Józef
Hebda
Male
Poland
1906-10-07
Lwow, Poland
1975-09-23
Krakow, Poland
He was a Polish tennis player, multiple Polish champion and representative in the Davis Cup.
Hebda became interested in tennis relatively late, after 20 years of age, before trying himself among others as a footballer. During his career he defended the colors of the Lviv Tennis Club, ŁKS Łódź, Legia Warszawa, Wisła and Olsza Kraków. He broke to the national tennis lead in 1930, when he was on the 5-8th position in the ranking of the Polish Tennis Association. A year later he was on 3rd place.
In 1932, he won the first Polish championship in singles. He defeated Ignacy Tłoczyński in the final, depriving him of the chance to win the Miller Cup, a trophy awarded a champion who won three times in a row or became five times Polish champions. Hebda also beat Tłoczyński in the final of the international Polish championships, becoming the first Polish winner of this tournament. He also triumphed in the international Polish championships in 1937 and 1938, and taking into account in doubles and in mixed doubles, he won a total of eight titles (the last in 1947). In the Polish national championships in all competitions he won thirteen titles, the last in 1954. He also won the singles in 1933 (in the finals versus Ernest Wittmann), in 1935 (versus Kazimierz Tarłowski), in 1936 (against Tarłowski) and in the first post-war edition in 1945 (versus Władysław Skonecki). He did not use his chances for the fifth triumph - and thus winning the Miller Cup - in 1937 and 1938, succumbing to Tarłowski in the first final, and to Tłoczyński in the second. The national rivalry with Ignacy Tłoczyński (who finally became the Polish champion for the fifth time in 1939) enjoyed great interest from fans.
In foreign competition, Hebda was relatively less successful than Tłoczyński, but he had, among others victory over the well-known Australian Viv McGrath in the French championship in 1933, and in friendly (inter-club) matches he beat the German Henner Henkel and Frenchman Jean Borotra. The Lviv player debuted in the national team in the Davis Cup in May 1931, contributing to the victory over Norway. In 1935 he defeated South African representative Vernon Kirby, a semi-finalist of the US championship a year earlier. He also presented good disposition in 1936, when in the match against Austria he scored two single points, beating Georg von Metaxa and Adam Bawarowski. However, this was not enough for Poland's victory. Interestingly, after the 'Anschluss' of Austria, these three players met together on the court in the doubles match of the Davis Cup in 1939, but in a completely different configuration - Hebda with Bawarowski in the Polish team, von Metaxa in hand with Henkel in the German national team. Hedba made his last appearance in the Davis Cup band after the war, losing in 1947 among others with the Englishman Tony Mottram. In total, he won 14 matches, lost 18. He defended national colors in the Central European Cup, which the Polish team won in 1938 after a two-year battle with the teams of Italy, Hungary, Austria, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.
During World War II, he was initially in Lviv. In 1940 he won the title of USSR champion in singles, without losing a set in the tournament. After the Germans seized Lviv, he managed to get to Kraków, where he remained until the end of the occupation, as well as in the post-war period. After the war, he continued his sports career because of his age with less success. He also worked as a youth tennis coach.
Right-handed Hebda was known as a talented tennis player, with great skills, but also extremely chimerical. In the Davis Cup match with the Italian Emanuele Sertorio in 1936 he was able to win eighteen games in a row - from 1: 5 to 7: 5, 6: 0, 6: 0! On the other hand, he was also known for his entertainment lifestyle. Thus, he contrasted his rival Tłoczyński, whose tennis was considered to be worked out, and the player himself had the opinion of an extremely hard-working player. In 1932, Hebda was one of the leaders in the Top Ten Poll of "Przegląd Sportowy" for the best Polish athletes (8th place).
