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Ignacy Tłoczyński
Ignacy Tłoczyński (; 14 July 1911 – 25 December 2000) was a Polish tennis player, coach and World War II veteran. Tłoczyński participated in 10 Davis Cup ties for Poland from 1930–1939, posting a 23–8 record in singles and a 3–9 record in doubles. He won two national titles in singles, seven in doubles and was a six-time International Polish Championship winner. He was ranked number one in Poland in 1934. In international level he reached the third round at Wimbledon on four occasions. He was a doubles semi-finalist for the French Open with Adam Baworowski, won the Monte-Carlo tournament (now known as the Monte-Carlo Masters) in doubles with Józef Hebda, a two-times singles runner-up for the British Hard Court Championships, and three-times Scottish champion. Early life Ignacy Tłoczyński was born 14 July 1911, in Poznań, then part of the German Empire, and was considered a skilful young player practising at the local courts of the town. Despite being a kid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair (''Jarmark Świętojański''), traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance Old Town, Town Hall and Gothic Cathedral. Poznań is the fifth-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. As of 2021, the city's population is 529,410, while the Poznań metropolitan area (''Metropolia Poznań'') comprising Poznań County and several other communities is inhabited by over 1.1 million people. It is one of four historical capitals of medieval Poland and the ancient capital of the Greater Poland region, currently the administrative capital of the province called Greater Poland Voivodeship. Poznań is a center of trade, sports, education, technology and touri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Lawn Tennis Association
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in C ..., people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polonaise (other) {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Aeschlimann
Charles Frederick Aeschlimann (; 28 February 1897 – 4 May 1952), also spelled as ''Charles Aeschliman'', was a Swiss tennis player who represented Switzerland in the Davis Cup and the Olympic Games. Tennis career He competed in the singles event at the 1924 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round in which he lost to Béla von Kehrling in five sets. With compatriot Maurice Ferrier he competed in the men's doubles event and reached the second round. Aeschlimann competed in seven Wimbledon Championships between 1926 and 1938. In the singles event his best result was reaching the third round of the 1926 Wimbledon Championships in which he lost to Henry Mayes. His best doubles result was reaching the third round in 1937 with countryman Max Ellmer. With Gladys Clarke-Jervoise he reached the fourth round of the mixed doubles event in 1935. Aeschlimann's best performance at a Grand Slam singles event was reaching the fourth round of the French Championships in 1926 and 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolette Payot
Lolette Payot-Dodille (; 17 April 1910 – February 1988) was a Swiss-French tennis player. Biography Payot was born on 17 April 1910 at Lausanne. She learned to play tennis age 8 on the courts of the Montchoisi tennis club. At the age of 13, she won the Swiss national championships for the first time. Payot competed at the Wimbledon Championships from 1929 to 1935, reaching the singles quarterfinals in 1931, 1933 and 1934. At the French Championships, she reached the quarterfinals in 1932, 1934 and 1935. In 1935, she won the mixed doubles title partnering Marcel Bernard at Paris. She was ranked world number 4 by A. Wallis Myers in 1932. In August 1932 she won the singles title at the German Championships in Hamburg after a three-sets victory in the final against Hilde Krahwinkel. Payot won the Swiss national championships seven times in a row from 1929 to 1935. During the Swiss championships in July 1935, Payot fell seriously ill. It took her a year to recover, and she dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Jadwiga "Jed" Jędrzejowska (; 15 October 1912 – 28 February 1980) was a Polish tennis player who had her main achievements during the second half of the 1930s. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polish, she was often called by the nicknames "Jed" or "Ja-Ja". Career Jędrzejowska, a baseline player with a strong forehand, reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament on three occasions, a record for Polish tennis. In 1937 she lost in three sets to Dorothy Round in the Wimbledon final and at the U.S. Championships later that year she was defeated in the final by Anita Lizana. In 1939 she was a runner-up at the French Championships, losing in the final to Simonne Mathieu in straight sets. In women's doubles, Jędrzejowska won the 1939 French Championships with Mathieu, defeating Alice Florian and Hella Kovac in the final in two sets. Three years earlier Jędrzejowska's and Susan Noel were runners-up at the French Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Berthet
Benjamin Berthet (18 September 1910 – 20 January 1981) was a French tennis player and coach. Berthet was born to Polish-Jewish emigrants in New York and moved to France as a nine-year old. In 1931 he made the singles quarter-finals of the French Championships, losing to the top seed Jean Borotra. Berthet's title wins included the Polish International Championships. A jeweller by profession, Berthet fought with the French Army in World War II and became a prisoner of war in 1941. During his captivity at Oflag IV-D he and other prisoners build tennis courts to play on. Berthet continued to compete after the war until his appointment as non playing captain of the France Davis Cup team The France men's national tennis team (french: Équipe de France de Coupe Davis) represents France in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the Fédération Française de Tennis. France competed in their first Davis Cup in 1904. Fr ... in 1954. He held this role for a then recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Dubieńska
