Arthur Zborzil
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| silver | 1912 Stockholm | Double (lawn) |
Arthur Zborzil (born July 15, 1885 in Vienna , † October 15, 1937 ) was an Austrian tennis player.
Zborzil entered the Olympic Games in 1908 in singles and doubles. In the singles he lost in the first round. He was registered in doubles together with Felix Pipes and had a bye in the first two laps. It wasn't until the quarterfinals that the two had to compete for the first time and lost to the later Olympic runners-up James Parke and Josiah Ritchie from the United Kingdom.
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm Zborzil won the first three rounds in the individual. In the quarterfinals he was eliminated by Oscar Kreuzer . In doubles he reached the final with Pipes, where the two lost against the South Africans Charles Winslow and Harold Kitson on grass in four sets with 6: 4, 1: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6. The silver medal from Pipes and Zborzil is the only Olympic tennis medal for Austria to this day.
Arthur Zborzil started for the Vienna AC and was an active member of the Austrian Tennis Association (ÖTV) founded in 1902 .
Web links
- Arthur Zborzil in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- 100 years of ÖTV
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| SURNAME | Zborzil, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1937 |