Felix Pipes

Felix Pipes
Full name Fritz Felix Pipes
Country (sports) Austria-Hungary Austria–Hungary
Born (1887-04-15)15 April 1887
Prague Austria-Hungary
Singles
Other tournaments
WHCC 2R (1913)
Olympic Games 1R (1908)
Doubles
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games Silver Medal (1912)
Olympic medal record
Men's Tennis
Representing  Austrian Empire
1912 Stockholm Doubles

Fritz Felix Pipes (also "Piepes"; born 15 April 1887, date of death unknown) was an Austrian tennis player who was born in Prague.[1] He was Jewish.[2] At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he teamed up with Arthur Zborzil to win a silver medal in the men's doubles event.[3] He also competed in singles in 1912, and in both singles and doubles (with Zborzil) at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]

He was runner-up in the Austrian International Championship in both 1909 and 1913.[1] He twice played at the World Hard Court Championships, losing in round one of singles in 1912 and in the quarterfinals of mixed doubles in 1912, and in round two in 1913.[1] He was a medical doctor.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Felix Pipes Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Jewish Olympic Medalists"
  3. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.)., ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2007.


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