 Froitzheim in 1913 | |||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) | Germany | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 April 1884 Strasbourg, German Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 October 1962 (aged 78) Wiesbaden,[1] West Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 212–53 (80%)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 35[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (1914, A. Wallis Myers)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| French Open | QF (1927) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1914(AC)) | ||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| WHCC | W (1912) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games |  Silver Medal (1908) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| French Open | 3R (1930) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (1912) | ||||||||||||||
| WHCC | W (1912) | ||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | SF (1913, 1914) | ||||||||||||||
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Otto Froitzheim (German pronunciation: [ɔto fʀøːtshaɪ̯m]; 24 April 1884 – 27[1][4] October 1962) was a German tennis player. He won the singles and doubles titles at the World Hard Court Championships in 1912.[5] He also won an Olympic Silver medal in singles in 1908 and was a finalist at Wimbledon in 1914.[6]
- ^ a b Gillmeister, Heiner (2002). "Der Primus". In Deutscher Tennis Bund (ed.). Tennis in Deutschland. Von den Anfängen bis 2002 [Tennis in Germany. From the beginnings to 2002.] (in German). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 80–83. ISBN 3-428-10846-9.
- ^ a b Garcia, Gabriel. "Otto Froitzheim: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 422.
- ^ "Otto Froitzheim". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ Bensen, Clark (2013–2014). "The World Championships of 1913 to 1923: the Forgotten Majors" (PDF). tenniscollectors.org. Newport, RI, United States: Journal of The Tennis Collectors of America. p. 470. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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- ^ "Otto Froitzheim". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.