Zdeněk (Jansky)
Žemla
Male
Czechoslovakia
1883-00-00
Praha (Prague), Czechoslovakia
1927-07-19
Zborov, Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Žemla won bronze medals in both singles and doubles at the 1906 Athina Olympics, competing for Bohemia. There were three Žemlas who played tennis at the 1906 Games – Jaroslav, Ladislav, and Zdeněk – with all competing for I. Český Lawn-Tenisový Klub Praha. Ladislav and Zdeněk played together to win the doubles bronze medal. We suspect they are related, possibly brothers, but have not yet been able to confirm that. Ladislav was the best known tennis player of the group, competing again at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics, and winning several other events in Hungary in that era.
Zdeněk played a number of tournaments in Europe in the 1900s, especially the Austrian International Championships, at which he made the semi-finals in 1901, and the quarter-finals in 1904 and 1906. He also played the Bohemian Championships and the Praha Tournament several times, losing in early rounds.
1900 - 1908
5
40
21
1907 - Bohemian Crown Lands Championships (Amateur)
1904 - Bavarian International Championships (ATP World Tour 250 series)
1903 - Championships of Upper Austria (Amateur)
1903 - Championships of the Salzkammergut (Amateur)
1901 - Bohemian Championships (Amateur)
Round 2
Captain Claude Russell-Brown 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
w.o.
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-0
6-4
Final
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
George Logie
6-2
7-5
6-1
Final
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Fritz Felix Pipes
6-4
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Baron Frantisek Seraph Joseph (Franz) Ringhoffer
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
G. Bloch
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
J. Millet
w.o.
Round 2
Maurice Germot 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
3-6
6-1
6-2
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
7-5
6-0
1-0
ret.
Round 2
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Dezső Lauber
w.o.
Round 3
Baron Alfred Ringhoffer 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
5-7
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-1
6-3
Final
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Baron Alfred Ringhoffer
6-3
6-2
Challenge Round
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
w.o.
Round 1
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Graf Maximilian Joseph Ernst (Max) Wratislaw
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Benjamin Ward Frost
3-6
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Pierre Verdé Delisle
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Maurice Germot 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Graf Colloredo-Mannsfeld
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
C.B. Watson
w.o.
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-3
6-4
Final
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Rudolf Pummerer
6-1
6-2
7-5
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-2
7-5
6-3
Final
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
George Rublee
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-0
Final
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Carl H. Mascha
6-1
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Robert Reska 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
0-6
6-3
6-1
Challenge Round
Frantisek Čistecký 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
?
Round 2
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Alois Hecht
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Fritz Petri
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Mr. Musil
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Baron Alfred Ringhoffer
6-3
6-4
Final
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Curt von Wessely
7-5
6-4
Final
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-3
6-3
6-3
Final
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Otto Schlosser
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
7-5
6-1