Vojtěch Vodička Explained

Vojtěch Vodička
Birth Date:13 January 1908
Birth Place:Holešov, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
Death Date:1967
Death Place:West Germany[1]
Frenchopenresult:4R (1948)
Wimbledonresult:1R (1946, 1948)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (1948)

Vojtěch Vodička (13 January 1908 — 1967) was a Czech tennis player.

Biography

A native of Holešov, Vodička began competing on tour in the 1930s. He played a Davis Cup tie for Czechoslovakia against Yugoslavia in Prague in 1946, as the teammate of Jaroslav Drobný. In 1948, aged 40, he made the singles fourth round of the French Championships. Along the way he had a win over Alejo Russell, after coming back from dropping the first two sets 0–6.[2] He was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships.[3]

Vodička left Czechoslovakia after the 1948 communist takeover.[4]

His nephew Leo Marian Vodička is a noted operatic tenor.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vodička Vojtěch :: Český tenis . tenis95.webnode.cz.
  2. News: Neuvěřitelný obrat. Tenistka prohrávala 0:6, 0:5 a 30:40, přesto ještě zvítězila. Aktuálně.cz . 11 April 2019 . cs.
  3. News: Drobny's Countryman . . 23 May 1948.
  4. Web site: Leo Marian Vodička (1950) . Memory of Nations.