German Pro Championships

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tennis German Pro Championships
venue Berlin
First run 1911
Last event 1952
Game surface sand
Was standing:

The German Pro Championships were one of the most important tournaments in professional tennis before the Open Era . There were similar tournaments in other countries and also the World Pro Championships . Initially, the tournaments took place mainly on hard courts, but there were already on 4th – 6th. October 1912 an indoor tournament in Bremen . After 1945 the events ran under the title German International (1951) and Berlin Pro Championships (1952). At the end of the 1970s there were follow-up events and a. with the WTA Berlin .

Men's singles

year winner opponent
1911 Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Karel Koželuh Russian Empire 1883Russian Empire Roman Najuch
1912 German EmpireThe German Imperium Willi Hannemann unknown
1928 German EmpireGerman Empire Roman Najuch Hermann Bartelt
1929 German EmpireGerman Empire Roman Najuch Hermann Bartelt
1930 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Martin Plaa German EmpireGerman Empire Hans Nüsslein
1931 German EmpireGerman Empire Hans Nüsslein German EmpireGerman Empire Roman Najuch
1932 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Martin Plaa United States 48United States Bill Tilden
1933 Nazi stateNazi state Hans Nüsslein United States 48United States Bill Tilden
1934 Nazi stateNazi state Hans Nüsslein Third French RepublicThird French Republic Robert Ramillon
1935 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Hans Nüsslein German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) E. Goritschnig
1936 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Hans Nüsslein Third French RepublicThird French Republic Robert Ramillon
1937 United States 48United States Bill Tilden German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Hans Nüsslein
1938 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Hans Nüsslein Third French RepublicThird French Republic Robert Ramillon
1939 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Hans Nüsslein unknown
1951 EcuadorEcuador Pancho Segura United States 48United States Carl Earn
1952 United States 48United States Pancho Gonzales United States 48United States Don Budge

See also

literature

Reiner Deike: The ostracized world champion. In: Deutscher Tennis Bund (Ed.): Tennis in Germany. From the beginning to 2002. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-428-10846-9 , pp. 103-104 (about Hans Nüsslein).

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c Hans Nüsslein . International Tennis Hall of Fame Museum. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  2. ^ Karoly Mazak: The Concise History of Tennis | The complete tennis history from 1877 , 6th edition, eBook, 2010, pp. 60f. (Accessed October 23, 2016).
  3. ↑ Karel Koželuh . International Tennis Hall of Fame Museum. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Compilation from tennis magazines (Lawn Tennis and Badminton in the Wimbledon library)
  5. ↑ a b also World Pro Championship
  6. ↑ Round Robin : Tilden won by one point
  7. ↑ Round Robin