Robert Cleon Spiess (17 February 1891 – 22 October 1982) also known as Robert Spies (anglicized name) was a German

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player. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Sweden. He was a quarter finalist in the men's doubles at the

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partnered with Luis Maria Heyden. His biggest singles title wins were at the German International Covered Court Championships which he won two times in 1920 and 1926, and the German National Championships in 1912. He was active from 1910 to 1936 and won 6 career singles titles.

Career

Spiess played his first tournament in 1910 at the Geneva Spring Tournament. The same year he won his first title at the Caux International in

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against A. Félix Poulin. He won the German National Championships in 1912, and German International Covered Court Championships twice in 1920 and 1926. He also won the Championships of Bremen in 1924. He won his final title at the Bremen Closed Championships in 1936. He also took part in the

losing in the first round to Frank Jarvis, whilst in England he also played at the

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where he lost in round two to Stanley Doust. Additionally he was also a losing finalist at the

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in 1910, defeated by Val Miley, the Norderney Spa Championship in 1911 beaten by Carl Lange, the Championship of Braunschweig losing to

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, and the Saint-Étienne International where he lost to Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spies, Robert 1891 births 1982 deaths German male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Germany Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Moscow Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany