Dr. Wilhelm
Schomburgk
Male
Germany
1882-03-15
Leipzig, Germany
1959-12-18
Leipzig, Germany
Wilhelm Schomburgk came from a wealthy family in Leipzig and was the brother of fellow lawn tennis player Heinrich Schomburgk. A gifted all-round athlete, Wilhelm Schomburgk as a young man played not only lawn tennis, but also football, field hockey and ice hockey. He studied law at the University of Leipzig, obtaining his doctorate in 1907. In 1902, he had been a co-founder of the Deutscher Tennis-Bund, or German Tennis Federation; he became president of this organisation in 1934, but resigned his post in October 1937 due to differences of opinion with the Nazi authorities. Wilhelm Schomburgk was part of the resistance to the Nazis during World War Two, and remained in his home city of Leipzig after the war even though it was located in what became East Germany. This meant that most of the Schomburgk family’s wealth and businesses located there were expropriated by the communists when they took power after the war.
1901 - 1928
3
38
15
1911 - Championships of Leipzig (Amateur)
1909 - Championships of Leipzig (Amateur)
1908 - Championships of Leipzig (Amateur)
Round 1
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
w.o.
Round 2
R.A. Mohr 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Cornelis Albert (Cor) Bryan 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Willy Brauer (Bräuer) 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Otto Thümmel 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Hans Moldenhauer 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
Mr. von Berlepsch
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
Mr. Scharf
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
E. Zehme
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Dr Curt Brandis 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-3
7-5
Final
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk
w.o.
Round 1
R. Bourguignon 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-0
6-4
Final
Carl Lange 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-2
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
Hermann Rau
6-1
6-3
Final
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk
w.o.
Round 2
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
George Cartwright
6-3
4-6
6-1
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
W. Fiedler
w.o.
Final
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
H.A. Scheibner
6-1
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Dr. Otto Nirrnheim 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
V.J. Woodward
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
H.S. Lovegrove 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-4
3-6
6-1
Round 1
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
R.C. Hall
6-2
5-7
6-0
Round 2
Henry Pollard 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Alexander Frederick Fellowes 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Dr David Thomas Harbison 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-4
6-0
Round 2
H. Weber 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
w.o.
Round 1
Dr Henry F. Helmholtz 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
George Hillyard
w.o.
Round 2
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
Gerhard Frankenberg Adler
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Dr Henry F. Helmholtz 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
Hermann E. Gerdes
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk 1 *
Peter Kuetgens
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
w.o.
Final
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-1
6-2
Final
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
?
Quarterfinals
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling) 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling) 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-0
6-1