Roderich Menzel

Roderich Menzel
Full nameRoderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel
Country (sports)First Czechoslovak RepublicCzechoslovakia
Nazi Germany Germany
Born(1907-04-13)13 April 1907
Liberec, Austria-Hungary
Died17 October 1987(1987-10-17) (aged 80)
Munich, West Germany
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1928 (amateur tour)
Retired1939 (brief comeback in 1951)
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 7 (1934, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1935)
French OpenF (1938)
WimbledonQF (1933, 1935)
US Open4R (1934, 1935)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1937)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US OpenF (1935)

Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel (German pronunciation: [ˈrɒdərɪk ˈmɛnʦəl]; 13 April 1907 – 17 October 1987) was a Czech-German amateur tennis player and, after his active career, a writer.

  1. ^ "Myers Seeds Fred Perry No. 1; But Three Yanks Place", The Lewiston Daily Sun, 13 September 1934.