Georges Glasser

Georges Glasser

Georges Glasser and Simone Barbier at the 1930 Hungarian International Tennis Championships
Country (sports)	France
Born	(1907-08-24)24 August 1907 Paris, France
Died	January 2002 (aged 94–95)[1]
Turned pro	1928
Retired	1939
Singles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1929, 1930)
Wimbledon	2R (1930)
Doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (1929)
Wimbledon	1R (1929, 1930)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	1R (1929)
Last updated on: 3 February 2012.

Georges Glasser (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɔʁʒ glaːse]; 24 August 1907 – January 2002) was a French tennis player, corporate executive and president of the Tennis Club de Paris. As a player, he was particularly successful in mixed doubles claiming several titles during his career. He was ranked the 8th among the top French players in 1932.^[2]

Biography

He was born in Paris 24 August 1907, son of the general manager of the Compagnie Générale des Eaux, George Glasser graduated at the École Polytechnique in 1926. In 1931 he became an engineer at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. The same year he became the assistant to the Director General of the Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine and also the member of Corps of Bridges and Roads. In 1948 he was elected the president of the National Society of Southwest aircraft constructions (SNCASO) in 1948, while also acting as the vice president of French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Sud Aviation.^[1] He persuaded his devotion to tennis by being the president of the Tennis Club de Paris in 1951–1965, the club which he played for when he had been an active sportsman.^[3] In 1957 he was appointed president of the Society for the Study of jet Propulsion (SEPR) and finally chief executive of Alsthom between 1958–1975. Died in January 2002.^[1]

Tennis finals

Singles

Finals (1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Winner	1.	1931	Swiss International Championships, Geneve	N/A	Antoine Gentien	w/o
Winner	2.	1931	Villa d'Este	N/A	Emanuele Sertorio	0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Finals (6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1.	1930	Coupe de Noël	Clay	Jean Borotra	Domingo Torralva-Ponsa Luis Torralva-Ponsa	8–6, 6–4, 11–9
Winner	2.	1931	Coupe de Noël	Clay	Jean Borotra	Antoine Gentien Paul Féret	6–3, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	1931	Livorno	N/A	Jacques Bonte	Oscar De Minerbi Clemente Serventi	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	1931	Villa d'Este	N/A	Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten	Heinrich Kleinschroth Hillyard	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	1931	Lucerne	N/A	Erik Worm	Jean Lessueur John Olliff	8–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	1931	Meran	Clay	Emmanuel Du Plaix	Jean Lessueur Hector Fisher	6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3

Mixed doubles (5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1.	1930	Hungarian Tennis Championships	Clay	Simone Barbier	Fritz Kuhlmann Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	5–7, 8–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	1931	Saint Moritz	Clay	Arlette Neufeld	Dr. Philipp Buss Ilse Friedleben	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	1931	Czechoslovakian Championships	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	Josef Siba Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	1931	Lucerne	Clay	Lolette Payot	Pierre Grandguillot Simone Barbier	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	1931	Meran	Clay	Helen Dyson	Hector Fisher Lolette Payot	w/o

References

External links

• Georges Glasser at the Tennis Archives
• Interview with Georges Glasser (in French)