Umberto De Morpurgo
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Baron Umberto Louis De Morpurgo (born January 12, 1896 in Trieste , † February 26, 1961 in Geneva ) was an Italian tennis player . It comes from the Morpurgo banking dynasty .
De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria-Hungary . After the First World War , however, this fell to Italy, so that he played under the Italian flag throughout his life.
He took part in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris , where he won bronze in the individual competition. In his last game he defeated the Frenchman Jean Borotra , the reigning Wimbledon winner at the time . In 1925 he stood at the side of Elizabeth Ryan in the mixed final of Wimbledon, but they lost 3-6, 3-6 to Jean Borotra and Suzanne Lenglen . De Morpurgo was Italian number one in 1927 and from 1929 to 1931. In 1929 he was awarded the title of Italian tennis ambassador by Benito Mussolini . In the same year he took part in the Monte Carlo Masters and immediately reached the final. Against Henri Cochet , however, he clearly lost 6: 8, 4: 6, 4: 6. In 1930 De Morpurgo took part in the first edition of today's master’s tournament in Rome , which initially took place in Milan . In both singles and doubles he reached the final, but suffered a defeat each. In the singles he was defeated by Bill Tilden with 1: 6, 1: 6, 2: 6, while in doubles on the side of Placido Gaslini he was also defeated by Tilden and his partner Wilbur Coen with 0: 6, 3: 6, 3: 6 .
Between 1923 and 1933 De Morpurgo played 28 games for the Italian Davis Cup team . He won 39 of his 53 singles games and 16 of his 26 doubles games. During this time he won the European zone twice with the team in 1928 and 1930 . In the intercontinental playoffs that followed, Italy lost 4-1 to the Americans . On both occasions, De Morpurgo earned the honor point by winning the second individual.
De Morpurgo was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
Web links
- Umberto De Morpurgo in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- ITF Profile of Umberto De Morpurgo (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Umberto De Morpurgo (English)
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| SURNAME | De Morpurgo, Umberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Morpurgo, Umberto Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trieste , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1961 |
| Place of death | Geneva , Switzerland |