Ing. Ladislav (Rázný)
Žemla (Zemla)
Male
Czechoslovakia
1887-11-06
Kladruby, Czechoslovakia
1955-06-18
Praha, Czechoslovakia
In the beginnings of career played under pseudonym Razny, as strict school rules of those years in Czech country did not allow students to make professional sport.
Ladislav Žemla played in five Olympic tennis tournaments (1906, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924), and was the first tennis player to do so. In fact, Žemla held the record for most appearances in tennis until Arantxa Sánchez Vicario played her fifth Olympics in 2004, and the record was not broken until Leander Paes played in his sixth Olympic tournament at London in 2012.
Žemla was twice a winner of the Budapest Championship, in 1906 and 1909. He also won the 1921 Hainz Memorial. In the 1900s he played at the Austrian International, and the Praha Invitational, making the semis in Austria in 1905. Žemla played once at Wimbledon, in 1926, losing in the third round of singles, the third round of doubles, and the second round of mixed. He also played at the 1922-23 World Hard Court Championships, losing in the third round in 1923.
1903 - 1927
13
103
66
1927 - Mlada Boleslav (Amateur)
1926 - Praha (Prague) (Amateur)
1924 - Hainz Memorial (Amateur)
1923 - Praha (Prague) (Amateur)
1923 - Czechoslovakian International Championships (Open)
1921 - Hainz Memorial (Amateur)
1909 - Czechoslovakian International Championships (Open)
1909 - Budapest Championships (Amateur)
1907 - Championships of München (Munich) (Amateur)
1907 - Bavarian International Championships (ATP World Tour 250 series)
1906 - Budapest Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Prague Championships (First Czech LTC) (Amateur)
1904 - Prague Championships (First Czech LTC) (Amateur)
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. Jiri Novotny
2-6
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Mr. Fiska
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Ferenc Marsalek
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ernst-Arnošt Gottlieb 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
0-6
8-6
9-7
Round 2
Alfons Noblom 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
3-6
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Mr. Meisner
?
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. Jaroslav Just
?
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
E.S. Gonzales
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Norman Latchford
1-6
7-5
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Norman Dicks
2-6
6-3
6-3
2-0
ret.
Round 3
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. Walter Hoffmann
6-3
6-4
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Sergei Rodzianko
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Bohuslav Hyks sr
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Ernst-Arnošt Gottlieb
7-5
2-6
6-2
Semifinals
Pavel Macenauer 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
4-6
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Karel Ardelt 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-2
5-7
6-4
Semifinals
František (Franz) Soyka 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
?
Semifinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
J. Brabec
?
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Mr. Pridal
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. Felix
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Friedrich Rohrer
6-4
6-8
6-0
Final
Jan Kozeluh 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
w.o.
Round 2
Takeichi Harada 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-3
3-6
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Aeschlimann 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-2
7-6
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Bohuslav Hyks sr
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Frantisek Stejskal Sr
?
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Frantisek Tyr
6-2
3-6
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Ernst-Arnošt Gottlieb
6-4
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Pavel Macenauer 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
3-6
6-0
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Hassan Ali Fyzee
w.o.
Round 3
Brame Hillyard 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-3
9-7
7-5
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. Jaroslav Just
6-3
6-2
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
František (Franz) Soyka
7-5
2-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Pavel Macenauer
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Jan Kozeluh
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Frantisek Stejskal Sr
6-3
6-4
Final
Karl Robětín 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
7-5
4-4
ret.
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Alberto Henri Chiesa
w.o.
Round 2
Charles Aeschlimann 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-0
6-2
6-1
Unknown
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Bela Von Kehrling
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Friedrich Rohrer
6-3
4-6
7-5
Final
Heinrich Kleinschroth 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-3
2-6
6-2
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Frantisek Tyr
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
dr. ? Hlousek
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Karl Robětín
6-2
6-4
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. Jaroslav Just
?
Round 2
Sune Malmstrom 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
4-6
6-2
6-3
7-5
Round 4
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Lionel Tapscott
1-6
4-6
6-2
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Harold Kitson 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
2-6
6-3
6-2
4-6
6-3
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Jaroslav Hainz
w.o.
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty
w.o.
Round 2
Robert Powell 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
2-6
6-0
6-4
6-1
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Otto Mario Widmann
7-5
10-8
4-1
ret.
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
H.E. Von Langen
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
G.K. Roberts
2-6
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Karel Beukema 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-0
6-4
Round 1
F. Holmers 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. Hans Roth
w.o.
Round 3
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
dr. J. Jechenthal
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Graf Maximilian Joseph Ernst (Max) Wratislaw
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-4
6-2
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Frantisek Čistecký
6-2
8-6
6-4
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. F. Krumbholz
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Mr. Roth
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Starke
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
H. Haltegg
6-3
3-6
6-3
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-2
6-2
ret.
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Dr. A.H. Zweifel
w.o.
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Prinz Engelbert Ferdinand Maria von Auersperg
w.o.
Round 3
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Baron Hupmann
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
O. Fuchs
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
R. Freund
6-1
5-6
ret.
Round 3
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Hans von Ringhoffer
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-8
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
H. Haltegg
8-6
6-3
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-1
6-2
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Franz Kursaa
6-3
3-6
7-5
Challenge Round
Baron Alfred von Ringhoffer 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
3-6
4-6
6-2
6-3
6-0
Challenge Round
Dr. Jaroslav Just 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
w.o.
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
K. Waldek
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
E. Kabat
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
H. Märky
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
R. Schartel
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Friedrich Petrina
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-3
6-2
Challenge Round
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
w.o.
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-2
3-6
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
7-5
6-0
Final
Frantisek Čistecký 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
10-8
6-4
Final
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-2
7-5
6-3
Challenge Round
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Mr. Buchar
w.o.
Round 1
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-1
6-1
Final
Mr. Buchar 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
11-9
6-0