Richard Schlesinger (tennis player)

Richard Schlesinger

Nation:

Australia

Birthday:

September 23, 1900

Resignation:

1933

singles

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	F (1924, 1929)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	2R (1924)

Double

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	HF (1926, 1927, 1929)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	F (1925)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Richard Emil "Bob" Schlesinger (born September 23, 1900 in Melbourne ; † unknown) was an Australian tennis player . His greatest successes were the finals in 1924 and 1929 in singles and in 1925 in mixed at the tournament known today as the Australian Open .

Career

Between 1924 and 1933 Schlesinger took part in the Australasian championships (until 1926) and Australian championships (from 1927). In singles he reached the finals in 1924 and 1929 and was eliminated in the semifinals in 1925, 1926 and 1928. His greatest successes in doubles were the semi-finals in 1926, 1927 and 1929; in the mixed competition he reached the finals in 1925 with his partner Sylvia Lance Harper . In addition, Schlesinger took part in 1923 and 1924 in the individual competition of the US National Championships , where he did not get beyond the round of the last 64.

In July 1923 Schlesinger played a match for the Australian Davis Cup team , which he lost to the Hawaiian William Eklund .

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

The number of laps is given.

singles

competition	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933
Australian Open	-	F.	HF	HF	VF	HF	F.	VF	-	-	-
US Open	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Double

competition	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933
Australian Open	-	1	VF	HF	HF	1	HF	VF	-	-	VF

Schlesinger's twin partners were L. Rainey (1924), K. Poulton (1925), Rupert Wertheim (1926, 1928, 1929), the Frenchman Leonce Aslangul (1927) and John Clemenger (1930, 1933).

Mixed

competition	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933
Australian Open	-	1	F.	VF	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

Schlesinger's mixed partners were J. Hope (1924), Sylvia Lance Harper (1925), Katherine Le Mesurier (1926) and Meryl O'Hara Wood (1933).

successes

Individual finals

No.	year	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1924	Australia Australian Open	race	Australia James Anderson	3: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5, 3: 6
2.	1929	Australia Australian Open	race	United Kingdom Colin Gregory	2: 6, 2: 6, 7: 5, 5: 7

Finals in mixed

No.	year	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1925	Australia Australian Open	race	Australia Sylvia Lance Harper	Australia Daphne Akhurst James Willard Australia	4: 6, 4: 6

Web links

ITF profile of Richard Schlesinger (English)
Davis Cup statistics from Richard Schlesinger (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Privilege in Tennis and Lawn Tennis: The Geelong and Royal South Yarra Examples But Not Forgetting the Story of the Farmer's Wrist (PDF; 117 kB), in: la84foundation.org , accessed on April 4, 2013.

personal data
SURNAME	Schlesinger, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schlesinger, Richard Emil; Schlesinger, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	September 23, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melbourne , Australia
DATE OF DEATH	20th century

[1] Privilege in Tennis and Lawn Tennis: The Geelong and Royal South Yarra Examples But Not Forgetting the Story of the Farmer's Wrist (PDF; 117 kB), in: la84foundation.org , accessed on April 4, 2013.