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About Gottfried von Cramm
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr[A] von Cramm was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament on five other occasions. He was ranked number 2 in the world in 1934 and 1936, and number 1 in the world in 1937. He was the first German to win a singles title at a Grand Slam tournament. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977, which states that he is "most remembered for a gallant effort in defeat against Don Budge in the 1937 Interzone Final at Wimbledon".
Everything about Gottfried von Cramm →- Occupation
- tennis player
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- July 7, 1909
- Died
- November 9, 1976