But he was able to fully focus on his writing passion to the end of his athletic career.
In his new home, Bavarian Landshut
Landshut
Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany, belonging to both Eastern and Southern Bavaria. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the...
, Menzel wrote books not only about his most favourite sports (tennis and football), but he also began to wonder about the other genres. Great success was the medical book Triumph der Medizin, which earned admiration even among the professional community (it was included in the compulsory literature of medical universities in Japan). Meanwhile, he moved to Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, where he started to work as head of feuilleton department in a newspaper Echo der Woche. Menzel met there his future wife, illustrator Johanna Sengler, who gave him an idea to start writing books for children.
Since the early 60’s he published (some under the pseudonym Clemens Parma) number of books for the youngest readers – fairy tales, poems and legends, often from his native land. Märchenreise ins Sudetenland, Neue Rüberzahl-Geschichten or Schlesische Märchen. Most of his books for children were illustrated by his new wife – Pitt und das verzauberte Fahrrad, Zotti der Bär or Der fliegende Teppich. In 1963, Menzel won the 1st Prize in the best children's book competition, organized by the Federal Ministry for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims
Federal Ministry for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims
The Federal Ministry for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims was part of the West German federal government from 1949 till 1969.Before the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany on the territory of the three western allied zones, the individual state governments were in charge of...
, for his book Die Buben am Hammersee. Menzel also proved his creative talent in radio, television and theater. In 1950 he won, together with Josef Mühlberger, a competition of Adalbert Stifter
Adalbert Stifter
Adalbert Stifter was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was especially notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing, and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, while almost entirely unknown to English readers.-Life:Born in Oberplan in Bohemia , he...
Association for the best drama. Menzel's theater play Rüberzahl, conducted by Schauspiel Studio Iserlohn, was played in 43 German cities.
Menzel’s memories had fully come to life in his work from 1970’s. First in his autobiography Liebe zu Böhmen
Liebe zu Böhmen
Liebe zu Böhmen is an autobiography of the interwar leading tennis player and late writer Roderich Menzel. He rememebers not only about his tennis experiences, but also about his childhood, traveling around the world and important events that have affected his personal life.In a first part of the...
, and then in the Die Tannhofs trilogy (1974–1981), the highlight of his work. In these books Menzel describes abrupt changes of Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
during the 20th century on the background of one family. He also fully confessed his admiration for the Austro-Hungarian Empire there. After completion of the trilogy in the early 1980s Menzel concluded his work with the sports topics again and wrote profiles of the leading German footballers: Die Großen des Sports: Toni Schumacher or Die Großen des Sports: Karl-Heinz Förster.
Novels
- Ein Mann, wie neugeboren (1942)
- Die Männer sind so wankelmütig (1958)
- Die Tannhoffs 1: Als Böhmen noch bei Österreich war (1974)
- Die Tannhoffs 2: Der Pulverturm (1977)
- Die Tannhoffs 3: Die Sieger (1981)
History books
- Wunder geschehen jeden Tag (1955)
- Ein Herz für das Volk (1956)
- Sie haben die Welt verzaubert (1967)
- Liebe zu BöhmenLiebe zu BöhmenLiebe zu Böhmen is an autobiography of the interwar leading tennis player and late writer Roderich Menzel. He rememebers not only about his tennis experiences, but also about his childhood, traveling around the world and important events that have affected his personal life.In a first part of the...
