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Irmgard Rost
Irmgard Rost (1909 – 1976), was a German tennis player active in the 1920 and 1930s. She competed at the Wimbledon Championships in 1928 and 1929. Her best result in singles was reaching the second round in 1928, where she was defeated by fifth-seed and eventual finalist Helen Jacobs. At the 1929 French Championships, she was seeded eighth. After victories in the first rounds against Colette Rosambert and Elsie Goldsack Pittman, she lost in the third round to Sylvie Jung Henrotin. At the 1930 French Championships, she was unseeded but reached the quarterfinals, where she was defeated by top-seed and eventual champion Helen Wills Moody. Rost was a singles runner-up at the 1931 German Championships in Hamburg, losing the final in straight sets to defending champion and compatriot Cilly Aussem. In February 1929, Rost won the singles title at the German Indoor Championships in Bremen after a three-sets win in the final against Ilse Friedleben. In 1931, she went on a tennis t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 French Championships – Women's Singles
Helen Moody defeated Helen Jacobs 6–2, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1930 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Helen Moody is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Helen Moody ''(champion)'' # Phoebe Holcroft Watson ''(quarterfinals)'' # Simonne Mathieu ''(quarterfinals)'' # Cilly Aussem ''(semifinals)'' # Elizabeth Ryan ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lilí Álvarez ''(semifinals)'' # Helen Jacobs ''(finalist)'' # Eileen Bennett ''(second round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 References External links * on the French Open website {{DEFAULTSORT:French Championships - Women's Singles,1930 1930 in tennis 1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Jung Henrotin
Sylvie Jung Henrotin (née Jung; ;10 July 1904 – 15 December 1970) was a French tennis player who was active during the late 1920 and the 1930s. She had her best results in the doubles event, finishing runner-up in seven Grand Slam doubles and mixed-doubles competitions. She participated in the singles event of the Wimbledon Championships between 1930 and 1939 and her best result during that period was reaching the fourth round in 1933 and 1939. Henrotin also took part in the French Championships, reaching the quarterfinal in the singles on five occasions (1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938). She was a runner-up in the singles event of the 1933 German Championships after losing the final in straight-sets loss to Hilde Krahwinkel. In August 1936, she won the singles title at the Eastern Grass Court Championships The Eastern Grass Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held on outdoor grass courts in the eastern United States from 1927 to 1969. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Births
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WTA Argentine Open
The WTA Argentine Open is a WTA-affiliated tennis tournament initially played from 1929 to 1987 and restarted in 2021. It is held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina and played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament made a return to the WTA 125 tournaments calendar in 2021. It was the first professional women's tennis tournament in Argentina since 1987. The tournament takes place in November on outdoor clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. ...s. Past finals Singles Doubles References External links Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Argentina Sports competitions in Buenos Aires 1929 establishments in Argentina Recurring sporting events established in 1929 WTA Tour {{WTAtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Friedleben
Ilse Friedleben (, née Weihermann; 2 September 1893 – December 1963) was a German female tennis player who was active until the beginning of the 1930s. Biography Friedleben was born under her maiden name Weihermann in Frankfurt am Main on 2 September 1893. Along with her sisters Toni and Anna, she played field hockey at the SC Frankfurt 1880 as well as tennis at the TC Palmengarten. In the years before World War I, Ilse and her sister Toni were among the best German female tennis players. After the war, the first years of the Weimar Republic became Friedleben's most successful years. In between 1920 and 1926, she won the German Championships at Hamburg six times, only being defeated once by Nelly Neppach in 1925. In 1927, the year the International Lawn Tennis Federation lifted the ban on German players on international tournaments, the time of her dominance seemed to come to an end. Although she reached the final at Hamburg again, she was beaten by emerging 18-year-old C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilly Aussem
Cilly Aussem (; 4 January 1909 – 22 March 1963) was a German tennis player. She was the first German, male or female, to win the singles title at Wimbledon, which she did in 1931. She also won the women's single titles at the French Championships and German Championships in 1931. Aussem's coach and mixed doubles partner was Bill Tilden. They won the mixed doubles at the 1930 French Championships. According to A. Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Aussem was ranked in the world top 10 in 1928, 1930, 1931, and 1934, reaching a career high of world no. 2 in these rankings in 1930 and 1931 behind Helen Wills Moody. Early years Aussem was born in Cologne on 4 January 1909, the daughter of a wealthy salesman Johann Joseph 'Jean' Aussem and Ulrike Franziska 'Helen' Wisbaum. At the age of 14, she returned to Cologne after spending several years in Geneva getting a boarding school education. It was at this time that she started taking tennis lessons at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Open (WTA)
