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Wiesbaden Championships 1940

General Date1940-05-16 - 1940-05-19
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceClay
Rounds4
CityWiesbaden, THC
CountryGermany

Source Tennis Italiano, Der Tennissport 1940

Info Draw: 22

Report The results of the preliminary round are not mentioned.What is mentioned however, is that there was a shortage of tennis balls: during the match they were exchanged after 13 and not the usual 7 games.Furthermore, the tournament officials did not give them to the public.Instead the balls remained at the club for further use.Since most of the german tennis balls were produced at the Dunlop Factory in Hanau, it can be assumed that the factory already adapted its production to the requirements of the Wehrmacht.

Media

Winner Player Giorgio De Stefani

Players

Ernst Buchholz
Giorgio De Stefani
Konrad Eppler
Kurt Gies
Helmut Gulcz
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)

Heinrich Ernst Otto (Henner) Henkel
Ferdinand Henkel
Mr. Klotz
Mr. Kurz
Richard Loof
L. Martinelli

Hans Menn
Robert (Bobby) Schmitt
Annibale Scotti
Georg Felix von Metaxa

Rounds
Round 2

Giorgio De Stefani*
Robert (Bobby) Schmitt

6-2 6-2

Ernst Buchholz*
L. Martinelli

3-6 6-2 6-1

Konrad Eppler*
Annibale Scotti

6-2 4-6 6-1

Ferdinand Henkel*
Mr. Klotz

6-1 6-3

Helmut Gulcz*
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)

6-2 6-0

Georg Felix von Metaxa*
Richard Loof

6-3 6-3

Henner Henkel*
Hans Menn

6-1 6-0

Kurt Gies*
Mr. Kurz

6-3 3-6 6-1

Quarterfinals

Giorgio De Stefani*
Ferdinand Henkel

6-3 6-2

Helmut Gulcz*
Georg Felix von Metaxa

8-6 6-3

Konrad Eppler*
Kurt Gies

6-2 6-2

Henner Henkel*
Ernst Buchholz

6-3 6-2

Semifinals

Giorgio De Stefani*
Helmut Gulcz

7-5 5-7 6-0

Henner Henkel*
Konrad Eppler

9-7 6-1

Final

Giorgio De Stefani*
Henner Henkel

4-6 6-4 6-4 10-8

Tournament

Round 2