International tennis championships of Germany 1955
◄ International Tennis Championships of Germany ►
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| date | July 30 - August 7, 1955 |
| venue |
Hamburg BR Germany
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| First run | 1892 |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | sand |
| Defending champion | |
| Men's singles |
 Budge Patty
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| Ladies singles |
 Joy Mottram
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| Men's doubles |
Gottfried von Cramm Budge Patty
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| Ladies doubles |
Joy Mottram Erika Vollmer
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| Mixed |
Erika Vollmer Hugh Stewart
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| Title holder | |
| Men's singles |
Kind Larsen
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| Ladies singles |
 Beryl Penrose
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| Men's doubles |
Gottfried von Cramm Budge Patty
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| Ladies doubles |
Mary Carter Beryl Penrose
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| Mixed |
Erika Vollmer Hugh Stewart
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The 49th International Tennis Championships in Germany took place from July 30th to August 7th 1955 on the Rothenbaum in Hamburg .
The mixed doubles Erika Vollmer / Hugh Stewart and the men's doubles Gottfried von Cramm / Budge Patty successfully defended their titles. For the 48-year-old von Cramm, this 14th title win in Hamburg was the last appearance at a major tournament. In the men's singles, the defending champion Patty lost in the semi-finals against Poland's Władysław Skonecki . The other semi-final, won by the American Art Larsen against Jaroslav Drobný , was considered to be the best game played in Hamburg after the Second World War. Larsen then also won the final in his only participation in Hamburg.
In the women's category, the Australian Beryl Penrose , who last competed in Hamburg in 1952 , won both singles and doubles alongside her compatriot Mary Carter .
Results
Men's singles
| final | |||||||
| Kind Larsen
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3 | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | ||
.svg){kind=small} Wladyslaw Skonecki
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6th | 3 | 5 | 8th | 3 | ||
Ladies singles
| final | |||||
| Beryl Penrose
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6th | 6th | |||
| Erika Vollmer
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4th | 4th | |||
Men's doubles
| final | |||||||
| Gottfried von Cramm Budge Patty
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6th | 7th | 6th | 9 | |||
Adrian Quist Russell Seymour.svg){kind=small}
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1 | 9 | 4th | 7th | |||
Ladies doubles
| final | |||||
| Mary Carter Beryl Penrose
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6th | 8th | |||
| Thilde Dietz Erika Vollmer
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2 | 6th | |||
Mixed
| final | |||||
| Erika Vollmer Hugh Stewart
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6th | 6th | |||
| Mary Carter Adrian Quist
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4th | 3 | |||
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- Hamburger Abendblatt , issues from July 29 to August 8, 1955, available in the online archive at http://www.abendblatt.de (subject to a charge)
- Tennis, official organ of the German Tennis Federation , year 9, issue 15 (August 1st 1955 issue)