1930 - 1951
12
153
104
1945 - Polish National Championships (Amateur)
1940 - USSR Nationals (Amateur)
1939 - Lodz (Amateur)
1939 - Polish International Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Polish International Championships (Amateur)
1936 - Polish National Championships (Amateur)
1935 - Sopot (Amateur)
1935 - Polish National Championships (Amateur)
1933 - Polish National Championships (Amateur)
1933 - Côte d'Azur Championships (Amateur)
1932 - Polish National Championships (Amateur)
1932 - Polish International Championships (Amateur)
Unknown
Józef Hebda 1 *
Roman Niestrój
6-1
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Andrzej Licis
4-6
5-7
6-2
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Wlodzimierz Olejniszyn 1 *
Józef Hebda
5-7
5-7
6-4
7-5
9-7
Round 2
Antal Jancso 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-3
1-6
6-4
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Mr. Poudret
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Guido Pellissier
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Bengt Axelsson 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Finn Carlson
4-6
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Claude Frederick Owen Lister 1 *
Józef Hebda
1-6
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Vladimir Zabrodsky 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-3
6-1
Final
Wladyslaw Skonecki 1 *
Józef Hebda
7-5
6-0
8-6
Final
Wladyslaw Skonecki 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-4
1-6
7-9
6-4
6-1
Final
Wladyslaw Skonecki 1 *
Józef Hebda
2-6
7-5
6-4
3-6
6-3
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Wladyslaw Skonecki
6-2
6-1
6-4
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Boris Ilyich Novikov
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Sven Nyström
6-4
4-6
6-1
Round 2
Marian Badin 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Christian Boussus 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
André Martin-Legeay 1 *
Józef Hebda
0-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
J. Zielinski
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Roman Niestrój
6-2
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ksawery Tloczynski
6-3
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Adam Baworowski
6-2
6-4
6-3
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ignacy Tloczynski
6-2
1-6
9-7
6-3
Round 2
Dragutin Mitic 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
William W. (Bill) Robertson
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Owen Anderson
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Adam Baworowski 1 *
Józef Hebda
w.o.
Round 1
Renato Bossi 1 *
Józef Hebda
?
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Erwin Statz
6-2
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Joachim Hildebrandt
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Georg Felix von Metaxa 1 *
Józef Hebda
7-5
7-5
6-2
Final
Ignacy Tloczynski 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-0
4-6
6-0
1-6
6-2
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Peter Bauer
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Werner Beuthner
4-6
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Heinz Pietzner
6-3
6-4
Final
Adam Baworowski 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-2
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Pat Hughes 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Maurice Papillon
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Jean Lesueur 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-8
6-3
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Mr. Tournay
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Tudorel Badin 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-3
1-6
7-5
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Sven Nyström
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Eric Peters
9-7
6-1
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Kazimierz Tarlowski 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Johannes Pohlhausen 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-3
2-6
1-6
6-2
6-2
Final
Vojtech Vodicka 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-2
2-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Mr. Falk
6-3
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Hans Redl
6-3
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Czeslaw Spychala
w.o.
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ignacy Tloczynski
6-3
6-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Leon Kończak
6-2
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ignacy Tloczynski
6-3
6-1
4-6
3-6
6-2
Final
Kazimierz Tarlowski 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-2
6-1
3-6
6-1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Siegfried Hendewerk
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Erwin Becker-Bielitz
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Heinz Pietzner
6-2
4-6
6-1
Semifinals
Henner Henkel 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Charles Hare 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Jacques Sanglier 1 *
Józef Hebda
?
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Leon Kończak
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Albert Neuman
6-1
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Gerhard Stolze
6-0
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ignacy Tloczynski
6-4
6-2
6-0
Final
Kazimierz Tarlowski 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Arne Velschow Rasmussen
6-0
6-4
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Kho Sin-Khie 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ernest Wittman
2-6
7-5
6-1
6-4
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Kazimierz Tarlowski
4-6
6-3
6-1
8-6
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Dragutin Mitic
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Hans Denker
6-4
2-6
6-2
Semifinals
Ignacy Tloczynski 1 *
Józef Hebda
w.o.