(1973)
Travel books
- Unglaublich, aber wahr! (1940)
- Abenteuer, Geheimnis und große Fahrt (1953)
- Ruhm war ihr Begleiter (1964)
- Adam schuf die Erde neu (1968)
Children’s books
- Vom Jungen, der die Zeit verstellte (1959)
- Tischlein deck dich, Esel streck dich, Knüppel aus dem Sack (1960)
- Abenteuer auf Sizilien (1960)
- Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (1961)
- Hänsel und Gretel (1961)
- Till Eulenspiegel (1962)
- Pitt und das verzauberte Fahrrad (1963)
- Im Land der Perlentaucher (1963)
- Der wandernde Schuh (1963)
- Ruhm war ihr Begleiter (1964)
- Das Wunderauto (1964)
- Geheimer Treffpunkt: Waldhütte (1964)
- Schneewittchen (1964)
- Wie Kasperle die Prinzessin bekam (1965)
- Wie Tom den Krieg abschaffte (1966)
- Leo der Löwe (1966)
- Kitti, das Kätzchen (1966)
- Juri das Zauberpony (1966)
- Zotti der Bär (1966)
- Mario und Grissi (1967)
- Märchenreise ins Sudetenland (1967)
- Der fliegende Teppich (1968)
- Thomas, grosser Fussballheld (1968)
- Peter und die Turmuhr (1968)
- Sabu spielt die Hirtenflöte (1968)
- Der Vogelkönig (1970)
- Stärker als 1000 Pferde (1972)
- Neue Rübezahl-Geschichten (1973)
- Lockende Ferne (1974)
- Geheimversteck Burgruine (1977)
- Den Schmugglern auf der Spur (1977)
- Österreichische Märchen (1978)
- Schlesische Märchen (1979)
- Wo die Kinder wohnen (1981)
- Tills abenteuerliche Ferien (1981)
- Zwei Junge Detektive (1982)
- Die schönsten Märchen (1987)
Sports books
- Tennis ... wie ich es sehe! (1932)
- Tennis-Parade (1937)
- Geliebte Tennispartnerin (1940)
- Weltmacht Tennis (1951)
- Deutsches Tennis (1955)
- Tennis für dich und mich (1957)
- Tennislehrgang (1963)
- Weltmeister auf dem Eis: Kilius/Bäumler (1963)
- Mein Fussball und ich (1964)
- Spiel, Kampf, Sieg (1965)
- Sportregeln, die jeder kennen sollte (1966)
- Meine Freunde, die Weltmeister (1966)
- Die besten elf Skiläufer (1972)
- Männer gegen Eis und Wüste (1974)
- Die besten elf Fussballstars (1974)
- Die besten elf Fussballer (1976)
- Die besten elf Tennismeister (1977)
- Die besten elf Torjäger (1977)
- Die besten Fussballstars (1980)
- Goldmann-Tennis-Lexikon (1980)
- Elf berühmte Fußballer (1980)
- Die neuen Fussballgrössen (1981)
- Elf berühmte Fussballer (1981)
- Fussball - Fussball: Spieler, Trainer, Meisterschaften (1982)
- Berühmte Fussballstars und ihre Trainer, Manager und Fans (1983)
- Die jungen Fussball-Löwen (1985)
- Von As bis Aus (1986)
Biographies
- Max Reinhardt (1959)
- Die Großen des Sports: Sepp Maier (1980)
- Die Großen des Sports: Luis Trenker (1982)
- Die Großen des Sports: Paul Breitner (1982)
- Die Großen des Sports: Toni Schumacher (1983)
- Die Großen des Sports: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1983)
- Die Großen des Sports: Karl-Heinz Förster (1983)
- Die Großen des Sports: Pierre Littbarski (1983)
- Die Großen des Sports: Reinhold Messner (1983)
- Reinhold Messner. Bergsteiger und Abenteurer (1987)
Medical books
- Triumph der Medizin (1950)
- Männer, die den Krebs bekämpfen (1953)
- Rettung für Millionen (1956)
Scientific books
- Die Herren von morgen (1963)
- Bis ans Ende der Welt (1971)
- 7 x 7 Weltwunder (1972)
Marriages
Roderich Menzel married:- Anna Maria ‘Bucky’ Rabl (1908–1953), an enthusiastic tennis player and downhill skier (she was born in InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
), often accompanied Menzel on his trips around the world. She later married Josef, Baron von Colloredo-Mansfeld. Her daughter, Kristina Colloredo-Mansfeld is the owner of the Opočno CastleOpocno CastleThe Opočno Castle is a complex of buildings in a renaissance style in the Town of Opočno it was already mentioned in 1068 and built on the location of a former gothic castle. Before Opocno was modified in the 19th century it belonged to the family Trčka from 1553 until 1634. In 1634 when Jan Rudolf...
in the Czech Republic. They divorced in 1937.
