Martin Plaa (12 March 1901 – 29 March 1978) was a professional
tennis player
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from
France
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who had success as a pro in the early 1930s.
Plaa worked for some years in the late 1920s (timing uncertain) as the then very successful
French Davis Cup team coach. During the 1930s Plaa competed on the professional tour, amongst the world elite.
Among his achievements are the
1931 French Pro singles title, defeating countryman
Robert Ramillon. Plaa also reached the finals in 1932 and 1934, but was defeated by Ramillon and Tilden respectively. In 1932 he won the singles title at the
World professional championships in
Berlin
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, where he defeated both Tilden and
Hans Nüsslein
Hans "Hanne" Nüsslein (; 31 March 1910 – 28 June 1991) was a German tennis player and coach and former World professional number 1 tennis player who won four professional Majors singles titles during his career.
Biography
Nüsslein was bo ...
. As a pro, Plaa was ranked as high as World No. 1 by his rival Bill Tilden in 1932 (Tilden placed himself second).
References
External links
Martin Plaa's obituary
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French male tennis players
1901 births
1978 deaths
Professional tennis players before the Open Era
World number 1 ranked male tennis players