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Championships of Berlin 1940

General Date1940-05-09 - 1940-05-13
Tournament typeAmateur
SurfaceClay
Rounds5
CityBerlin, LTTC Rot-Weiss Berlin
CountryGermany

Source Der Tennis Sport 1940

Info This was originally the 1939 edition, first announced for May 1939 and then postponed to August, just two weeks before the start of WW II. However, the August date was also cancelled. Henner Henkel finally won this tournament in May 1940.It was held during the invasion of
France and the Benelux states.

Media

Winner Player Heinrich Ernst Otto (Henner) Henkel

Players

Edmund Bartkowiak
Werner Beuthner
Ernst Buchholz
Giorgio De Stefani
Konrad Eppler
Kurt Gies

Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Heinrich Ernst Otto (Henner) Henkel
Engelbert Koch
L. Martinelli
Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel
Georg Felix von Metaxa

Helmut Gulcz
Werner Menzel
Dr. Franz Pensel

Rounds
Round 1

Giorgio De Stefani*
Edmund Bartkowiak

7-5 7-5

Helmut Gulcz*
Werner Beuthner

Round 2

Henner Henkel*
Dr. Franz Pensel

2 sets

L. Martinelli*
Werner Menzel

2 sets

Giorgio De Stefani*
Helmut Gulcz

6-1 8-6

Georg Felix von Metaxa*
Ernst Buchholz

Engelbert Koch*
Konrad Eppler

Kurt Gies*

Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*

Roderich Menzel*

Quarterfinals

Henner Henkel*
L. Martinelli

6-2 6-2

Kurt Gies*
Giorgio De Stefani

5-7 6-2 10-8

Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Georg Felix von Metaxa

6-0 6-2

Engelbert Koch*
Roderich Menzel

1-6 9-7 8-6

Semifinals

Henner Henkel*
Kurt Gies

6-2 6-2 6-1

Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)*
Engelbert Koch

6-3 6-3 6-4

Final

Henner Henkel*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)

6-2 4-6 5-7 6-1 6-2

Tournament

Round 1