- Erika Franziska Josefa Wurdinger (1914), had a tragic personal experience with the expulsion of Germans from CzechoslovakiaExpulsion of Germans from CzechoslovakiaThe expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II was part of a series of evacuations and expulsions of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II....
after World War II – her father was murdered. They married on 18 January 1938 in Saaz an der Eger. They have two sons: Michael and Christian.
- Gerda ?. They have two daughters: Renate and Carola.
- Johanna Sengler (1924), an illustrator and graphic artist, exhibited her work worldwide (e.g. USA, Srí Lanka, Netherlands, Switzerland). In 1972, she founded an art school for children, later also for adult. They married on 12 December 1952 and divorced in 1970. They have one son: Peter.
Death
In spring 1983, Menzel was injured in an automobile accident from which he never fully recovered. He died on October 17, 1987 in hospital in Munich-PasingPasing
Pasing is a district in the city of Munich, Germany and part of the borough Pasing-Obermenzing.-Overview:Pasing is located west of the Munich city centre, at the north-western edge of the city's innermost traffic zone. The district is mainly residential; there is a large concentration of shops,...
, Germany, aged 80.
Singles: 1 (0-1)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1938 1938 French Championships (tennis) List of Champions of the 1938 French Championships :-Men's Singles: Donald J. Budge defeated Roderick Menzel 6-3 6-2 6-4-Women's Singles: Simone Mathieu defeated Nelly Adamson 6-0 6-3... |
French Championships | Clay (Red) |  Don BudgeDon Budge John Donald Budge was an American tennis champion who was a World No. 1 player for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional... |
6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
Mixed Doubles: 1 (0-1)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1935 | U.S. National Championships | Hard |  Kay StammersKay Stammers Katharine "Kay" Esther Stammers was a tennis player from the United Kingdom.-Career:Stammers was born in St Albans, United Kingdom where her parents taught her to play tennis on the grass court at their family home... |
 Sarah Palfrey Enrique Maier |
3-6, 6–3, 4–6 |
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A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF 1935 Australian Championships - Men's Singles Jack Crawford defeated Fred Perry 2–6 6–4 6–4 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1935 Australian Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below... |
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| French | A | 2R 1929 French Championships - Men's Singles René Lacoste defeated Jean Borotra 6-3 2-6 6-0 2-6 8-6 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1929 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
A | 4R 1931 French Championships - Men's Singles Jean Borotra defeated Christian Boussus 2-6 6-4 7-5 6-4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1931 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
SF 1932 French Championships - Men's Singles Henri Cochet defeated Giorgio de Stefani 6-0 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1932 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
QF 1933 French Championships - Men's Singles Jack Crawford defeated Henri Cochet 8-6 6-1 6-3 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1933 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
QF 1934 French Championships - Men's Singles Gottfried von Cramm defeated Jack Crawford 6-4 7-9 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1934 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
QF 1935 French Championships - Men's Singles Fred J. Perry defeated Gottfried von Cramm 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-3 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1935 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
A | A | F 1938 French Championships - Men's Singles Donald J. Budge defeated Roderich Menzel 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1938 French Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
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| Wimbledon | 1R 1928 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles René Lacoste defeated Henri Cochet 6–1 4–6 6–4 6–2 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
1R 1929 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Henri Cochet defeated Jean Borotra 6–4 6–3 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
2R 1930 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles William T. Tilden defeated Wilmer Allison 6-3 9-7 6-4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1930 Wimbledon Championships.-Seeds:... |
A | 4R 1932 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Ellsworth Vines defeated Bunny Austin 6–4 6–2 6–0 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1932 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below... |
