1930 Hungarian International Tennis Championships | |
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Date | September 2–8 |
Edition | 14th |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Roderich Menzel | |
Women's singles | |
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling | |
Men's doubles | |
Friedrich Rohrer / Roderich Menzel | |
Women's doubles | |
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling / Anne Peitz | |
Mixed doubles | |
Georges Glasser / Simone Barbier |
The 1930 Hungarian International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts which took place at the Margitsziget courts. It was part of the Hungarian International Tennis Championships series. The event was preceded by two years of promotion, which led to a greater number of foreign participants. As a result of the raised prize money the Hungarian Athletics Club decided to only organize the tournaments while the Hungarian Lawn Tennis Association took over the sponsoring task. The draw was announced on 1st September. The directors were disappointed by the many walkovers, which occurred in the early stages of the competition and the low performance of Hungarian players in overall. [1]
Roderich Menzel defeated Béla von Kehrling; 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling defeated Anne Peitz; 6–4, 2–6, 8–6
Friedrich Rohrer / Roderich Menzel defeated Imre Takáts / Franz Wilhelm Matejka; 7–5, 8–6, 9–7
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling / Anne Peitz defeated Simone Barbier Violette Gallay; 6–3, 7–5
Georges Glasser / Simone Barbier defeated Fritz Kuhlmann / Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling; 5–7, 8–6, 6–4
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