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
Walter Esser
Alexander Fuchs
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Erich Görnemann
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
Karl Herder
Rolf Heydenreich
Alexander Fuchs
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Erich Görnemann
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
Karl Herder
Rolf Heydenreich
Rounds
Round 1
Walter Esser*
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
w.o.
Herbert Richter*
Alexander Fuchs
Alexander Fuchs
6-1
6-4
Herbert Tubben*
Erich Görnemann
Erich Görnemann
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Karl Herder
Karl Herder
6-1
6-1
Rolf Heydenreich*
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
w.o.
Kurt Egert*
Mr. Botzong
Mr. Botzong
6-1
6-2
Herbert Richter*
Walter Esser
Walter Esser
6-2
6-1
Herbert Tubben*
Horst Benedek
Horst Benedek
6-2
6-4
Otto Bauer*
Georg Brandt
Georg Brandt
9-7
4-6
6-2
Peter Hopfenheit*
Horst Benkert
Horst Benkert
6-0
6-1
Konrad Eppler*
Mr. Schulte
Mr. Schulte
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Rolf Heydenreich
Rolf Heydenreich
6-2
6-2
Otto Bauer*
Herbert Tubben
Herbert Tubben
6-3
6-4
Kurt Egert*
Herbert Richter
Herbert Richter
6-4
6-4
Konrad Eppler*
Peter Hopfenheit
Peter Hopfenheit
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Kurt Egert
Kurt Egert
6-1
6-3
Konrad Eppler*
Otto Bauer
Otto Bauer
6-4
9-7
Final
Konrad Eppler*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
4-6
3-6
8-6
6-1
6-3
Tournament
Round 1
Herbert Tubben*
Erich Görnemann
Erich Görnemann
Herbert Richter*
Alexander Fuchs
Alexander Fuchs
Walter Esser*
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
Jürgen Gunther (Günther)
Round 2
Konrad Eppler*
Mr. Schulte
Mr. Schulte
Peter Hopfenheit*
Horst Benkert
Horst Benkert
Otto Bauer*
Georg Brandt
Georg Brandt
Herbert Tubben*
Horst Benedek
Horst Benedek
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Karl Herder
Karl Herder
Rolf Heydenreich*
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
Kurt Egert*
Mr. Botzong
Mr. Botzong
Herbert Richter*
Walter Esser
Walter Esser
Quarterfinals
Konrad Eppler*
Peter Hopfenheit
Peter Hopfenheit
Otto Bauer*
Herbert Tubben
Herbert Tubben
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Rolf Heydenreich
Rolf Heydenreich
Kurt Egert*
Herbert Richter
Herbert Richter
Semifinals
Konrad Eppler*
Otto Bauer
Otto Bauer
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Kurt Egert
Kurt Egert
Final
Konrad Eppler*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)