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1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 34th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 20 teams entered the Europe Zone, while 7 entered the America Zone. Australia Davis Cup team, Australia defeated Cuba Davis Cup team, Cuba in the North & Central America Zone final, and then received a walkover in the America Inter-Zonal final after Brazil Davis Cup team, Brazil, the only team in the South America Zone, withdrew. In the Europe Zone final Yugoslavia Davis Cup team, Yugoslavia defeated Germany Davis Cup team, Germany. In the Inter-Zonal play-off Australia defeated Yugoslavia, and then defeated the United States Davis Cup team, United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania, Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States on 2–5 September. America Zone North & Central America Zone Final Cuba vs. Australia Americas Inter-Zonal Final Australia defeated Brazil by walkover. Europe Zone Draw Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bromwich
John Edward Bromwich (14 November 1918 – 21 October 1999) was an Australian tennis player who, along with fellow countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand. He was a natural left-hander, though hit his serve with his right hand. Bromwich twice won the Australian Open, Australian Championships singles title, in 1939 (over Adrian Quist in a straight sets final) and in 1946 (a five-set final victory over Dinny Pails). He was ranked world No. 3 by A. Wallis Myers in 1938 and again by Harry Hopman in 1947. Tennis career Although a fine singles player, Bromwich was primarily known as being a world-class doubles player, winning 13 men's doubles titles and 4 mixed doubles titles in the Grand Slam (tennis), majors. Tennis great (and near contemporary) Jack Kramer (tennis player), Jack Kramer writes in his 1979 autobiography that if "Earth were playing in the all-time Universe Davis Cup, I'd play Don Budge, Budge and Ellsworth Vines, Vine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies, second largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2012 was 2,106,146 inhabitants, and its area is for the capital city side and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone. Its official population was 1,814,207 inhabitants in 2023. Havana was founded by the Spanish Empire, Spanish in the 16th century. It served as a springboard for the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish conquest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton
Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, Roman conquest of Britain, Roman and Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the ''Domesday Book'' (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses. In the Georgian era, Brighton developed as a highly fashionable seaside resort, encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henkel Von Metaxa Hebda Baworowski 1939
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Henkel, is a German multinational chemical and consumer goods company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. Founded in 1876, the DAX company is organized into two globally operating business units (Consumer Brands, Adhesive Technologies) and is known for brands such as Loctite, Persil, Fa, Pritt, Dial and Purex. In the fiscal year 2024, Henkel reported sales of around 21.6 billion euros and an operating profit of 2.831 billion euros. Henkel holds 47,150 employees with more than 80% working outside of Germany. History The company was founded in 1876 in Aachen as Henkel & Cie by Friedrich Karl Henkel and two other partners who were owners of a factory producing sodium silicate. They marketed his first product, "Universalwaschmittel", a universal detergent based on sodium silicate. In 1878, Henkel bought out the two partners, and the first German brand-name detergent appeared: Henkel's Bleich-Soda. Made from sodium silicate an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkover
John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player, etc., if there are no other players available, or they have been disqualified, because the other contestants have forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in forfeit (sport)">forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport">forfeit (sport)">forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport, elections or other contexts where a victory can be achieved by default. The narrow and extended meanings of "walkover" as a single word are both found from 1829. Other sports-specific variations of the term exist, especially where walking is not involved: competitive rowing, for example, uses the term ''row over''. Sports The word originates from ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Nodarse
Lorenzo Nodarse (1April 190920May 1994) was a Cuban tennis player. Born in Havana, Nodarse featured in four Davis Cup ties for Cuba during the 1930s and was a three-time silver medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games. Nodarse, a trained lawyer, served as a Davis Cup referee and Cuban sports commissioner in his career post-tennis. He left communist Cuba for the United States, settling in Texas City Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States, on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay. Texas City is a deepwater port on Texas's Gulf Coast, as well as a petroleum-refining and petrochemical-manufacturing center. The popul .... See also * List of Cuba Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nodarse, Lorenzo 1909 births 1994 deaths Cuban male tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1935 Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Morales (tennis)
Ricardo Morales (February 1, 1907 February 28, 2007) was a Cuban professional tennis player. Career Morales competed on the Caribbean Circuit during the 1920s and 1930s. He played his first tournament at the 1928 U.S. National Championships. In 1933 he won the first of three titles at the Cuban International Championships, also known as the Havana International, the other titles coming in 1936 and 1939. Morales was also a finalist at the Bahamas International Championships in 1936, a finalist at the Jamaican International Championships in 1937, and a finalist at the Cuban Indoor Championships in 1943. He played his last tournament at the Cuban International where he reached the final for the fourth time before retiring. In team tennis, he was part of the Cuba Davis Cup team, and took part in such tournaments as the 1929 Davis Cup, 1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and 1933 Davis Cup The 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 28th edition of what is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Agüero (Cuban Tennis)
José Agüero is a Cuban former tennis player. Agüero had an intermittent Davis Cup career, featuring in a total of eight ties between 1935 and 1952. In 1946 he was runner-up to Mexico's Anselmo Puente in the singles event at the Central American and Caribbean Games The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ... in Barranquilla, but won a gold medal in the doubles, partnering Ricardo Morales. See also * List of Cuba Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agüero, José Year of birth missing Possibly living people Cuban male tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Competito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seabright Lawn Tennis And Cricket Club
The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is a historic private sports club in Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1877 and incorporated in 1886, it is one of the oldest active tennis clubs and claims to be the oldest lawn tennis club in the United States. Most of the club's present facilities were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992 in recognition of this history. Description The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is located in eastern Rumson, on more than of land at the junction of Rumson Road and Tennis Court Lane. The clubhouse is located near the northern end of the property, with much of the property given over to tennis courts. The clubhouse was built in 1886 to a design by Renwick, Aspinwall and Russell, and is a Tudor Revival example of a 19th-century casino, or gathering place for entertainment and socialization. The tennis facilities are divided into five groups. Three bands of lawn tennis courts are laid out south o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumson, New Jersey
Rumson is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,343, an increase of 221 (+3.1%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 7,122, which in turn reflected a decline of 15 (−0.2%) from 7,137 in 2000 United States census, 2000. Rumson was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1907, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey, Shrewsbury Township, based on results of a referendum held on June 18, 1907.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 184. Accessed May 30, 2024. The borough has been one of the state's highest-income communities. In the 2013–2017 American Community Survey, Rumson had a median household income of $158,229 (ranked 24th in the state) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, Potsdam Declaration, when it was dissolved following surrender of Japan, Japan's surrender in World War II. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed between 1952 and 1954 after the dissolution of the IJN. The IJN was the third largest navy in the world by 1920, behind the Royal Navy and the United States Navy (USN). It was supported by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for reconnaissance and airstrike operations from the fleet. It was the primary opponent of the Allies of World War II, Western Allies in the Pacific War. The IJN additionally fielded Imperial Japanese Navy land forces, limited land-based forces, including Special Naval Landing Forces, professional marines, Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II, marine paratrooper units, anti-aircraft defense units ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
