German National Championships 1942


General 1942-08-05 - 1942-08-09
Amateur
Clay
5
Braunschweig
Germany

Source Tennis Italiano, Der Tennissport 1942


Report Weeks before the start of the National Championships the editors of DER TENNISSPORT were optimistic that the public could be presented with a good draw.
As it turned out,quite the opposite happened: only five of the first 19 players of the 1941 National Rankings were participating in this weak draw
(Bauer,Egert,Eppler,Göpfert and Richter).The rest was taking part in the german war effort.In these weeks the war in Europe was reaching its climax:
Weeks earlier the great fortresses of Sebastopol and Tobruk had been captured and in the first week of August the first battle of El Alamein was over and the 6th Army was fighting its way to Stalingrad.



Media


Winner Konrad Eppler


Players
Otto Bauer
Horst Benedek
Horst Benkert
Mr. Botzong
Georg Brandt
Kurt Egert
Konrad Eppler
Walter Esser
Alexander Fuchs
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Erich Görnemann
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
Karl Herder
Rolf Heydenreich
Peter Hopfenheit
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
Herbert Richter
Mr. Schulte
Herbert Ludwig Tübben (Tuebben)


Rounds
Round 1
Walter Esser*
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
w.o.
Herbert Richter*
Alexander Fuchs
6-1 6-4
Herbert Tubben*
Erich Görnemann
6-1 6-1

Round 2
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Karl Herder
6-1 6-1
Rolf Heydenreich*
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
w.o.
Kurt Egert*
Mr. Botzong
6-1 6-2
Herbert Richter*
Walter Esser
6-2 6-1
Herbert Tubben*
Horst Benedek
6-2 6-4
Otto Bauer*
Georg Brandt
9-7 4-6 6-2
Peter Hopfenheit*
Horst Benkert
6-0 6-1
Konrad Eppler*
Mr. Schulte
6-4 6-3

Quarterfinals
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Rolf Heydenreich
6-2 6-2
Otto Bauer*
Herbert Tubben
6-3 6-4
Kurt Egert*
Herbert Richter
6-4 6-4
Konrad Eppler*
Peter Hopfenheit
6-4 6-4

Semifinals
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Kurt Egert
6-1 6-3
Konrad Eppler*
Otto Bauer
6-4 9-7

Final
Konrad Eppler*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
4-6 3-6 8-6 6-1 6-3


Tournament
Round 1
Herbert Tubben*
Erich Görnemann
Herbert Richter*
Alexander Fuchs
Walter Esser*
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
Round 2
Konrad Eppler*
Mr. Schulte
Peter Hopfenheit*
Horst Benkert
Otto Bauer*
Georg Brandt
Herbert Tubben*
Horst Benedek
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Karl Herder
Rolf Heydenreich*
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
Kurt Egert*
Mr. Botzong
Herbert Richter*
Walter Esser
Quarterfinals
Konrad Eppler*
Peter Hopfenheit
Otto Bauer*
Herbert Tubben
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Rolf Heydenreich
Kurt Egert*
Herbert Richter
Semifinals
Konrad Eppler*
Otto Bauer
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Kurt Egert
Final
Konrad Eppler*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)