Hella Strecker born Hella Kovac (10 November 1911 – 1999) was a Yugoslav then later Austrian tennis player from Vienna active during the 1930s to 1950s. She was a losing finalist in the women's doubles at the
1939 French Championships
The 1939 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 8 June until 17 June. It was the 44th staging of th ...
partnering Alice Florian. At the Wimbledon Championships which she played six times, she reached the third round of the singles events in 1939 and 1953.
Career
Hella Kovac was born on 10 November 1911 in
Vienna,
Austria-Hungary. During the 1930s until 1940 she represented
Yugoslavia on the international tennis circuit. After her marriage in 1941 marriage she represented
Austria, and continued playing until late 1950s.
She played and won her first tournament in 1935 at
Zagreb against
Vlasta Gostisa. In major tournament singles events, she reached the third round of the
French Championships twice in 1936 and 1938. At the
Wimbledon Championships she reached the third round two times, in 1939 and 1953.
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Her other career singles highlights include winning the
Yugoslavian International Championships three times, (1935–37) the Prince Hertier Cup (1938), the
Durham County Lawn Tennis Championships (1938), the
Italian Riviera Championships
The Italian Riviera Championships also known as the San Remo International was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1903 at San Remo, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged at the Tennis Club Sanremo ( ...
(1940), the Closed Croatian Championships (1940),
Alassio International (1940), the
Genoa International (1940), Coupe des Alpes, Kitzbühel (1949), the Gallia Lawn Tennis Club Tournament, Cannes (1951), Cimiez Club Tournament (1951), the Austrian International Championships three times ((1951–52, 1954),
She was also a losing finalist at the Wiesbaden International (1936),
Bordighera Championship (1938),
German International Championships
The Hamburg European Open (formerly ''German Open Tennis Championships'') is an annual tennis tournament for professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Before 2021, it was a mal ...
(1939), Polish International Championships (1939), Slovakian International Championships (1941). She won her final singles title at Munich in 1953 against
Margot Dittmeyer
Margot Dittmeyer-Dohrer (born 7 August 1935) is a German former tennis player.
A three-time national singles champion, Dittmeyer was active on tour in the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1963 she took part in West Germany's first ever Federation Cup tie, te ...
, and played her final singles tournament the same year at
Linz.
Personal life
She married Anton Strecker on 31 May 1941.
References
External links
Wimbledon player profile
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1911 births
Austrian female tennis players
Yugoslav female tennis players
Sportspeople from Vienna
1999 deaths