QF 1933 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Jack Crawford defeated Ellsworth Vines 4–6 11–9 6–2 2–6 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1933 Wimbledon Championships.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below... |
3R 1934 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Fred Perry defeated Jack Crawford 6–3 6–0 7–5 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1934 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below... |
QF 1935 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Fred Perry defeated Gottfried von Cramm 6–2 6–4 6–4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1935 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below... |
A | 1R 1937 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Don Budge defeated Gottfried von Cramm 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
4R 1938 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Don Budge defeated Bunny Austin 6–1 6–0 6–3 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1938 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below... |
2R 1939 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Bobby Riggs defeated Elwood Cooke 2-6 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championships.-Final eight:... |
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A | A | A | A | A | A | 4R 1934 U.S. National Championships - Men's Singles Fred Perry defeated Wilmer Allison 6-4 6-3 3-6 1-6 8-6 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1934 U.S. National Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
4R 1935 U.S. National Championships - Men's Singles Wilmer Allison defeated Sidney Wood 6-2 6-2 6-3 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1935 U.S. National Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
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Career finals
| Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 20 May 1929 | Rot Weiss Club, Berlin | clay |  Henri CochetHenri Cochet Henri Jean Cochet was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.... |
11-9, 3-6, 1-6, 1-6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 9 September 1929 | Hungarian Championships, Budapest |  Béla von KehrlingBéla von Kehrling Béla von Kehrling was a Hungarian tennis, table tennis, and football player but eventually a winter sportsman familiar with ice-hockey and occasionally competing in bobsleigh.... |
7-5, 4-6, 6-3 ned. | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 13 July 1930 | Netherlands Championships, Noordwijk | Bill Tilden Bill Tilden William Tatem Tilden II , nicknamed "Big Bill," is often considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. An American tennis player who was the World No. 1 player for seven years, he won 14 Majors including ten Grand Slams and four Pro Slams. Bill Tilden dominated the world of... |
6-8, 8-6, 3-6, 4-6 | |
| Runner-up | 4. | 10 May 1931 | Austrian Championships, Vienna | Henri Cochet Henri Cochet Henri Jean Cochet was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.... |
6-4, 1-6, 1-6, 4-6 | |
| Winner | 1. | 9 August 1931 | German International Championships, Hamburg | clay |  Gustav JaeneckeGustav Jaenecke Gustav "Justav" Jaenecke was a German ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics, in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics, and tennis player who played in five International Lawn Tennis Challenge ties for Germany.He was born in Berlin, German Empire and died in... |
6-2, 6-2, 6-1 |
| Winner | 2. | 28 February 1932 | Monte Carlo Masters | clay |  George Rogers |
6-4, 7-5, 6-2 |
| Winner | 3. | 15 May 1932 | Rot Weiss Club, Berlin | clay | Jacques Brugnon Jacques Brugnon Jacques "Toto" Brugnon was a French tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.He was born in Paris and died in Paris.... |
6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 14 August 1932 | German International Championships, Hamburg | 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:... |
6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 3-6 | |
| Runner-up | 6. | 1933 | Rot Weiss Club, Berlin | 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:... |
6-2, 1-6, 13-15 | |
| Winner | 4. | 20 May 1933 | Czechoslovakian International Championships |  Ladislav HechtLadislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht was a Jewish professional tennis player, well known for representing Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup during the 1930s.... |
6-3, 6-2, 6-1 | |
| Runner-up | 7. | 13 August 1933 | German International Championships, Hamburg | clay | 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:... |
5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 |
| Winner | 5. | 3 September 1933 | Yugoslavian Championships, Zagreb |  Umberto De MorpurgoUmberto De Morpurgo Baron Umberto Louis De Morpurgo was a male tennis player from Italy.De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. He was ranked in the World’s Top 10 1928-30 —- 9th in 1928, 10th in 1929, and 8th in 1930... |
