The incredible story of Baron Gottfried von Cramm, antinazi German tennis player We Are Tennis
Unthinkable today: in 1935, during the Davis Cup final between Germany and the United States, von Cramm refused the ultimate decisive point of the competition, synonym of silver bowl, by notifying the Umpire of his mistake. On this last American return offline, Gottfried confessed to have touched the ball with the tip of his racquet, when.
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Gottfried von Cramm [GER] Born: 7 July 1909 Died: 8 November 1976 Career: 1929-55 Played: Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Peak rank: 1 (1937) Peak Elo rating: 2,105 (1st place, 1935) Major singles titles: 2 Total singles titles: 75 * * * Some sports stories never get old. For me, every single tale of the sportsmanship of Gottfried von Cramm.
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Gottfried von Cramm was sentenced to one year in jail but came out on probation after seven months. His mother had intervened and met Hermann Göring, who was a member of the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club where von Cramm originated. After World War II, Herbst, meanwhile married, visited Germany to thank von Cramm for saving his life.
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Although mostly known as Gottfried von Cramm's once partner, the truth is Austria-Hungary-born Manasse Herbst was so much more — he was a movie actor, theater performer, and a singer. In fact, while the Jew was secretly involved with the tennis star in the early 1930s, he'd participated in 416 performances of 'White Horse Inn.
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Official tennis player profile of Gottfried Von Cramm on the ATP Tour. Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more.
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Gottfried von Cramm, whose full name was in fact Baron Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt von Cramm, was born in 1909 in Lower Saxony. He obtained his first remarkable results in tennis in 1932, winning the German Championships, but he soon made himself famous outside of Germany as well - and his style drew as much attention as his.
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Von Cramm played 111 Davis Cup matches for Germany, one of only 14 players in history to surpass the century mark. He won six German Championships titles, the last coming in 1949 at age 40. Von Cramm and partner Henner Henkel won two major doubles titles, one at the French and one at the U.S. Nationals in 1937.
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Official ATP Tour tennis stats of Gottfried Von Cramm including aces, double faults, serves, returns and break points. Filter by year and surface.
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Gottfried von Cramm's Redemptive Qualities. The American writer David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), whose Infinite Jest (1996) made Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005, was also well known for writing about tennis.As a junior player at the age of 17, he himself had been ranked 17 th in the USTA's Western Section.
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Gottfried von Cramm survived the war, married Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton in the 1950s and became a successful cotton importer. He died in a car accident on a business trip in Egypt in 1976.
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Gottfried was a Saxon aristocrat, the third son of Burchard Baron von Cramm. He was wealthy, sociable and open-handed, while his sporting success made him wildly popular back home. He had a winning personality, as well as a reputation for good manners, sportsmanship and honourable conduct towards his opponents.
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Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm (German: [ˈɡɔtfʁiːt fɔn ˈkʁam] ⓘ; 7 July 1909 - 8 November 1976) was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament on five other occasions. He was ranked number 2 in the world in 1934 and 1936, and number 1 in the world in 1937.
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Baron. Gottfried Von Cramm. (Germany 1909-1976) French translation. Von Cramm's. excellent service. It was in 1932 that a young German aristocrat Gottfried Von Cramm first broke onto the scene. At 23 years old, he had a typically classical style of play with the mental capacity to face anything, and excellent sportsmanship and fair play.
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CAIRO, Nov. 8 (AP)— Baron Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis star of the 1930's, died in an automobile accident today on a desert road on a return trip from Alexandria on business.
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Gottfried Von Cramm became the first German finalist when he reached the men's singles final against Fred Perry.Find your Wimbledon moment at WimbledonArchiv.
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Gottfried von Cramm survived the war, and continued to live in Saxony afterwards. He played some tennis towards the end of the decade, and even managed to win the German national championship.