Franz-Wilhelm Matejka (born 26 December 1896) was an Austrian
tennis player.
Matejka, a left-handed player from Vienna, represented Austria in the
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
from 1927 to 1934. In a 1932 tie against Germany he held a match point against
Gottfried von Cramm, before falling 6–8 in the fifth set. He had two Davis Cup wins over
Roderich Menzel and beat
Uberto De Morpurgo
Uberto De Morpurgo (12 January 1896 – 26 February 1961) was a male tennis player from Italy.
Uberto De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. His ...
in 1933. A six-time national champion, he won the
Austrian International Championship in 1934, defeating countryman
Georg von Metaxa
Georg Felix Ritter von Metaxa ( gr, Γεώργιος φον Μεταξάς; 7 October 1914 – 12 December 1944) was an Austrian tennis player active in the 1930s.
Biography
Von Metaxa was born in Vienna to a Greek father and Austrian mother. ...
in the final. He reached the fourth round of the
French Championships three times and made it as far as the third round at the
Wimbledon Championships.
See also
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List of Austria Davis Cup team representatives
References
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1896 births
Year of death missing
Austrian male tennis players
Tennis players from Vienna