Round 1
Jacques van den Eynde 1 *
Józef Hebda
w.o.
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
E. Ruckstuhl
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
André Jacquemet
6-2
2-6
6-3
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Josef Caska
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Gottfried von Cramm 1 *
Józef Hebda
7-5
8-6
Quarterfinals
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon 1 *
Józef Hebda
3
sets
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Rudolf Schuster
6-0
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Herbert Tubben
9-7
4-6
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Franjo Kukuljevic 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Vladimir Landau 1 *
Józef Hebda
w.o.
Round 1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Karol Zbyszewski
4-6
6-1
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Alexander M. Hamburger
6-0
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Pat Hughes 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-2
6-3
9-7
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Kazimierz Tarlowski
4-6
6-4
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Alexander M. Hamburger
7-5
6-1
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Heinz Pietzner
1-6
6-4
6-1
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Svatopluk Cernoch
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Gottfried von Cramm 1 *
Józef Hebda
w.o.
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Édouard Leven
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Don Turnbull 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-1
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Mr. Kolb
?
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Mr. Ortner
?
Round 4
Józef Hebda 1 *
Heinrich Eifermann
0-6
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Hans Redl
5-7
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Georg Felix von Metaxa 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-0
6-3
3-6
6-0
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Eberhard Pachaly
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Feodor (Feo) Hartz
8-6
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Gottfried von Cramm 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-0
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Jan Wojciechowski
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Krzysztof Herbst
6-0
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Lazaros Stalios
6-0
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Hermann Wilhelm Artens
4-6
6-0
6-1
6-2
Final
Ignacy Tloczynski 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-2
7-9
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Vivian McGrath
8-6
6-2
7-9
7-5
Round 3
Frank Wilde 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Kay Warden
w.o.
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Jean Risler
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Louis Haensch
w.o.
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer
4-6
6-2
6-2
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ignacy Tloczynski
0-6
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Jean Risler
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Willem Karsten
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer 1 *
Józef Hebda
3-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Guido Cesura
5-7
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Augusto Rado 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Antoni Kruczkiewicz
w.o.
Round 2
Georg Felix von Metaxa 1 *
Józef Hebda
7-5
6-1
6-0
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ernest Wittman
8-6
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Rudolf (G.) Picard
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Emanuele Sertorio
4-6
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Roderich Menzel 1 *
Józef Hebda
6-3
3-6
6-1
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Antoni Kruczkiewicz
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Antoni Laszkiewicz
6-0
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ludomir Popławski (Poplawski)
7-5
9-7
6-3
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Roderich Menzel
6-4
3-6
10-8
6-4
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ignacy Tloczynski
6-4
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Zygmunt Czyżowski
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Jan Pfahl
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ludomir Popławski (Poplawski)
6-2
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Maksymiljan (Max) Stolarow
7-5
8-6
6-1
Final
Józef Hebda 1 *
Ignacy Tloczynski
8-6
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Józef Hebda 1 *
Bronisław Goldstein
3-6
6-1
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Janos Straub
6-4
6-1
5-7
9-11
4-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Józef Hebda 1 *
Jerzy (Georgy Alexandrovny) Stolarow
6-3
4-6
8-6
6-2
Semifinals
Ignacy Tloczynski 1 *
Józef Hebda
8-6
6-8
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Tadeusz Prochowski
6-3
6-3
2-6
6-3
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Antoni Jurczynski
5-7
4-6
6-0
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ignacy Tloczynski 1 *
Józef Hebda
3-6
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Round 2
Józef Hebda 1 *
Tadeusz Prochowski
6-3
6-3
2-6
6-3
Round 3
Józef Hebda 1 *
Antoni Jurczynski
5-7
4-6
6-0
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ignacy Tloczynski 1 *
Józef Hebda
3-6
6-4
6-4
6-2