Orange-Weiß tennis club in Friedrichshagen
| TC Orange-White Friedrichshagen eV | |
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| Founding: | 1908 |
| Club colors: | Orange-white |
| Contact: | TC Orange-Weiß Friedrichshagen eV Behind the Kurpark 28 12587 Berlin |
| Website: | http://www.tcow-friedrichshagen.de/ |
| Board: | Olaf Zachrau, Christian Müller, Michael Buchmann |
| Number of places: | Total: 10 outdoor courts: 8 (clay) indoor courts: 2 |
| Members: | 450
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The tennis club "Orange-Weiß" Friedrichshagen eV in Berlin-Friedrichshagen is the largest tennis club in East Berlin.
Club history
The tennis club was founded in 1908 in the Hirschgarten residential area in Friedrichshagen . In 1913, the first three tennis courts were built in the Kurpark in Friedrichshagen, which was created in 1880. The construction of a club house and five more tennis courts followed later.
The facility in Hirschgarten was completely destroyed in the Second World War. The spa park with its tennis courts, on the other hand, survived the Second World War without major devastation, and so, after some repairs, the first Berlin tennis tournament, the "Tournament of the East", was able to take place in September 1946. The title referred to the geographic location of the region within Berlin. In 1948 a decree was issued to convert the natural theater built in the spa gardens in the 1930s into a tennis stadium, called "Frista" (Friedrichshagen Stadium). In the mid-1950s, the name of the tournament was changed to "International Tournament". Now the elite of tennis players from the Eastern Bloc entered Friedrichshagen . The tournament established itself as a permanent event within the sporting scene in the former GDR . In addition to this annual sporting event, GDR championships were held.
After the opening of the inner-German border, the tournament in Friedrichshagen was discontinued because it was no longer attractive for many players because of the possibility of competing for high prize money in the West. There was a lack of financial support as there were initially no sponsors, but that changed afterwards. From August 5th to 7th, 2000, a one-time ATP tournament called the “Berlin Open” took place. It was a "future". 32 participants each in singles and doubles competed for a total of 15,000 US dollars in prize money. In the years to come, the old tradition was revived. In the meantime, a national tournament with DTB rankings takes place every year at the end of July , the “Friedrichshagen Open” in Berlin.
Current situation
On June 24, 2008 the tennis club celebrated its centenary. Also in 2008, a national youth tournament took place for the first time in the Friedrichshagener Club, in which over one hundred players from all over Germany took part. This club's youth tournament will also be held annually in the future. In October 2008, Günther Bosch , the coach who made Boris Becker the Wimbledon winner, began his work as a trainer and coach at the Orange-Weiß Friedrichshagen tennis club. He currently trains two juniors and the club's 1st men's team.
Well-known players of the club
- Helga Magdeburg (later Taterczynski ) - multiple GDR champion
- Jürgen Taterczynski - GDR champion doubles
- Bernd Heinen - Berlin master
- Ullrich Trettin - multiple GDR champion
- Christine Schulz (later Marquardt ) - GDR champion
- Eva Roczavölyi (later Radnai) - Fed Cup player, Vice World Champion women 40
- Yuri Shchukin - Davis Cup player
- Elisa Peth - Bundesliga player & 2-time Berlin champion (TC Rot-Weiss Wahlstedt)