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1929 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Henri Cochet defeated Jean Borotra 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships. René Lacoste was the defending champion, but did not participate. Seeds Henri Cochet (champion) Jean Borotra ''(final)'' Bill Tilden ''(semifinals)'' Frank Hunter ''(second round)'' Uberto de Morpurgo ''(third round)'' George Lott ''(quarterfinals)'' Béla von Kehrling ''(quarterfinals)'' Colin Gregory Doctor John Colin Gregory (28 July 1903 – 10 January 1959) was an amateur British tennis player, best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1929. Gregory was born in 1903 in Beverley, Yorkshire, the son of Dr William Herbert and Consta ... ''(fourth round)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1929 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Men's Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Cochet
Henri Jean Cochet (; 14 December 1901 – 1 April 1987) was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Born in Villeurbanne, Rhône, Cochet won a total 22 Majors including seven Grand Slam singles, five doubles and three mixed doubles. In addition he won three singles, two doubles and one mixed doubles ILTF majors. He also won one professional Major in singles. During his major career he won singles and doubles titles on three different surfaces: clay, grass and wood. He was ranked as world No. 1 player for four consecutive years, 1928 through 1931 by A. Wallis Myers. Cochet turned professional in 1933, but after a less than stellar pro career he was reinstated as an amateur after the end of World War II in 1945. The Four Musketeers were inducted simultaneously into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in 1976. Cochet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Harris
Stanley Wakefield Harris CBE (13 December 1894 – 3 October 1973) was an early twentieth century all-round sportsman regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played for the British and Irish Lions.Cotton, p82 As a rugby union international, he represented the England in 1920, and the British Lions in 1924. He also turned down a place in the Great Britain Olympic squad in 1920, became a South African boxing champion and represented England in polo, all in between serving in both the First and Second World Wars.Richard Bath, ''The British & Irish Lions Miscellany'', p. 30, 2008, (Vision Sports Publishing:London) Early life Stan Harris was born on 13 December 1894 in Somerset East. He attended Bedford School where he excelled at rugby union. Sporting career Stanley Harris has been described as a ''" Boy’s Own"'' hero for his sporting prowess. After his service in World War I, in which he was wounded, he spent some time convalescing, but his boredom at this predica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur Coen
Wilbur Franklyn Coen Jr (known also as Junior Coen, 23 December 1911 – 5 February 1998) was an American tennis player. In 1928, at age , he became the youngest tennis player to ever represent the United States in the Davis Cup, and the youngest player to ever compete in a Davis Cup match, both records he still holds. Coen also competed at Wimbledon in 1928 and 29, twice reaching the third round. In The French Championships he reached the fourth round in 1929 and 1930, and in the US Championships he reached the fourth round in 1929. Coen was mentored by Bill Tilden. In 1930 he won the doubles title with Tilden at the inaugural Italian Open in Milan. That same year he was a runner-up in singles at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP World Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts. The tournament began in 1910 when t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Prenn
Daniel Prenn (7 September 1904 – 3 September 1991) was a Russian Empire-born German, Polish, and British tennis player who was Jewish. He was ranked the world No. 6 for 1932 by A. Wallis Myers, and the European No. 1 by "American Lawn Tennis" magazine. He was ranked world No. 8 in 1929 (Bill Tilden), world No. 7 in 1934 (American Lawn Tennis), and was ranked No. 1 in Germany for the four years from 1928 to 1932. He was a runner-up for the mixed doubles title of 1930 Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon in 1930. When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, they barred him from playing because he was Jewish. He emigrated from Germany to England, and later became a successful businessman. Early life Prenn was born on 7 September 1904 in Vilna, Russian Empire to a railway building contractor, and was Jewish. He grew up primarily in St. Petersburg, in Russia. To escape the local antisemitism, the family moved to Berlin after World War I, in 1920. Apart from tennis, Prenn was an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman David
Herman David (26 June 1905 in Birmingham – 25 February 1974). he was the son of Herman David-Nillet, diamond trader and consular agent, and Marie Léonie Chavin, who both came from Jura, France. He was an English tennis player and later administrator, notably serving as the chairman of the All England Club. He served as a Davis Cup team representative in 1932 and was a non-playing captain from 1953 until 1958. As an administrator David advocated open tennis and played a pivotal role in making it a reality by announcing the first open edition of the Wimbledon Championships in 1968. In 1998 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honors both players and other contributors to the sport of tennis. The complex, the former Newport Casino, includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indo .... References External links * * * English male tennis players Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderich Menzel
Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel (; 13 April 1907 – 17 October 1987) was a Czech-German amateur tennis player and, after his active career, a writer. Birth Roderich Menzel was born in Reichenberg in Bohemia (today Liberec in the Czech Republic). He lived with his parents and two brothers in a three-storey house in Römheldstraße 7 (Tatranská street these days). His father Ernst, who was born in the family of glassworks manager in the mountain village Wilhelmshöhe, rose from a correspondent to the position of a partner of cable manufacturer Felten & Guilleaume's North Bohemia office. During his studies at a business high school he started to playing a football as a goalkeeper for RSK Reichenberg – at the age of 16 (1923) he joined the senior team. Looking back on his goalkeeper career Menzel often gave a good funny story about his great idol, goalkeeper of RSK Reichenberg, Ende. As is usual, home team goalkeeper's name always appeared at the very end of both team rosters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hillyard
Major Jack Montagu Hillyard (2 January 1891 – 16 February 1983) played cricket for Harrow in Fowler's match in 1910, served in the British Army in the First World War, and became a moderately successful tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s. Early life Hillyard was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, the son of Commander George Whiteside Hillyard and Blanche Bingley. His father won an Olympic gold medal for tennis in 1908, and his mother won the women's championship at Wimbledon six times between 1886 and 1900. His younger sister Marjorie was born in 1896, in the Hillyard's house "The Elms" in Thorpe Satchville, Leicestershire. He attended Harrow School, and played in the Eton v Harrow cricket match twice. In 1909, he took 3 wickets; the following year, in the famous match that became known as "Fowler's match", he was Harrow's top scorer, reaching 62 runs in the first innings, and took 5 wickets, but against the odds Harrow lost to Eton. Hillyard served in the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René De Buzelet
René de Buzelet (24 May 1907 – 8 April 1995) was a French tennis player who was active during the 1920s and 30s. Career De Buzelet was a runner-up at the men's doubles event at the 1928 French Championships. Partnering Henri Cochet they lost the final in five sets to Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon. In 1928 De Buzelet won the singles title at the French Covered Court Championships, played at the Tennis Club de Paris, after a five-sets victory in the final against Pierre Henri Landry. He was a runner-up to Jean Borotra at the same event in 1933. At the Coupe de Noël indoor tournament in January 1929 De Buzelet and Cochet defeated the brothers Jean and Édouard Borotra to win the doubles title. De Buzelet and compatriot Christian Boussus were runners-up at the 1931 German Open Tennis Championships after losing the final in fives sets to Walter Dessart and Eberhard Nourney. He competed at the Wimbledon Championships in 1928 and 1929. In 1928 he reached the fourth round i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einer Ulrich
Einer Ulrich (; 6 May 1896 – 28 February 1969) was a Danish tennis player who represented Denmark in the Davis Cup and the Olympic Games. He competed in the singles event at the 1924 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round in which he lost to Henk Timmer. With compatriot Erik Tegner he competed in the men's doubles event and reached the third round. Early life and family Einer was born in 1896 in Copenhagen to Ellen Margrethe (née Wiegell) and Aage Louis Francis Ulrich. He graduated in 1915 from the Schneekloths school. Then he was drafted into the Jydske Dragonregiment and was mobilized during World War I and was promoted to officer rank. Tennis career He competed in the 1926 Wimbledon Championships and reached the fourth round in the singles event in which he lost to Jean Borotra. In the doubles and mixed doubles event he was eliminated in the second round. His second and final participation was at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships in which he reached the second round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Chamberlain (tennis)
Jack Chamberlain may refer to: *Jack Chamberlain (politician) (1884–1953), Australian politician in Tasmania *Jack Chamberlain (sportsman) (1884–1941), Australian rules footballer and cricketer * Jack Chamberlain (tennis), British tennis player who competed at Wimbledon in 1929, 1930 and 1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ... See also * John Chamberlain (other) {{hndis, Chamberlain, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Holmes
Major General Sir Noel Galway Holmes KBE CB MC (25 December 1891 – 24 December 1982) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War and Davis Cup tennis player for Ireland. Biography Born in Galway, Ireland, on 25 December 1891, Noel Holmes attended and was educated at Bedford School. He joined the Royal Irish Regiment in 1912 and served in India between 1912 and 1914. During the First World War he served in France. He served in Upper Silesia between 1921 and 1922. In 1922 he joined the East Yorkshire Regiment and, after attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1926 to 1927, served in India between 1933 and 1937. During the Second World War he was Director of Movements at the War Office, between 1939 and 1943. He attended the conferences of allied war leaders in Casablanca, Washington, D.C., Quebec City, Cairo, Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. He was Deputy Quartermaster General at the War Office between 1943 and 1946 and, briefly, General Officer Commanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Collins (tennis)
Ian Glen Collins (23 April 1903 – 20 March 1975) was a Scottish tennis player who represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup. Collins, primarily a doubles player, never fully recovered from a broken leg in his youth but still had a lengthy tennis career. It was said that due to the contortion he made when he served he looked like a "monkey mounting a pole". He had broken his leg soon after arriving at Magdalen College, Oxford, from Harrow School. Prior to Harrow, he was educated at Sandroyd School. While at Harrow he had appeared in every Eton v Harrow cricket match from 1919 to 1922. He played cricket for the university as a batsman and in 1925 appeared in a first-class match against Middlesex. Two years later he represented Scotland in a first-class match against Ireland. In 1927 he made his Wimbledon debut, the first of 12 Wimbledon Championships that he entered. He missed the Championship in 1933 after injuring himself riding, but appeared in the event every other time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
