Roelof
van Lennep
Male
Netherlands
1876-10-03
Wiesbaden, Germany
1951-09-13
Den Haag, Netherlands
Roelof was born on 3 October 1876 to Christiaan van Lennep and his second wife Charlotta Louise Küpfer. [3] Roelof had six siblings, and a half-sister, including Madzy, Christine, August Willem and Christiaan van Lennep, all of whom later got involved in tennis .[4] [3] In 1895 he and his family founded the Hilversumsche Lawn Tennisclub in their own house. [5] Some years after they established three cement courts.[4] His sister Christine was appointed the club's treasurer. [5] His brother August Willem won the national championships in 1903 but died young, in the age of only 24, in 1908 in London. [6][7] His sister Madzy won the ladies' doubles three consecutive times (1889?1901) and the mixed two consecutive time (1899?1900, partnering Karel Beukema) both streaks started from the inaugural championships.[8][9] His brother Christiaan was the most successful amongst them winning the singles on six occasions,[6] the doubles seven times (1904,[10] 1905, 1907,[11] 1908, 1912,[12] 1916, 1923[13])
His breakthrough came when in 1904 he won a triple crown at the Haarlem International Championships (partnering Emilie Dolleman and J. F. Sol). [14] In the same month he reached the finals of the Dutch International Championships in Scheveningen with his brother Christiaan but fell to Wylie Cameron Grant and Irving Wright. [15] On top of that he became the triple crown national champion of the Netherlands after he copied his brother, August's singles feat from last year then claimed the doubles with Christiaan and finished the day with the mixed title partnering Louise Dolleman.[10] Next year he was able to defend his doubles titles only losing the singles to Christiaan.
In 1909 he won the mixed national championships after a three-year hiatus partnering Loes Everts.[16] In 1910 he regained his national doubles title alongside Gerard Scheurleer.[17] In 1911 he booked his last national title in the doubles teaming up with Adolf Broese van Groenou. [12]
Roelof was a soccer supporter as well and was the founding member of the Hilversumsche Footballclub 'T Gooi in 1889, first football club in Hilversum. [18] He was also the director of the Tarakan Petroleum and the Kali Tello coffee estate in Jakarta at the Dutch East Indies during the 1930s. [19][20][21] He married twice and had three children, Sylvia, Warner and Marnix Roelof.[22]
1894 - 1928
3
86
54
1909 - Netherlands International Championships (Open)
1905 - Netherlands International Championships (Open)
1904 - Netherlands National Championship (Open)
Round 2
Jean Borotra 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-2
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
J. MacNeill
7-5
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gerard Castendijk 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-2
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Marinus (Maas) Van der Feen 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
A.H. Kramp
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Hendrik Willem Gerard Ras
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Marinus (Maas) Van der Feen 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Norman Hills Patterson
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
D.H. Lindsay
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-3
6-8
6-2
Round 1
Otto Salm 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
1-6
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
W. Stafford
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Horace Loftus Lawrie 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
w.o.
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Gordon Branfoot
6-1
6-1
Round 2
R. Boucher 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-1
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
bye
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Gerard Scheurleer
9-7
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Jean Baptiste August (Guus) Kessler
?
Semifinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Gerlach Cornelis Joannes Van Reenen
8-6
6-8
7-5
Final
Otto Blom 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
4-6
6-3
10-8
4-6
6-0
Final
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Gerard Scheurleer
5-7
8-10
11-9
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
7-5
3-6
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
E.J. Hoos
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
E.H. Brands
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
J.C.C. De Kuyper
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Paul de Borman 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-4
6-3
Round 2
John Fortescue Foulkes 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
W.T. Rattigan
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
3-6
6-0
6-2
Round 1
G. Watson 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
11-9
6-3
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
A.C.J. Vredenburg
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
C.G. Reijnders
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Pieter Constantijn Gülcher
6-2
6-1
Final
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Johan Gottlieb Heldring
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Jacques De La Boëssière-Thiennes
6-2
2-6
6-2
Round 3
Paul de Borman 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
A.E. Reijnst
3-6
6-1
9-7
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Adolf Broese van Groenou
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Johan Willem Henny
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Prince Adriaan Theodore (Adriaan) Van Westdorpe
?
Final
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-2
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Prince Adriaan Theodore (Adriaan) Van Westdorpe
6-2
7-5
Final
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-3
5-7
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
D. Finkler
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Marinus Emmarikus Van der Wall
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Robert Hough
6-3
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
Wylie Grant 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Gerlach Cornelis Joannes Van Reenen
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Norman Hills Patterson
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Algernon Thornton Woulfe
w.o.
Semifinals
Wylie Grant 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Round 3
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep
4-6
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Jhr. Theodoor Prins van Westdorpe
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Johannes Jacob Gerrit Pronk
4-6
6-4
6-4
Final
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
John F. Sol
4-6
9-7
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Gerardus Adrianus (Gerard) Van Haeften
6-3
6-3
Round 2
John Flavelle 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-2
6-0
Round 1
C.L. Gardiner 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Theodoor Willem Mundt
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Theodoor Frederik (Theo) Vreede
6-2
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
A.W. Deuce
2-6
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
August Willem Van Lennep 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Louis Auguste Alphonse Henry Weijtlandt
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
C.A. Kessler
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Ulrich Eugene Verkerk
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Frederick William Payn 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
F. van Laar
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Karel Beukema 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
J. Van der Zande
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
F. Knoote
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
John F. Sol
3-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
P. Louwerse
8-6
5-3
ret.
Final
Baron Carel Van Rappard 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
?
Round 1
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
bye
Round 2
Baron Carel Van Rappard 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Chr. Jones 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-2
6-2
Unknown
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Adolf Broese van Groenou
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Henri Van Rees 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
H. Boeken
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Roelof van Lennep 1 *
Abrham (Bram) Hendrik Ledeboer
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
C. Green 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Dr Joan Aegidius Van der Rhede van der Kloot 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-2
6-1
Round 1
G.T. Eames 1 *
Roelof van Lennep
6-2
6-1