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player. In 1907, Klima took part in the

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at age 14, along with her elder sister

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. She was the youngest participant in the women's competition at Wimbledon until

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in 1990. She lost her first round match against

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. On 11 August 1915, Klima married tennis player and factory owner

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. At this double wedding, Curt's sister Erna Kribben married tennis player

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. At the beginning of the 1930s, Klima took a job as a sports director at a golf club at

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, the ''Golf- und Landclub Berlin-Wannsee''. She died during the last days of

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when the clubhouse was destroyed by artillery grenades from the

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* 1890s births 1945 deaths Austrian female tennis players Year of birth uncertain Date of death missing Austrian civilians killed in World War II Deaths by explosive device {{Austria-tennis-bio-stub