Hans Moldenhauer (tennis)

This article is about the tennis player. For the musicologist and music educator, see Hans Moldenhauer (musicologist).
Hans Moldenhauer
Country (sports)Germany Germany
Born(1901-04-10)10 April 1901
Died29 December 1929(1929-12-29) (aged 28)
Berlin, Germany
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1929)
Wimbledon2R (1929)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1929)
Moldenhauer (right) won in Davis Cup against E. Flaquer
Moldenhauer (right) plays in Davis Cup against Bill Tilden (US). July 1929

Hans Moldenhauer (10 April 1901 – 29 December 1929) was Germany's first major international tennis player, competing in Wimbledon, the Davis Cup, and the French Open, and repeatedly winning the German national Championships both as a single player and in mixed doubles.[1] He died at the age of just 28, when his motor car was hit by a tram in Berlin. He is buried at the Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery.[2]

  1. ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ^ The Argus, "German Player Killed", 31 December 1929, p. 7