Alexander Appolonovich
Alenitsin
Male
Russia
1884-11-29
St. Petersburg, Russia
1922-10-05
Moskwa (Moscow), Russia
A member of the Krestovsky Lawn Tennis Club in his native Saint Petersburg, Alexander Alenitsin was one of the best of the earliest Russian lawn tennis players. He notably won the men’s singles title at the Saint Petersburg Championships in 1909, 1910 and 1911, and the same time title at the Moscow Championships in 1910.
After the October Revolution in 1917, he remained in what was then called Petrograd as chairman of the Krestovsky Lawn Tennis Club, where he continued to organise lawn tennis competitions. However, on 15 September 1922, he was arrested by the Bolsheviks due to “contact with foreign countries” and imprisoned in the dungeons of the Cheka, the first of the Soviet secret police organisations. Alexander Alenitsin committed suicide after being subjected to torture.
1910 - 1910
0
6
4
Round 2
Alexander Appolonovich Alenitsin 1 *
W. Gladky
6-1
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Alexander Appolonovich Alenitsin 1 *
Mr. Werbitzky
6-1
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Alexander Appolonovich Alenitsin 1 *
Laurence Parbury
5-7
6-1
7-5
6-3
Final
Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston 1 *
Alexander Appolonovich Alenitsin
6-4
3-6
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Alexander Appolonovich Alenitsin 1 *
Sergei Lvovich (Serge) Raffalovich
8-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston 1 *
Alexander Appolonovich Alenitsin
6-4
6-2