The German Open (currently known as the Grass Court Championships Berlin or bett1open) is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in West Berlin, West Germany (until 1990), then Berlin, Germany from 1991 to 2008 following reunification. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women. Until 1978 the tournament was held in Hamburg together with the men's tournament. From 1988, it was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament. After an absence of more than a decade, the tournament was announced to return to the WTA calendar for the 2020 season. However, the event was cancelled in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it would be due to return in 2021. The new event is classified as a Premier-level tournament and serve as a warm-up event towards the Wimbledon Championships, having switched its surface from clay to grass. History Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Billie Jean King, Chris Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Wills Moody
Helen Newington Wills (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) during her career, including 19 singles titles. Wills was the first American woman athlete to become a global celebrity, making friends with royalty and film stars despite her preference for staying out of the limelight. She was admired for her graceful physique and for her fluid motion. She was part of a new tennis fashion, playing in knee-length pleated skirts rather than the longer ones of her predecessors, and was known for wearing her hallmark white visor. Unusually, she practiced against men to hone her craft, and she played a relentless predominantly baseline game, wearing down her female opponents with power and accuracy. In February 1926 she played a high-profile and widely publicised match against Suzanne Lenglen which was called t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 French Championships
The 1930 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay ourts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 24 May until 1 June. It was the 35th staging of the French Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. Henri Cochet and Helen Wills Moody won the singles titles. Finals Men's singles Henri Cochet defeated Bill Tilden 3–6, 8–6, 6–3, 6–1 Women's singles Helen Wills Moody defeated Helen Jacobs 6–2, 6–1 Men's doubles Henri Cochet / Jacques Brugnon defeated Harry Hopman / Jim Willard 6–3, 9–7, 6–3 Women's doubles Helen Wills Moody / Elizabeth Ryan defeated Simone Barbier / Simonne Mathieu 6–3, 6–1 Mixed doubles Cilly Aussem / Bill Tilden defeated Eileen Bennett Whittingstall / Henri Cochet 6–4, 6–4 Seniors over 40 singles Otto Froitzheim defeated François Blanchy 6-0, 6-4 References External links French O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Goldsack Pittman
Elsie Goldsack Pittman (née Goldsack; 21 January 1904 – 28 March 1975) was an English tennis player who competed during the second half of the 1920s and the 1930s. Between 1925 and 1939, she participated in 15 Wimbledon Championships. Her best result in the singles event was reaching the semifinal in 1929 in which she was defeated in straight sets by top-seeded and eventual champion Helen Wills. In the mixed doubles, she reached the quarterfinals in 1930 and 1931. Her biggest success at Grand Slam level came in 1937 when she partnered with Phyllis Mudford King to reach the final of the 1937 Wimbledon Championships, which they lost to Simonne Mathieu and Billie Yorke in straight sets. In 1932, she reached the semifinals of the singles event at the U.S. National Championships, losing to top-seeded and eventual champion Helen Jacobs. During the same tournament, she reached the semifinals of the mixed doubles event. The same year, she won the singles title at the Eastern Grass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Helen Wills successfully defended her title, defeating Lilí de Álvarez in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1928 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Helen Wills (champion) Lilí de Álvarez ''(final)'' Eileen Bennett ''(quarterfinals)'' Elizabeth Ryan ''(semifinals)'' Kea Bouman Cornelia "Kea" Tiedemann-Bouman (23 November 1903 – 17 November 1998) was a female tennis player from the Netherlands. She won the singles title at the 1927 French Championships, beating Irene Bowder Peacock of South Africa in the final. Bouma ... ''(third round)'' Phoebe Watson ''(quarterfinals)'' Cilly Aussem ''(quarterfinals)'' Helen Jacobs ''(third 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:1928 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Women's Singles Wimbledon Championship by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette Rosambert
Colette Rosambert-Boegner () was a French tennis player. Rosambert learnt to play tennis from the professional Albert Burke (tennis), Albert Burke in Deauville. She notably reached the final of the women's doubles at the French Open in 1933, with her compatriot Sylvie Jung Henrotin. The following year, she won the mixed-doubles tournament there, with Jean Borotra. She won the All England Plate in 1933, a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships which consisted of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition. In 1934, she won the singles title at the French Covered Court Championships. Grand Slam finals Doubles Mixed doubles References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosambert, Colette French female tennis players French Championships (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles 1910 births Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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