6-4, 6-1, 6-1 | |
| Winner | 6. | 10 September 1933 | Hungarian Championships | Emil Gabori |
6-2, 6-0, 6-1 | |
| Winner | 7. | 18 March 1934 | Egypt International Tournament | Pat Hughes Pat Hughes (tennis) George Patrick Hughes was an English tennis player.Pat Hughes and Fred Perry won the doubles at Roland Garros in 1933 and in Kooyong in 1934. Hughes later teamed up with Raymond Tuckey. They won the doubles in Wimbledon in 1936... |
6-3, 6-4 | |
| Winner | 8. | 6 May 1934 | Czechoslovakian International Championships | 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:... |
3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 | |
| Winner | 9. | 1935 | Cairo Championships |  Adam Bawarowski |
7-5, 5-7, 6-2 | |
| Winner | 10. | 31 March 1935 | Egypt International Tournament | Herman Artens |
6-4, 6-0, 6-0 | |
| Winner | 11. | 1935 | Czechoslovakian International Championships | Giovanni Palmieri |
6:2, 6:1, 6:1 | |
| Runner-up | 8. | 20 September 1935 | Pacific Southwest Tournament, Los Angeles | Don Budge Don Budge John Donald Budge was an American tennis champion who was a World No. 1 player for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional... |
6-1, 9-11, 3-6 w.o. | |
| Runner-up | 9. | 17 November 1935 | Japan International Championships, Osaka |  Jiro Yamagishi |
5-7, 2-6, 1-6 | |
| Runner-up | 10. | 12 June 1938 | French Open | clay | Don Budge Don Budge John Donald Budge was an American tennis champion who was a World No. 1 player for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional... |
3-6, 2-6, 4-6 |
| Winner | 12. | 1938 | Egypt International Tournament |  Franjo PunčecFranjo Punčec Franjo Punčec was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946... |
6-4, 6-2 | |
| Runner-up | 11. | 1939 | French Covered Courts Championships | Pierre Pellizza |
6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 1-6 | |
| Runner-up | 12. | 1939 | German International Championships, Hamburg | clay | Henner Henkel Henner Henkel 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.- External links :* *... |
6-4, 4-6, 0-6, 1-6 |
For Czechoslovakia
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| Round | Date | Opponents | Final match score | Venue | Surface | Match | Opponent | Rubber score |
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| 2R | 17–19 May 1928 | 4–1 | Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... |
clay | Singles 2 | Sune Malmstroem | 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 (W) | |
| Singles 4 | Ingvar Garell | 6-2, 6-0, 5-7, 8-6 (W) | ||||||
| SF | 22–24 June 1928 | 3-2 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Doubles (with Jan Koželuh Jan Koželuh Jan Koželuh was a Czech tennis player of the 1920s, not to be confused with his older brother Karel Koželuh , a player of the same era... ) |
Hendrik Timmer / Christiaan van Lennep | 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 4-6(L) | |
| 1R | 26–28 April 1929 | 3-2 | Wien Wien Wien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria.* Wien , in Vienna, Austria* Theater an der Wien, a theater in Vienna located at the former river WienWien may also refer to:... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Herman von Artens | 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 (W) | |
| Singles 4 | Franz-Wilhelm Matejka | 8-10, 3-6, 1-6 (L) | ||||||
| 2R | 10–12 May 1929 | 3-0 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Andre La Croix | 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 (W) | |
| Singles 5 | Andre Ewbank | NP (N) | ||||||
| QF | 5–7 June 1929 | 4-1 | Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Povl Henriksen | 9-7, 6-2, 6-3 (W) | |
| Singles 4 | Einer Ulrich | 7-5, 7-5, 6-2 (W) | ||||||
| SF | 19–21 June 1929 | 1-4 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Heinz Landmann | 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 0-6, 6-4 (W) | |
| Singles 4 | Hans Moldenhauer | 4-6, 6-8, 4-6 (L) | ||||||
| 2R | 16–18 May 1930 | 3-2 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Erik Worm | 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Friedrich Rohrer) | Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm | 3-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 7-9 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Einer Ulrich | 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| QF | 30 May–1 June 1930 | 3-2 | Scheveningen | clay | Singles 2 | Arthur Diemer-Kool | 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Jan Kozeluh Jan Koželuh Jan Koželuh was a Czech tennis player of the 1920s, not to be confused with his older brother Karel Koželuh , a player of the same era... ) |
Arthur Diemer-Kool/Hendrik Timmer | 7-9, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Hendrik Timmer | 6-8, 0-6, 6-4, 5-7 (L) | ||||||
