Czesław Spychała
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Born | Poznań, German Empire | 1 January 1917
Died | 25 December 1994 | (aged 77)
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1938) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 3R (1946) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 3R (1957) |
Czesław Spychała (Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɛswaf spɨˈxawa]; 1 January 1917 – 25 December 1994) was a Polish tennis player active in the decade before and after World War II.
Biography
Spychała was born in Posen, German Empire (modern Poznań, Poland).
He represented Poland in the
His first participation in a Grand Slam event was the 1938 French Championships. He made it to the third round of the singles event in which he was defeated in straight sets by Robert Abdesselam.[3] That year he was ranked No.3 in Poland.[4]
In 1939 at the start of World War II Spychała was taken prisoner by the
In 1946 he was the runner-up at the All England Plate, a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships which consisted of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition. He lost the final in straight sets to Robert Abdesselam.[8] Until 1954 he played a further eight times in the singles event at Wimbledon but did not make it past the second round. He reached the third round in both the doubles (1946) and mixed doubles events (1957).[9]
Spychała won the
In 1949 he won the singles event at the
Spychała was decorated by the Polish government in exile with the Gold Cross of Merit in 1966.[7] In 1971 he received the Lawn Tennis Writers award for his services to the game.[12][13]
He was married to Gladys Pilkington.[7]
References
- ^ "Davis Cup draws & results". International Tennis Federation (ITF).
- ^ "Nederland wint het dubbelspel". De Tijd. 7 May 1939. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Roland-Garros 1938 (Grand Slam) – Men singles" (PDF). Fédération Française de Tennis. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03.
- ^ a b G.P. Hughes, ed. (1948). The Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1948. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 234.
- ^ "Historia powstańcze biogramy – Czesław Spychała". The Warsaw Rising Museum.
- ^ "Czołowi polscy tenisiści bohaterami Powstania Warszawskiego". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ a b c Bill Edwards (30 December 1994). "Czeslaw Spychala: Obituaries". The Independent.
- ISBN 9781899039364.
- AELTC.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1949). The Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1949. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 99, 102, 117.
- ^ "Drobny wins U.K. tourney" (PDF). The Argus. Melbourne: Argus Office: 13. 18 July 1950 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Glasgow Herald. 25 November 1971 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Annual Award for Services to British Tennis". Lawn Tennis Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
External links
- Czesław Spychała at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Czesław Spychała at the International Tennis Federation
- Czesław Spychała at the Davis Cup
- Czeslaw Spychala at the Tennis Archives