Thilde Dietz
Thilde Dietz , née Hamel (born October 13, 1915 in Hanau ; † March 10, 1996 ) was a German tennis player . With her good volleyball she was particularly successful in the doubles competitions.
At the age of 13 she started playing tennis at the 1st Hanauer THC . In 1936 she moved to TC Blau-Weiss Berlin . In Berlin she worked as an office clerk . In 1937 she won the women's doubles with Utti Heidtmann as part of the National German Championships . In 1939 she won both double titles at the International German Indoor Tennis Championships in Bremen with the American Gracyn Wheeler and Werner Beuthner . In the same year she married Theo Dietz and moved to Hamburg, where she joined the clipper THC . That year she also took part in the tournament at Wimbledonpart. In 1942 she became national German champion with Kurt Egert from Innsbruck . In 1948 she and Utti Heidtmann won the title at the International Tennis Championships in Germany . In 1950 she won the mixed competition there with the Australian Bill Sidwell . She also played in the first women's hockey team at Klipper . After her tournament career, she was a long-time trainer of the first Klipper women's tennis team and a women's consultant for the Hamburg Tennis Association .
She was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg.
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- Introduction of Thilde Hamel in Der Tennissport , born 1939, p. 20
- Klipper mourns Thilde Dietz , obituary in Klipper magazine, March 1/1996 issue
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| SURNAME | Dietz, Thilde |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamel, Thilde (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1996 |