| SF | 14–16 June 1930 | 2-3 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Takeichi Harada | 9-11, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Jan Kozeluh Jan Koželuh Jan Koželuh was a Czech tennis player of the 1920s, not to be confused with his older brother Karel Koželuh , a player of the same era... ) |
Tamino Abe / Takeichi Harada | 6-1, 5-7, 6-8, 7-9 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 5 | Yoshiro Ota | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 (W) | ||||||
| 1R | 1–3 May 1931 | 3-2 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Enrique Maier | 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Friedrich Rohrer) | Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga / Enrique Maier | 1-6, 7-9, 1-6 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 5 | Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga | 6-8, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 (W) | ||||||
| 2R | 15–17 May 1931 | 4-1 | Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Augustos Zerlendis | 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Marsalek) | Max Balli / Georgios Nikolaides | 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 5 | Orestis Garangiotis | 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| QF | 4–6 June 1931 | 3-0 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Umberto de Morpurgo Umberto De Morpurgo Baron Umberto Louis De Morpurgo was a male tennis player from Italy.De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. He was ranked in the World’s Top 10 1928-30 —- 9th in 1928, 10th in 1929, and 8th in 1930... |
6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Marsalek) | Umberto de Morpurgo Umberto De Morpurgo Baron Umberto Louis De Morpurgo was a male tennis player from Italy.De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. He was ranked in the World’s Top 10 1928-30 —- 9th in 1928, 10th in 1929, and 8th in 1930... / Alberto del Bono |
6-3, 6-4, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Giorgio de Stefani Giorgio de Stefani Giorgio de Stefani was a left-handed tennis player competing for Italy... |
NP (N) | ||||||
| SF | 16–18 June 1931 | 5-0 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Einer Ulrich | 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Marsalek) | Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm | 9-7, 1-6, 6-3, 6-0 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Erik Worm | 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| F | 9–11 July 1931 | 1-4 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
clay | Singles 1 | Bunny Austin | 6-3, 2-6, 8-6, 3-6, 3-6 (L) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Maršálek) | Patrick Hughes / Fred Perry Fred Perry Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row... |
4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 5 | Fred Perry Fred Perry Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row... |
5-7, 3-6, 5-7 (L) | ||||||
| 1R | 6–8 May 1932 | 2-3 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Franz-Wilhelm Matejka | 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6 (L) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Marsalek) | Herbert Kinzl / Herman von Artens | 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Herman von Artens | 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 (W) | ||||||
| 2R | 12–14 May 1933 | 5-0 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Vladimir Landau | 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Maršálek) | Rene Gallepe / Vladimir Landau | 6-1, 6-4, 8-6 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 5 | Rene Gallepe | 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| QF | 8–10 June 1933 | 5-0 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Lazaros Stalios | 6-2, 6-4, 9-7 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Maršálek) | Georgios Nikolaides / Stefanos Xydis | 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 5 | Georgios Nikolaides | 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 (W) | ||||||
| SF | 17–20 June 1933 | 0-5 | Devonshire Park, Eastbourne Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club The Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club is a tennis complex in Eastbourne, United Kingdom. The complex is the host of the annual WTA Tour stop, the AEGON International. The stadium court has a capacity of 8,000 people.-External links:*... |
grass | Singles 1 | Fred Perry Fred Perry Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row... |
1-6, 4-6, 3-6 (L) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Maršálek) | Patrick Hughes / Fred Perry Fred Perry Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row... |
|3-6, 4-6, 4-6 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 5 | Bunny Austin | 6-3, 7-9, 0-6, 1-6 (L) | ||||||
