Elsebeth Brehm, married name Jørgensen (30 July 1901 – 14 July 1995) was a Danish

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. She represented

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at the

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and at the

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. Brehm won many Danish Championships, and in 1921 this athletic and aggressive player emerged as triple champion in the

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, winning both the singles, the women's doubles along with Ebba Meyer and the mixed doubles with

Erik Tegner Erik Tegner (29 October 1896 – 9 September 1965) was a Danish male tennis player. He competed in the singles event at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round on both occasions. With compatriot Amory Hansen ...

. This tournament was held in at Brehm's home club in Copenhagen Frederiksberg.

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Danish female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Denmark Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Frederiksberg Tennis players from the Capital Region of Denmark 1901 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Danish women {{Denmark-tennis-bio-stub