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General First nameWilli
LastnameHannemann
GenderMale
CountryGermany
Date of birth1892-02-03
Place of birthBerlin, Germany
Date of death1971-00-00
Place of deathMunchen, Germany


About

From Alexander Schwartz:

On 15.V.1906 he became a professional tennis coach at the early age of 14 when he was hired by the Oldenburger Tennisverein.Shortly thereafter
his talent was the discovered by Otto von Müller,a prussian officer and one of the best german tennis players,who persuaded him to shift his activities from
the rural Grandduchy of Oldenburg to the more populated and lucrative Prussian Rhine Province.In the following years he worked as the professional coach of the
THC Rot-Weiss in Cologne (a position which was later held by the more famous Hans Nüsslein).His most important pupil there was Cilly Aussem,the 1931 French and
Wimbledon Singles Champion.
In 1911 he was one of the founding members of the Verein Deutscher Tennislehrer (VDT-Association of German Professional Tennis Coaches).This association
was the first of its kind in the world and helped to set standards in the education of professional coaches and amateur players.In 1912 and 1920 he also won the Singles title of the German Professional Championships which were organized by the VDT.He was President of this association in 1919-1920.
During the First World War he served in the Prussian Army.When he returned from the war he had to discover that the economical conditions for professional coaching had aggravated (Large parts of the german population were impoverished during the war or the following years up to 1923;many tennis courts were
converted to gardens to produce food during the terrible allied hunger blockade which lasted until spring 1919).To survive these hardships,Hannemann had to open a sporting goods store in Cologne.Furthermore,he petitioned his reamateurisation from the German Tennis Federation.Although this caused fierce arguments inside the
federation,his request was finally granted in 1920 under the condition of a waiting period of three full years.
In 1924 he started his amateur career with the singles and doubles title of the German International Covered Court Championships.In 1925 he also won the singles and doubles title of the Swiss International Championships.In 1926 he managed to win the German Team Championships with his club THC Rot-Weiss Cologne.
His playing style is described in the Tennis Handbuch 1926 as being a baseliner with powerful groundstrokes,especially a dominating forehand,effective but unorthodox volleys and a disappointingly a weak serve.
From 1924 to 1926 he was classified as Number 4 in the German National Rankings below players like Froitzheim,Landmann and Moldenhauer.
He celebrated the biggest success of his amateur career when he reached the singles and doubles finals of the German International Championships in 1927.
Since economic conditions had improved in the second half of the 1920ies,he decided to return to professional coaching in the same year and practised his profession
in Berlin.In the following years he was hired by the German Tennis Federation to coach the Davis Cup Team and especially junior players.His most famous pupils were Gottfried von Cramm and Henner Henkel.During these period he is frequently decribed as Reichstrainer,although there never was an official position of this name up to 1969.The federation still hired professional coaches if the necessity and the occasion arrived.
After the Second World War Hannemann lived and worked in Munich.

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Archive statistics Career1920 - 1959
Tournament wins18
Matches96
Match wins75


Tournament wins 1927 - Championships of Saxony (Amateur)
1927 - Aachen International (Amateur)
1927 - Köln International (Amateur)
1927 - Championships of Berlin (Amateur)
1926 - Dortmund International (Amateur)
1925 - Aachen International (Amateur)
1925 - Championships of Krefeld (Amateur)
1925 - Swiss International Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Homburg Cup (Amateur)
1924 - Borussia Tournament (Amateur)
1924 - Blau-Weiss Club (Amateur)
1924 - German International Covered Court Championships ()
1924 - Köln Closed Championships (Amateur)
1924 - West German Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Duisburg (Amateur)
1924 - Bad Kreuznach (Amateur)
1920 - German Professional Championships (Professional)
1912 - German Professional Championships (Professional)


Tournaments Hanover International - 1959 German International Covered Court Championships - 1927 Netherlands International Championships - 1927 German International Championships - 1927 Championships of Berlin - 1927 Köln International - 1927 Championships of Saxony - 1927 Aachen International - 1927 Prussian Championships - 1926 Championships of Berlin - 1926 German National Championships - 1926 Dortmund International - 1926 Swiss International Championships - 1925 German International Championships - 1925 Homburg Cup - 1925 Düsseldorf International - 1925 Borussia Tournament - 1925 Championships of Krefeld - 1925 Aachen International - 1925 Berliner Schlittschuh-Club - 1925 German International Covered Court Championships - 1924 German International Championships - 1924 Prussian Championships - 1924 Championships of Berlin - 1924 Championships of Hamburg - 1924 Köln International - 1924 Blau-Weiss Club - 1924 Bad Neuenahr - 1924 West German Championships - 1924 Borussia Tournament - 1924 Bad Kreuznach - 1924 Berliner Schlittschuh-Club - 1924 Duisburg - 1924 Düsseldorf Tennis Games (Tennis-Wettspiele) - 1924 Köln Closed Championships - 1924 Mönchengladbach - 1924 Rhine Cup - 1924 German Professional Championships - 1920