| QF | 7–9 June 1934 | 4-1 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Eskell Andrews | 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht was a Jewish professional tennis player, well known for representing Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup during the 1930s.... ) |
Cam Malfroy Cam Malfroy Camille Enright Malfroy was a prominent New Zealand tennis player of the 1930s and 40s, competing in numerous grand slam championships of the era. He was also a well known pilot and attested an ace pilot during World War II.... / Alan Stedman |
5-7, 4-6, 5-7 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 5 | Cam Malfroy Cam Malfroy Camille Enright Malfroy was a prominent New Zealand tennis player of the 1930s and 40s, competing in numerous grand slam championships of the era. He was also a well known pilot and attested an ace pilot during World War II.... |
6-2, 6-0, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| SF | 15–17 June 1934 | 3-2 | Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... |
clay | Singles 2 | Augusto Rado | 6-1, 6-2, 10-8 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Maršálek) | Ferruccio Quintavalle / Augusto Rado | 6-8, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Giorgio de Stefani Giorgio de Stefani Giorgio de Stefani was a left-handed tennis player competing for Italy... |
6-0, 5-7, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6 (L) | ||||||
| F | 13–15 July 1934 | 2-3 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
clay | Singles 1 | Vivian McGrath Vivian McGrath Vivian Erzerum Bede "Viv" McGrath was an Australian tennis champion of the 1930s. Along with John Bromwich, he was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand. His name was pronounced "McGraw".... |
10-8, 6-2, 8-6 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht was a Jewish professional tennis player, well known for representing Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup during the 1930s.... ) |
Jack Crawford / Adrian Quist Adrian Quist Adrian Karl Quist was an Australian male tennis player.-Biography:Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, however he lost, only because he gave Hopman a head start... |
4-6, 3-6, 4-6 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Jack Crawford | 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 8-6 (W) | ||||||
| 1R | 10–12 May 1935 | 4-1 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
clay | Singles 1 | Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946... |
6-3, 6-1, 6-1 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht was a Jewish professional tennis player, well known for representing Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup during the 1930s.... ) |
Franjo Kukuljević Franjo Kukuljević Franjo Kukuljević was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge from 1930 to 1939.... / Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946... |
4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 8-6, 6-2 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Josip Palada Josip Palada Josip Palada was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1956. His greatest success was reaching semifinals of the French Open in 1938 where he lost against American Donald J... |
6-0, 6-1, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| QF | 7–9 June 1935 | 4-1 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Hideo Nishimura | 6-2, 6-3, 8-6 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Maršálek) | Hideo Nishimura / Jiro Yamagishi | 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| SF | 7–9 June 1935 | 5-0 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Norman Farquharson | 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Maršálek) | Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby | 9-11, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| F | 12–14 July 1935 | 1-4 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
clay | Singles 1 | Henner Henkel Henner Henkel 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.- External links :* *... |
7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-4 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ferenc Maršálek) | Kai Lund / 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:... |
3-6, 7-9, 4-6 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | 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:... |
2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6 (L) | ||||||
| 2R | 15–17 May 1937 | 5-0 | Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Kazimierz Tarlowski | 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 (W) | |
| Singles 4 | Jozef Hebda | 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 (W) | ||||||
| QF | 5–7 June 1937 | 4-1 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
clay | Singles 1 | Christian Boussus Christian Boussus Christian Boussus was a French tennis player .He was on the victorious French team at the Davis Cup four times, in 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932, although he never played... |
