Jenő
von Zsigmondy
Male
Hungary
1889-07-04
Budapest, Hungary
1930-07-30
Paris, France
Zsigmondy was born in 1889, son of lawyer and Aulic Councillor Jenő Zsigmondy sr. a member of the famous Zsigmondy family and Matild Bartolovics. He had a sister Viola and a brother Dezs. His first cousin twice removed was dentist Adolf Zsigmondy inventor of the Zsigmondy cross. His first cousin once removed, Adolf's son was Richard Adolf Zsigmondy a recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1926. His second first cousin once removed, Richard's brother Emil Zsigmondy was a mountaineer and eponym of the Zsigmondyspitze an Austrian mountain peak. His third first cousin once removed Karl Zsigmondy was the discoverer of the Zsigmondy's theorem in mathemathics.[4] His grandfather Pál was the one who established the first tennis court in Budapest capital of Hungary and brought croquet and tennis equipment from England.[5] His father was also a member of the Hungarian Parliament between 1927?1932.[6]
In 1907 he won the Hungarian Tennis Championships singles trophy for the first time.[7]
In 1909 he won the Hungarian Tennis Championships mixed doubles contest partnering Katalin Cséry, an achievement they repeated five more times afterwards.[3]
In 1910 he became the national champion in singles for the second time.[8]
In 1911 he successfully defended his national title.[7] He was defeated by Curt Brandis in the Hungarian Athletics Club international tournament.[9]
In 1912 he won the Tátralomnic championship.[7] That year he also clinched the Hungarian Athletics Club international championships as well.[10]
In 1913 Zsigmondy fell short to Béla von Kehrling for claiming his fourth national title although they won the doubles contest together.[11]
In the 1914 World Hard Court Championships in Saint Cloud in June he teamed up with Béla von Kehrling and reached the semifinals only losing to Arthur Gore and Algernon Kingscote of Great Britain in straight sets.[1] The same month he lost again to Kehrling in the Hungarian Lawn Tennis National Championships.[12]
As a result of his fading health he had to give up tennis and started to pursue amateur golf.[13] In 3?7 June 1929 Zsigmondy won a couple of titles in the Wiener Golf-Club championships, including the mixed doubles alongside Mrs. Pollack von Parnau. In handicap contest (against bogey) he was defeated by G. Hänel. In the Grave-yard handicap he finished first with a score of (17) 19 greenen.[14] In September in the international golf challenge between Hungary and Germany Zsigmondy lost both of his matches in singles and mixed doubles. On the 7th of the same month he traveled to Vienna for the International Country Club of Lainz, but fell in the qualification rounds.[15] In October he reached the quarterfinal of the Hungarian International Golf Championships. In the Illés Gara Memorial Tournament I. Scratch contest and III. Handicap contest he finished sixth on both events. For the Zichy travelling trophy in mid-October he earned a shared second place in Bogey handicap.[16] In 1935 there was a Zsigmondy Jen? memorial golf contest, won by István von Rakovszky.He studied law and in early May 1913 he graduated becoming a lawyer.[11] He married Alice Gstettner, a singing master from Vienna. They had two daughters Magda and Éva.[4][17] He died on 30 July 1930 in Paris due to a disease.[13]
1904 - 1914
4
25
11
1912 - Budapest Championships (Amateur)
1911 - Hungarian National Championships (Open)
1910 - Hungarian National Championships (Open)
1907 - Hungarian National Championships (Open)
Round 2
Ludwig von Salm 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Umberto de Morpurgo
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Robert Kleinschroth
1-6
11-9
7-5
Semifinals
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-2
4-6
6-3
Final
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
8-6
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-3
6-2
6-2
Final
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
3-6
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-1
6-2
6-0
Final
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
3-6
6-2
3-6
6-0
6-1
Final
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Alfred Janus
6-6
ret.
Final
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Pál Segner
6-2
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Dr. Georg Jonas
w.o.
Round 2
Heinrich Kleinschroth 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Léon Dufau
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
M. Bolin
6-1
ret.
Quarterfinals
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Anthony Leyland Prinsep
8-6
6-2
Semifinals
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-3
6-1
6-1
Final
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Pál Segner
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Pál Segner 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
László Ivánka
w.o.
Round 2
Bohuslav Hyks sr 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
7-5
6-4
3-6
6-0
Challenge Round
Ede Toth 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
2-6
3-6
6-3
6-3
6-4
Final
Jenő von Zsigmondy 1 *
Dezső Lauber
6-1
6-4
3-6
6-2
Final
Pál Segner 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
2-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-2
6-2