Wanda Dubieńska born Nowak (12 June 1895 – 28 November 1968) was a Polish fencer, tennis player, cross-country skier and sport celebrity and the daughter of Julian Nowak. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1924 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to represent Poland at the Olympics. Dubieńska was buried in the Rakowicki Cemetery Rakowicki Cemetery (English: ; pl, Cmentarz Rakowicki) is a historic necropolis and a cultural heritage monument located on 26 Rakowicka Street in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It lies within the Administrative District No. 1 ''Stare Miasto'' .... References External links * 1895 births 1968 deaths Polish Austro-Hungarians Polish female fencers Polish foil fencers Olympic fencers for Poland Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kraków Polish female tennis players Polish female cross-country skiers Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery 20th-century Polish women {{Poland-fencing- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Kusociński
Janusz Tadeusz Kusociński (15 January 1907 – 21 June 1940) was a Polish athlete, winner in the 10,000 meters event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Warsaw into the family of a railroad worker, Janusz Kusociński, or ''Kusy'' as he was nicknamed, played football for various Warsaw clubs as a schoolboy. He took up athletics in 1928 after joining the sport club "Sarmata". His coach there was the famous Estonian, decathlete Aleksander Klumberg. In his first competition at the Polish National Championships, Kusociński surprisingly won the 5000 m and cross country titles. He missed the next season, because he was called to duty by the Polish army, but he came back stronger than ever. He won the Polish Championship titles in the 1500 m and the 5000 m, in cross country in 1930 and 1931, and in the 800 m in 1932. In 1932 Kusociński was working as a gardener in a park in Warsaw.Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics'', Toronto: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Sportspersonality Of The Year
The Polish Sports Personality of the Year (Polish: ''Plebiscyt Przeglądu Sportowego na najlepszego polskiego sportowca roku'') is chosen annually since 1926 by the readers of the newspaper ''Przegląd Sportowy'', which makes it the second oldest such contest in the world. The winner is the sportsperson, judged by a public vote, to have achieved the most in the previous year. The first winner of the award was track and field athlete Wacław Kuchar. Between 1939 and 1947, the contest was not held due to the Second World War. Record holders are footballer Robert Lewandowski and swimmer Otylia Jędrzejczak with three titles each; track and field athletes Irena Szewińska and Stanisława Walasiewicz, as well as ski jumper Adam Małysz with four titles each; while cross country skier Justyna Kowalczyk is the current leader who holds five titles. Fencer Jerzy Pawłowski holds the record number of eleven appearances among the top 10 athletes. As of 2022, the award has been given 59 times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przegląd Sportowy
''Przegląd Sportowy'' (, ''Sports Review'') is the oldest and now the only Polish sports daily, founded in 1921 in Kraków. In 1926 it initiated an annual, popular plebiscite for the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year. Its current editor-in-chief is Paweł Wołosik. History The newspaper was founded in 1921 on the initiative of Kraków sports journalists Ignacy Rosenstock, J. Billig, Aleksander Dembiński, Józef Szkolnikowski, Leon Gleissner and Tadeusz Synowiec. Rosenstock was appointed the newspaper's first editor-in-chief. On 23 July 1921, it officially became affiliated with the Polish Football Association. The newspaper's headquarters moved to Warsaw in 1925. The circulation of the newspaper is of around 50,000 copies per day (sale is about 25,000). It also has a digital presence: the website and various social accounts offer online sport news in Polish. In March 2014, they announced a cooperation with the startup Betegy, providing data-based football predictions in their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania Davis Cup Team
The Romania men's national tennis team represents Romania in Davis Cup tennis competition, being governed by the Romanian Tennis Federation The Romanian Tennis Federation (FRT) (Romanian: ''Federația Română de Tenis'') is the governing body of tennis in Romania. It is based in Bucharest and its current president is former Romanian tennis player Ion Țiriac. It also organizes the R ... and currently competes in the 2019 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. Romania has finished as runners-up three times. Alongside India, Romania has never won the Davis Cup despite playing three finals. Current squad ''Rankings as of 31 January 2022'' ;Recent callups History Romania finished runner-up three times – in 1969, 1971 and 1972 – and lost to USA in the Final on each occasion. The most contested match was in 1972, when Romania lost 3–2, Tiriac and Nastase winning for Romania. Only Romania, Argentina and India have contested more than one Final without being crowned cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
