Einer
Ulrich
Male
Denmark
1896-05-06
Copenhagen, Denmark
1969-02-28
Gentofte, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Einer was born in 1896 in Copenhagen, to parents Ellen Margrethe (née Wiegell) and Aage Louis Francis Ulrich.[2] Einer graduated in 1915 from the Schneekloths school.[2] Then he was drafted into the Jydske Dragonregiment and was mobilized during World War I and was promoted to officer rank.[3]
He competed in the 1926 Wimbledon Championships and reached the fourth round in the singles event in which he lost to Jean Borotra. In the doubles and mixed doubles event he was eliminated in the second round. His second and final participation was at the 1929 Wimbledon Championships in which he reached the second round in all three events.[4] He was a 28-times national champion of Denmark, five of which were consecutive singles victories. [2] He played for the Davis Cup 74 times. [2]
Ulrich started playing football at Akademisk Boldklub of Copenhagen and later in Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.[2][3] After retiring he served as a football referee for 25 more years.
Ulrich got involved in the advertising industry when he established his own company Einer Ulrich Advertising in 1941 followed by Ulrich and Parrilds Advertising, which he sold to American James Walter Thompson where he remained as a co-director of the Danish department until his death. [2] In the mean time he kept in touch with tennis as a chairman of the Hellerup Idræts Klub from 1938 and secretary of the Danish Lawn Tennis Association from 1929 and its president from 1964. [2] He was also the editor-in-chief for the magazine Tennis. [2] For a short time he was appointed the Denmark Davis Cup team captain. [2] In 1967 Einer Ulrich foundation was formed, a project which goal was to help young tennis players. [2] He married three times and had three children: a daughter named Kirsten from his first marriage with Karen Rigmor Larsen,[2][3] and two sons with his second wife Ulla Meyer, also a tennis player and Danish champion. The sons became tennis players as well and were Davis Cup representatives, Jørgen Ulrich and Torben Ulrich.[2][3] He married the third time to Rigmor Alvilda Landgreen.[2] Einer Ulrich is also the grandfather of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, Torben's son.
After the Nazi occupation of Denmark in 1940 the family decided to stay in the country despite the Jewish origin of Ulrich's then-wife Ulla.[5] The turning point was the year 1943 when they were informed of the Nazis' intent to "purge" the Danish protectorate as well. [5] This rumor was strengthened by the deportation of the Danish police in 1943. [5] In October the same year to prevent being arrested Einer used his ties to the Swedish King King Gustav V, a recurring sparring and doubles tennis partner of his, to send his wife and two sons to Sweden in secret. [6] His family along with a group of other Jewish refugees were transported on a fishing boat by human traffickers across the Øresund strait when they were caught on the sea by the Germans. [6] Shots were fired, the passengers jumped into the water and scattered. [6] They were pulled aboard by the Nazis and taken into custody in Elsinore and then to a local camp. [6] Einer made his way there and cleared up the situation with the German authorities and convince them to free his family. [7] About six weeks later they decided to give the escape a second chance and this time they made it to Sweden with the help of probably-bribed customs officers. [8] Einer joined them some time later with the help of another Davis Cup tennis player, Marc Wallenberg of Sweden.[9] After the war they moved back to Denmark.
1921 - 1953
11
64
34
1935 - Danish Nationals (Closed) (Amateur)
1932 - Danish Covered Courts (Amateur)
1932 - Danish Nationals (Closed) (Amateur)
1931 - Danish International Championhips (Amateur)
1931 - Danish Nationals (Closed) (Amateur)
1930 - Danish Covered Courts (Amateur)
1929 - Danish Nationals (Closed) (Amateur)
1928 - Danish Nationals (Closed) (Amateur)
1927 - German International Covered Court Championships ()
1925 - B93 Covered Court Championships,Copenhagen (Amateur)
1924 - B93 Covered Court Championships,Copenhagen (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
Bernhard Frederiksen 1 *
Einer Ulrich
3-6
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Jacques Thomas 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-0
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Sven Davidson 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-0
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Kurt Gies 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-4
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Karl Schroeder 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-3
3-6
11-9
Quarterfinals
Jean Lesueur 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-3
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Rolf Göpfert (Goepfert) 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-4
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Edmund Bartkowiak 1 *
Einer Ulrich
3-6
6-0
6-2
Poule
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Fritz Jensen
8-6
6-3
4-6
7-5
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-2
3-6
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Karl Schroeder 1 *
Einer Ulrich
2
sets
to
1
Round 1
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Düring
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Georg Felix von Metaxa
0-6
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jean Lesueur 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Georg Felix von Metaxa 1 *
Einer Ulrich
0-6
6-4
6-4
Final
Anker Jacobsen 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-1
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Einer Ulrich 1 *
A. Grashoff
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Werner Heinrich Hauss
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Enrique Maier 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Christian Boussus 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-1
6-1
Final
Anker Jacobsen 1 *
Einer Ulrich
4-6
3-6
8-6
6-3
6-2
Final
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Prenn
6-3
3-6
6-4
6-4
Final
Walter Dessart 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Joseph Mitterer
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Hans Heydenreich
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Alain Bernard
6-1
7-5
Semifinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Eugène Broquedis
6-3
6-2
Final
Pierre Henri Landry 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-3
2-6
6-3
Semifinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Arne Velschow Rasmussen
7-5
6-4
Final
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Alfred Wium
6-4
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Arne Velschow Rasmussen
6-2
6-4
Final
Henri Cochet 1 *
Einer Ulrich
2-6
6-0
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Louis Haensch
6-1
7-5
Final
Alan Thoren 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-1
6-3
8-6
Final
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Povl Henriksen
6-4
12-10
8-6
Round 1
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Henry Beaufoy Purcell
7-5
9-7
6-1
Round 2
René de Buzelet 1 *
Einer Ulrich
4-6
7-5
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Maxime (Max) Combemale 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-4
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Miklós Vay
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Christian Boussus 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Robert Spiess
6-2
6-3
Final
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Axel Petersen
4-6
6-4
9-7
6-4
Round 1
Einer Ulrich 1 *
David Rousseaux Morrice
4-6
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Lawrence Francis Davin
7-5
8-6
3-6
6-4
Round 3
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Héctor Américo Cattaruzza
7-5
6-1
8-6
Round 4
Jean Borotra 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-1
2-6
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Einar Christian Bache
5-7
9-7
6-3
Semifinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Erik Worm
?
Final
Axel Petersen 1 *
Einer Ulrich
4-6
8-6
6-1
7-9
6-1
Round 1
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Heinrich Kleinschroth
6-2
8-10
6-1
Quarterfinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Vagn Ingerslev
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Hans Moldenhauer
3-6
6-2
8-6
Final
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Axel Petersen
8-6
6-4
Round 2
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-3
2-6
1-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Erik Worm 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
E.M. Freudenthal
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Axel Petersen 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Erik Worm
6-2
6-8
6-3
Semifinals
Einer Ulrich 1 *
E.M. Freudenthal
4-6
7-5
7-5
Final
Einer Ulrich 1 *
Povl Henriksen
2-6
3-6
6-3
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Einer Ulrich
8-6
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Vagn Ingerslev 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-1
6-3
6-3