German National Championships 1943


General 1943-08-02 - 1943-08-09
Amateur
Clay
3
Braunschweig
Germany

Source Austrian Newspapers


Info The Völkische Beobachter,the official daily newspaper of the NSDAP,reports that the Men`s Singles and Doubles Finals had to be postponed to Monday,August 9 due to technical problems.This phrasing is very probably an elegant description of an Allied Airraid which made the staging of the finals impossibe on Sunday.Kurt Gies and Engelbert Koch also won the National Doubles Championship .After this triumph Gies returned to his unit at the Eastern Front where a promotion to the rank of Leutnant and a premature death waited for him.


Report Mens doubles final: Gies/Koch def. Bartlowiak/Dettmer 6-3 7-5 6-4



Media


Winner Kurt Gies


Players
Edmund Bartkowiak
Alfred Gerstel
Kurt Gies
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Engelbert Koch


Rounds
Quarterfinals
Engelbert Koch*
Alfred Gerstel
6-2 6-2

Semifinals
Engelbert Koch*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
6-3 6-2
Kurt Gies*
Edmund Bartkowiak
6-2 8-6

Final
Kurt Gies*
Engelbert Koch
6-2 3-6 6-4 6-2


Tournament
Quarterfinals
Engelbert Koch*
Alfred Gerstel
Semifinals
Kurt Gies*
Edmund Bartkowiak
Engelbert Koch*
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert)
Final
Kurt Gies*
Engelbert Koch