Wolfgang
Lencer
Male
West-Germany
1927-05-08
Kattowitz, Germany
1977-08-20
Düsseldorf, West-Germany
One of the millions of german refugees from Silesia,he settled down in Lower Saxony after the war.There he developed into a middle-class tennis player.
His tennis career climaxed in 1951 and 1952 when he was ranked No.31(1951) and No.27 (1952) in the National German Rankings.Already during his amateur career he became a sports journalist,specializing in tennis.He was a regular contributor of Deutsche Tennis Zeitung in the 50ies and 60ies.In 1963 he became Editor-in-Chief of this tennis publication,a position held until his death. He was one of the leading tennis writers in Germany,very outspoken and not in favour of the commercialism which followed open tennis.His death was caused by a heart attack during a tennis match.
1949 - 1966
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110
26
1951 - Cuxhaven Spa (Amateur)
Round 1
Rohan G. (Ray) Summers 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Jaroslav Drobny 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Peter Linden
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Günther Schnitzler 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
5-7
6-3
ret.
Round 1
Osamu Ishiguro 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Ulrich Schamberger 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Hans Kissel 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
8-6
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Jan Erik Lundquist 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
7-5
5-7
9-7
Round 1
Roy Emerson 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Gaetan Koenig 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Ian Vermaak 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Jose Edson Mandarino 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
6-8
ret.
Round 1
Wolfgang Stuck 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Jan Erik Lundquist 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Barry Phillips-Moore 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
3-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Istvan Sikorski 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
5-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Beppo Pottinger 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
w.o.
Round 1
Don Candy 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Ernst Buchholz 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Milan (Misko) Branovic 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Fritz Sehmrau 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Helmut Gulcz 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-0
7-5
Round 1
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Horst Hermann
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Vladimir Petrović (Petrovic) 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Peter Rode
2
sets
Round 2
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Gaetan Koenig 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Engelbert Koch 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Dieter Kapfhammer 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
9-7
6-3
Round 2
Peter Kerndl 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
7-9
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Lothar Buding 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
3-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
Beppo Pottinger 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Billy Knight 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Milan (Misko) Branovic 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Eduardo P. Argon
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Karl Baco 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Vladimir Petrović (Petrovic) 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Milan (Misko) Branovic 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Hugh W. Stewart 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Kurt Neumayer 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
7-5
2-6
6-2
Round 2
Jack Arkinstall 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Luis Ayala 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Alberto Lazzarino 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
4-6
6-4
6-0
Round 1
B. Peter (Pat) Molloy 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Fausto Gardini 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Helmut Raddant 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
5-7
9-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Dr. Leibfried
6-0
2-6
6-0
Semifinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Hans Deter
7-5
6-3
Final
Paul Kramer 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
7-9
6-3
Round 2
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Rupert Huber 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Kurt Fischer 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Jaroslav Drobny 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Milan (Misko) Branovic 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
8-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Alfred Küpper
6-2
8-6
Semifinals
Otto Stuhldreyer 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Andres Hammersley 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Helmut Kumpfel 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
2-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Milan Matous 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
4-6
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Dr. Lincke
8-6
2-6
6-3
Semifinals
Friedhelm Schröter 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
0-6
10-8
ret.
Quarterfinals
Alberto Lazzarino 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
5-7
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Paul Kotsch
5-7
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Heinz Balland
7-5
6-2
Final
Dieter Gerloff 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Friedhelm Schröter
5-7
7-5
7-5
Semifinals
Paul Kramer 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
2-6
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Kurt Neumayer
8-6
6-4
Round 2
Andres Hammersley 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
E. Meissner
6-1
6-2
Final
Herbert Tubben 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Ferdinand Henkel 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Vladimir Petrović (Petrovic) 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
3-6
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Bernard Jean Yves Destremau 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
3-6
3-6
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Hans van Dalsum 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Ferdinand Henkel 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Hans Pfahl
w.o.
Semifinals
Georg Brandt 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
H. Ackermann
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Soren Hojberg 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Engelbert Koch 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Fredy Wulff
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Hans Denker
6-3
7-7
ret.
Final
Herbert Tubben 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Jürgen Boesser
9-7
6-8
8-6
Semifinals
Karl-Heinz Sass 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Matthias Mauritz
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Herbert Tubben 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernst Schliephake 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
3-6
9-7
Round 1
Torben Ulrich 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Helmut Kumpfel
w.o.
Round 2
Helmut Gulcz 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
14-12
6-3
Semifinals
Karl-Heinz Sanders 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Helmut Gottsche 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Heinz Pietzner 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Albert Hartley Maggs 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Hans Denker
8-6
5-7
9-7
Semifinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Mr. Czolbe
w.o.
Final
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Georg Brandt
6-1
2-6
6-3
0-6
6-3
Semifinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Hans Pfahl
6-4
6-4
Final
Dieter Gerloff 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Albert Hartley Maggs 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
4-6
7-5
6-0
Round 2
Horst Hermann 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
8-6
Quarterfinals
Jack Harper 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Jürgen Boesser 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Heinz Pietzner
7-5
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Wolfgang Lencer 1 *
Jürgen Boesser
7-5
3-6
6-4
Final
Dieter Gerloff 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Dieter Münchmeyer 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-4
12-14
7-5
Quarterfinals
Jöns Lahmann 1 *
Wolfgang Lencer
6-2
7-5