Heinrich Kleinschroth (; 15 March 1890 – 10 January 1979) was an amateur

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player who found success in the early 20th century, mainly in doubles competitions.

Tennis career

At the age of 20 he became the Catalan champion by winning both the singles and doubles with his brother in the Barcelona tournament (He repeated his doubles feat again in 1914). The same year he won the Homburg Cup by defeating the three-times defending champion and Germany's top player

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. He also became Austrian Champion after claiming the Austrian International Championships in

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. In September 1910 he won the singles title at the Montreux Tournament after defeating R. Norris Williams in the final in five sets. In 1911 he won several French Riviera mixed doubles titles pairing Hedwig Neresheimer. He also retained his Austrian title. In the

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he and

Max Decugis Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis (; 24 September 1882 – 6 September 1978) was a French tennis player. He won the French Championships eight times (a French club members-only tournament before 1925). He also won three Olympic medals at ...

lost the doubles final to

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and

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. In the

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tournament he was defeated again by the former team in the doubles championships match partnering his brother Robert. In 1913 he won the

doubles (also the mixed doubles) and the Monte Carlo Cup alongside

Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Friedrich Wilhelm "Fieten" Rahe (; 16 April 1888 – 18 February 1949) was a German tennis and field hockey player. Biography Rahe was born at Rostock on 16 April 1888 and grew up in the family house in ''Kröpeliner Straße 37''. His gra ...

who later became his partner for the 1913 Wimbledon Championships doubles final which they subsequently lost. In major tournaments, Kleinschroth reached the quarter-finals of the

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in 1913 and the quarter-finals of the

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in both 1912 and 1913. He was on the

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several times, including Germany's World Group semi-final and Inter-Zonal final showings in 1913 and 1929 respectively.

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ranked Kleinschroth as World No. 9 in 1914. During

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he fought in the Western Front and fell into captivity in

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. He was the manager/coach of

Gottfried von Cramm Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm (; 7 July 1909 – 8 November 1976) was a German tennis player who won the French Open, French Championships twice, becoming the first non American, British, Australian or French playe ...

and

Henner Henkel Heinrich Ernst Otto "Henner" Henkel (; 9 October 1915 – 13 January 1943) was a German tennis player during the 1930s. His biggest success was his singles title at the 1937 French Championships. Biography Henner was born in 1915 the son of ...

and the

in the 1930s. Heinrich's brother, Robert Kleinschroth, also competed on the amateur tour, reaching the semi-finals of the

in 1912. He was a

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, a degree he earned at the

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and used that title later on and registered as such for tournaments. In his post-retirement years in the 60s he worked for the

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management committee and also was a part of a subcommittee dedicated to work on the possible merging of amateur and professional tennis scene, a

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that came to life just a year after.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

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Tennis career

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

See also

References

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