Erika Vollmer

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Erika Vollmer
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceGermany
Born(1925-02-23)23 February 1925
Graz, Austria
Died25 July 2021(2021-07-25) (aged 96)
Singles
Career titles0 WTA
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQF (1953)
Doubles
Career titles0 WTA
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (1954, 1957)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1955, 1956)

Erika Vollmer (née Obst; 23 February 1925 - 25 July 2021) was a German professional female

Patricia Ward by 4–6, 3–6 in 1955.[1][2]

She won the German national singles title in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957 and 1959.[3] Vollmer was the No.1 ranked German player in 1952 and 1955.[2]

From 1953 to 1959, she competed in seven consecutive editions of the Wimbledon Championships, and she achieved her best singles result in 1953 when she reached the quarterfinals, losing in two sets to first-seeded and eventual champion Maureen Connolly.[4]

In 1947, she married doctor Johannes Vollmer.[1][5] In 1956, she received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany.[6] Vollmer died in the summer of 2021. [7]

Career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss May 1955 Italian Championships, Italy Clay
Patricia Ward
 4–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ a b "Tennis legend of the 50s: Erika Probst-Vollmer celebrates her 90th birthday". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b G.P. Hughes, ed. (1956). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1956. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 233, 345–346.
  3. Deutscher Tennis Bund (DTB) (in German). Archived from the original
    on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  4. AELTC
    .
  5. ^ "Erika Vollmer-Obst" (in German). Munzinger.
  6. Deutscher Bundestag
    . 26 September 1973. p. 80.
  7. ^ "Erika Probst-Vollmer". Trauer36. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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