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Adam Baworowski
Count Adam Baworowski (; 9 August 1913 – 1943) was an Austrian-Polish tennis player. Biography Early life and family Count Adam Baworowski descended from the Polish noble family '' Baworowski''. He was the son of Count Rudolf Baworow-Baworowski (1865-1931) and Austrian Countess Maria Chorinsky von Ledske (1876-1963), the former who was the Chamberlain of Franz Joseph I of Austria and had estates in Lviv and where Adam often spent his childhood years. He had three brothers and three sisters, Emil, Stefan, Rudolf, Matylda, Marya and Franciszka. He went to school in Vienna and as the family spoke German at home Adam was alienated from his Polish roots in the beginning. He started playing tennis at a very early age and started taking coaching lessons from the Van Dycków brothers. He attended the tennis club at the Prater where he had a chance to meet Georg von Metaxa, his later Davis Cup teammate and friend. In 1927 he had a victory over Henner Henkel at the Youth Games. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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