 Uberto De Morpurgo playing Tennis | |
| Full name | Hubert Louis (Uberto Luigi) De Morpurgo |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Austria-Hungary (−1920) Italy (1920–) |
| Born | 11 January 1896 Trieste, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 26 February 1961 (aged 65) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Turned pro | 1914 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1939 |
| Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (1930, A. Wallis Myers)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | SF (1930) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1928) |
| Other tournaments | |
| WHCC | 3R (1921, 1923) |
| WCCC | SF (1922) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1925) |
Medal record | |
Uberto De Morpurgo (11 January 1896 – 26 February 1961) was an Italian tennis player.[2]
Uberto De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. His world rankings were ninth in 1928, tenth in 1929, and eighth in 1930.[3] Bill Tilden ranked him 10th in the world in 1924,[4] and 6th in 1929.[5]
- ^ Béla Kehrling, ed. (20 November 1930). "tennis and golf" (PDF). Tennisz és Golf (in Hungarian). II (21). Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai RT. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Uberto De Morpurgo". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Big Bill Tilden is Second Only to Henri Cochet", The Montreal Gazette, 27 November 1930.
- ^ "Sport: A World and". Time. 17 November 1924. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ Béla Kehrling, ed. (10 November 1929). "Tilden világranglistája" [Tilden's world rankings] (PDF). Tennisz és Golf (in Hungarian). I (13). Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai RT: 309. Retrieved 18 October 2012.