András Ádám-Stolpa

András Adam-Stolpa
Stolpa András (Hungarian)
Born September 15, 1921 (1921-09-15) (age 90)
Died November 8, 2010(2010-11-08) (aged 89)
Düsseldorf[1]
Nationality Hungary
Religion Roman Catholic

András Adam-Stolpa (born 15 September 1921) was a Hungarian tennis player.

Adam-Stolpa was on the Hungarian Davis Cup team in 1948 (the same year he won the Hungarian National Tennis Championships), 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, and 1957–1960.[2]

Adam-Stolpa advanced to the quarter finals of the 1947 French Championships – Men's Singles after defeating the second seeded American, Budge Patty.[3] (In 1950, Mr. Patty won the men's singles championship at both Wimbledon and the French Open.)[4] Mr. Stolpa played men's singles in the French Open again in 1948, 1954–1960, and 1965. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Adam-Stolpa played in seniors tournaments in Budapest 13–16 November 2008.[14] and 5–8 February 2009.[15][16] On 27 July 2009, he was ranked 876th senior male by the International Tennis Federation.[17]

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References

  1. ^ "Elhunyt a három sportágban is bajnok Ádám András" (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: origo.hu. November 8, 2010. http://www.origo.hu/sport/20101108-elhunyt-a-harom-sportagban-is-bajnok-adam-andras.html. Retrieved January 8, 2011. 
  2. ^ "daviscup.com - Players". http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10004510. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  3. ^ "Roland-Garros 1947 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 01/01/1947 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1947_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  4. ^ "Tennis Grand Slam Winners - Tennis - ESPN". ESPN. go.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/history. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  5. ^ "Roland-Garros 1948 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 01/01/1948 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1948_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  6. ^ "Roland-Garros 1954 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 30/05/1954 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1954_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  7. ^ "Roland-Garros 1955 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 05/06/1955 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1955_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  8. ^ "Roland-Garros 1957 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 01/01/1956 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1956_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  9. ^ "Roland-Garros 1957 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 02/06/1957 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1957_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  10. ^ "Roland-Garros 1958 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 01/06/1958 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1958_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  11. ^ "Roland-Garros 1959 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 31/05/1959 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1959_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  12. ^ "Roland-Garros 1960 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 29/05/1960 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1960_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  13. ^ "Roland-Garros 1965 (Grand Chelem) - Simple messieurs 30/05/1965 - Terre battue" (in French) (PDF). http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1965_fra.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  14. ^ "ROMAI CUP INTERNATIONAL SENIOR TOURNAMENT". http://www.tenniseurope.org/PDF/veterans/Results08/Budapest/ms.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
  15. ^ "Results.xls" (PDF). ITF Senior Tournament. http://www.tenniseurope.org/pdf/veterans/Results09/Budapest1/ms.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  16. ^ "J Á T É K R E N D - XII. NEMZETKÖZI FEDETTPÁLYÁS SZENIOR TENISZBAJNOKSÁGRA" (in Hungarian) (Ms word). http://www.mtsztenisz.hu/?tPath=/view/&documentview_type=save&documentview_site=1327&documentview_id=4619. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 
  17. ^ "MITF20090727.xls" (in German) (PDF). 26August2009. http://www.dinsel.de/rangliste/itf/MITF.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-18. 

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