6-2, 6-3, 6-4 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht was a Jewish professional tennis player, well known for representing Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup during the 1930s.... ) |
Jean Borotra Jean Borotra Jean Robert Borotra was a French champion tennis player. He was one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.-Career:... / Yvon Petra Yvon Petra Yvon Petra was a French male tennis player. He was born in Cholon, Vietnam. He is best remembered as the last Frenchman to win the Wimbledon championships men's singles title in 1946, beating Geoff Brown in five sets in the final... |
3-6, 6-2, 2-6, 3-6 (L) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Bernard Destremau Bernard Destremau Bernard Destremau was a top-level French tennis player, diplomat and politician.A precocious French junior champion, Destremau later won several major tournaments including the 1941 and the 1942 French Championships, which was at the time restricted to players either from countries under German... |
6-0, 6-3, 6-4 (W) | ||||||
| SF | 12–14 June 1937 | 4-1 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Josip Palada Josip Palada Josip Palada was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1956. His greatest success was reaching semifinals of the French Open in 1938 where he lost against American Donald J... |
6-2, 6-1, 6-0 (W) | |
| Doubles (with Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht Ladislav Hecht was a Jewish professional tennis player, well known for representing Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup during the 1930s.... ) |
Josip Palada Josip Palada Josip Palada was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1956. His greatest success was reaching semifinals of the French Open in 1938 where he lost against American Donald J... / Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946... |
2-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-9, 6-1 (W) | ||||||
| F | 10–12 July 1937 | 1-4 | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
N/A | Singles 2 | 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:... |
6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 2-6 (L) | |
| 1R | 29 April–1 May 1938 | 2-3 | Zagreb Zagreb Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city... |
N/A | Singles 2 | Josip Palada Josip Palada Josip Palada was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1956. His greatest success was reaching semifinals of the French Open in 1938 where he lost against American Donald J... |
6-2, 6-2, 6-1 (W) | |
| Doubles (with František Cejnar) | Dragutin Mitić Dragutin Mitić Dragutin Mitić was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslav team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1936 to 1951. Mitić defected to the West with Milan Branović while competing at the 1952 Italian Open.-References:... / Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946... |
11-9, 3-6, 9-7, 6-2 (W) | ||||||
| Singles 4 | Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946... |
6-3, 1-6, 1-6, 2-6 (L) | ||||||
For Germany
| Europe Zone | ||||||||
| Round | Date | Opponents | Final match score | Venue | Surface | Match | Opponent | Rubber score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1R | 5–7 May 1939 | 5-0 | Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... |
clay | Singles 1 | Boris Maneff | 6-8, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 (W) | |
| Singles 5 | Jost Spitzer | 8-6, 6-4, 6-3 (W) | ||||||
| 2R | 19–21 May 1939 | 3-2 | Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... |
N/A | Singles 1 | Adam Baworowski | 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4 (W) | |
| Singles 4 | Ignacy Tloczynski | 6-2, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 7-9 (L) | ||||||
| QF | 27–29 May 1939 | 4-1 | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
clay | Singles 1 | Morgan Hultman | 6-0, 6-2, 6-1 (W) | |
| Singles 4 | Karl Schroeder Karl Schroeder Karl Schroeder is an award-winning Canadian science fiction author. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality and interstellar travel, and have a deeply philosophical streak... |
2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 (W) | ||||||
| SF | 3–5 June 1939 | 5-0 | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
clay | Singles 1 | Charles Hare | 6-0, 6-1 RET (W) | |
| Singles 4 | Ronald Shayes | 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 (W) | ||||||
| F | 28–30 July 1939 | 2-3 | Zagreb Zagreb Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city... |
N/A | Doubles (with Henner Henkel Henner Henkel 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.- External links :* *... ) |
Franjo Kukuljević Franjo Kukuljević Franjo Kukuljević was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge from 1930 to 1939.... / Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1946... |
9-7, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 (W) | |