Gottfried von Cramm

Gottfried von Cramm was a German tennis player, born on 7 July 1909 and died on 8 November 1976, who won the French Championships twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament on five other occasions. He was ranked world number two in 1934 and 1936 and number one in 1937, and he was the first German to win a singles title at a Grand Slam tournament. In 1933 he partnered Hilde Krahwinkel to the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon. He is remembered at Wimbledon for his gallant defeat by Don Budge in the 1937 Interzone Final, and he entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977.