András Ádám-Stolpa Explained

András Ádám-Stolpa
Stolpa András (Hungarian)
Birth Date:1921 9, df=yes
Death Place:Düsseldorf[1]
Frenchopenresult:QF (1947)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1947, 1949)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1947)
Mixed:yes
Wimbledonmixedresult:2R (1947)

András Ádám-Stolpa (15 September 1921 – 8 November 2010) was a Hungarian champion tennis, basketball and ice hockey player.

Ádám-Stolpa was on the Hungarian Davis Cup team in 1948 (the same year he won the Hungarian National Tennis Championships), 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, and 1957–1960.[2]

Ádám-Stolpa advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1947 French Championships after defeating the second seeded American, Budge Patty.[3] (In 1950, Mr. Patty won the men's singles championship at both Wimbledon and the French Open.)[4] Mr. Stolpa played men's singles in the French Open again in 1948, 19541960, and 1965.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Adam-Stolpa played in seniors tournaments in Budapest 13–16 November 2008.[14] and 5–8 February 2009.[15] [16] On 27 July 2009, he was ranked 876th senior male by the International Tennis Federation.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elhunyt a három sportágban is bajnok Ádám András. 8 November 2010. origo.hu. Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian. 8 January 2011.
  2. Web site: daviscup.com – Players . 17 January 2010.
  3. Web site: Roland-Garros 1947 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 01/01/1947 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930220831/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1947_fra.pdf . 30 September 2007 .
  4. Web site: Tennis Grand Slam Winners – Tennis – ESPN . 18 January 2010 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209233437/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/history . 9 February 2010 . live .
  5. Web site: Roland-Garros 1948 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 01/01/1948 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222303/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1948_fra.pdf . 30 September 2007 .
  6. Web site: Roland-Garros 1954 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 30/05/1954 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181147/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1954_fra.pdf . 30 September 2007 .
  7. Web site: Roland-Garros 1955 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 05/06/1955 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091229152759/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1955_fra.pdf . 29 December 2009 .
  8. Web site: Roland-Garros 1957 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 01/01/1956 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203527/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1956_fra.pdf . 30 September 2007 .
  9. Web site: Roland-Garros 1957 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 02/06/1957 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930211227/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1957_fra.pdf . 30 September 2007 .
  10. Web site: Roland-Garros 1958 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 01/06/1958 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718185856/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1958_fra.pdf . 18 July 2011 .
  11. Web site: Roland-Garros 1959 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 31/05/1959 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203304/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1959_fra.pdf . 30 September 2007 .
  12. Web site: Roland-Garros 1960 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 29/05/1960 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718185844/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1960_fra.pdf . 18 July 2011 .
  13. Web site: Roland-Garros 1965 (Grand Chelem) – Simple messieurs 30/05/1965 – Terre battue . French . 18 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181237/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1965_fra.pdf . 30 September 2007 .
  14. Web site: ROMAI CUP INTERNATIONAL SENIOR TOURNAMENT . 19 January 2010.
  15. Web site: XII. INTERNATIONAL INDOOR SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP . ITF Senior Tournament . 18 January 2010 .
  16. Web site: . 18 January 2010 . Hungarian . J Á T É K R E N D – XII. NEMZETKÖZI FEDETTPÁLYÁS SZENIOR TENISZBAJNOKSÁGRA . https://web.archive.org/web/20120522094610/http://www.mtsztenisz.hu/?tPath=%2Fview%2F&documentview_type=save&documentview_site=1327&documentview_id=4619 . 22 May 2012 . dead .
  17. Web site: MITF20090727.xls . 18 January 2010 . Siegfried Dinsel ]]. German . 26 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051107084855/http://www.dinsel.de/rangliste/itf/MITF.PDF . 7 November 2005 .