Dr Waldemar Peter
Munk
Male
Austria
1894-04-11
Wien (Vienna), Austria
1962-02-06
Santa Clara, California, United States of America
In the years leading up to World War Two, Waldemar Munk, a doctor of law and lawyer, was living with his wife, Gertrud, and their daughter, Eva, in his native Vienna. In the 1920s in particular, both Waldemar and Gertrud Munk had enjoyed success at tournaments in central and southern Europe. By 1935, Waldemar Munk had become vice-president of the Wiener Athletiksport Club, a prestigious sports club in Vienna; at one stage he was also the legal representative for the First Vienna FC, a football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna.
The Munk family were Jewish and, after the “Anschluss”, or annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938, the family of three left Austria and sailed from Rotterdam to California, where they later successfully petitioned to become American citizens. A number of the Munks’ relatives were not so lucky and died in ghettoes or concentration camps created by the Nazis.
1922 - 1931
9
80
40
1927 - Gars Am Kamp International ()
1927 - Slovenian Championships (Amateur)
1926 - Championships of Upper Austria (Amateur)
1924 - Salzburg championships (Amateur)
1924 - Sopron (Amateur)
1924 - Pötzleinsdorfer Autumn Tournament (Amateur)
1923 - Bratislava Championships (Amateur)
1922 - Yugoslavian International Championships (Amateur)
1922 - Cottage Sport Club International Tournament (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
Hermann Wilhelm Artens 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Edouard Thurneyssen 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
4-6
8-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Gustav
7-5
6-2
6-2
Final
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-2
6-2
6-1
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Otto Worisek
6-3
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dr. F. Grossmann 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Vincenz Wolf
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Geymayer
6-0
6-2
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Hitzel
6-3
6-3
6-3
Final
Ernst Horch 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-4
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Dr. Egon Markstein 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
2-6
6-4
7-5
Round 3
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Dr Ernst Juliusburger
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Dr Bernard Schwarz
6-0
6-0
Round 4
Willy Brauer (Bräuer) 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Dr. Darvai
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Imre Takats
7-5
6-1
Final
Lajos Göncz de Gönc 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Steinkogler
7-5
1-6
6-3
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Etienne
6-0
6-4
6-0
Semifinals
Jen? Pétery 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Franz Wilhelm Matejka 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
9-7
13-11
Semifinals
Friedrich (Fritz) Lichtschein 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
7-5
10-8
Semifinals
Roderich Menzel 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-1
1-6
6-1
Round 1
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Fritz Kraemer
w.o.
Round 2
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Hans Eisler 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
František (Franz) Soyka
?
Final
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
?
Round 2
Ludwig Albrecht 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-3
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Franz Wilhelm Matejka 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Nikolai Mikhailoff
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Umberto de Morpurgo 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Ernst Horch
5-7
6-3
6-2
Round 4
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Erich Simon
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Umberto de Morpurgo 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Seifferitz
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Willy Winterstein
6-3
6-3
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
3-6
6-4
6-2
1-6
8-6
Round 1
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Dr. Kerty
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
A. Schaffer
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dr. Egon Markstein 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-2
5-7
6-3
Final
Stanislav Czetwertynski 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
3
sets
to
2
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Hans Eisler
?
Final
Umberto de Morpurgo 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
R.A. Mohr
6-1
6-0
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Franz Wilhelm Matejka
6-3
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Dr. Walter Böhm 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Willy Winterstein 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
0-1
ret.
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Sarbry
?
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
A. Schaffer
?
Round 1
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Wirth
w.o.
Round 2
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
J.F. Hausmann
4-6
7-5
6-3
Round 3
Ferdinand Uhl 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
8-6
2-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Ernst Angerer
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Otto Worisek 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
?
Quarterfinals
Friedrich Rohrer 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-0
6-1
Unknown
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. von Olah
?
Quarterfinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Graf Revay
?
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Duschinsky
?
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Mr. Norgauer
?
Round 1
Wilhelm (Willi) Ehrenreich 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-4
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Franz Wilhelm Matejka 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Quarterfinals
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
8-6
8-6
Challenge Round
Otto Relly 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-0
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Friedrich Rohrer 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
6-0
7-5
Quarterfinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Ludwig Albrecht
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
?
Quarterfinals
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
?
Round 2
Paul Brick 1 *
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk
2
sets
to
1
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
F. Freudenreich
6-0
0-6
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Dr. E. Danner
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Franz Wilhelm Matejka
11-9
6-0
Final
Dr Waldemar Peter Munk 1 *
Baron Hagen
6-4
6-0
6-0