Béla von Kehrling

Béla von Kehrling (Hungarian: Kehrling Béla [ˈkeːrliŋɡ ˈbeːlɒ]; 25 January 1891 – 26 April 1937) was a Hungarian tennis, table tennis, and football player but eventually a winter sportsman familiar with ice-hockey and occasionally competing in bobsleigh.[8] He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.[9]

The native form of this personal name is Kehrling Béla. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Béla von Kehrling
Country (sports)Hungary
Born(1891-01-25)25 January 1891
Szepesszombat, Austria-Hungary (present-day Spišská Sobota as part of Poprad, Slovakia)
Died26 April 1937(1937-04-26) (aged 46)
Budapest, Hungary
Turned pro1910 (amateur tour)[1]
Retired1933[1]
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Singles
Career titles312 (1931)[2]
Highest rankingNo. 10 (1929, Bill Tilden)[3]
Grand Slam Singles results
French OpenQF (1926, 1929)
WimbledonQF (1929)
Other tournaments
WHCCQF (1913, 1914)
Olympic Games4R (1924)[4]
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French OpenQF (1926, 1929)
WimbledonSF (1925, 1926)[5]
Other doubles tournaments
WHCCSF (1914)[6]
Olympic Games2R (1912)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
WimbledonQF (1926, 1927)
Association football career
Playing position(s) Defender[7]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1911 33 FC
1911–1917 Magyar AC
National team
1914–1916 Hungary 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Béla von Kehrling
Medal record
Table Tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Table Tennis Championships
London 1926Doubles
London 1926Team

Just like Fred Perry, he played both tennis and table tennis professionally. In 1926 he played in the first table tennis World Championships final in London with Zoltán Mechlovits in doubles but lost to Roland Jacobi (who won the singles title) and Dániel Pécsi. He was also featured in the Hungarian team that won gold in team competition.[10] Originally he wasn't part of the national team. While the Hungarians unanimously swept all of the medals after Roland Jacobi's singles and doubles success he suddenly been reported of the death of his father thus he decided to travel home. The substitute player was Béla von Kehrling who had to beat Munio Pillinger of Austria to have the team medal as well. He did so and completed the flawless victory for Hungary.[8] In the end he took two medals in the table tennis world championships, one gold and one silver.

In 1924 he won the German Tennis Championships (now called German Open Hamburg). The following year he was back in the finals but then lost against Otto Froitzheim. The same year he won Hungarian Tennis Championships (which he did 13 times altogether counting only the singles). In July 1933 Von Kehrling won the doubles and mixed doubles title at the Dutch Championships.[11]

Züricher Sport newspaper ranked Kehrling as No. 10 in the European Top 10 rankings in 1931.[12]

In conjunction with his sports activity he was the vice-president of the Hungarian Tennis Association[13] and the editor-in-chief of its official magazine the bimonthly Tennisz és Golf (Tennis and Golf).[2]

Personal life

Béla Kehrling married Magda Schlauch. She occasionally played tennis as well and wrote articles to the newspaper published by her husband. They had one son named Béla Kehrling, Jr, born in 1917 in Budapest who served as an Ensign in the cavalry brigade of the Hungarian Army in 1944.[14] They had another son named Tamás who was born in 1924 and died in 1999.[15]

Tennis career statistics

Notable singles wins
Legend (Singles)
Majors (0)
Consolation tournaments (2)
International Championships (12)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score
1. 1920 Kassa[16] N/A Kamill Fittler N/A
1. 1923 Gotheborg Games[b] Outdoors Oscar Kreuzer 4–6, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2
2. 1923 Merano[17] N/A Otto Froitzheim 11–9, 8–6, 6–0
3. 1924 Hamburg N/A Louis Maria Heyden 8–6, 6–1, 9–7
2. 1925 All England Plate[a] Grass Roger George 6–3, 6–4
4. 1926 Monaco Clay Charles Kingsley 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
5. 1926 Nice[18] N/A N/A N/A
6. 1926 Beaulieu[18] N/A N/A N/A
7. 1926 Cannes[19] N/A Charles Kingsley 7–5, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
8. 1927 Monaco clay Erik Worm walkover
9. 1931 Budapest N/A Hyotare Sato 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
10. 1931 French Riviera Championships N/A George Lyttleton-Rogers 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
11. 1932 Budapest N/A
12. 1932 San Remo N/A George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–3, 6–3, 6–3[2]

Runner-up
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score
1. 1924 Switzerland[20] Hendrik Timmer 3 sets to 2
2. 1925 Hamburg Otto Froitzheim 6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
3. 1928 Monaco clay Henri Cochet 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
4. 1929 Bordighera clay Giorgio De Stefani 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
5. 1930 Zagreb clay Emmanuel Du Plaix 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
6. 1930 Budapest clay Roderich Menzel 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2[21]
7. 1931 Bordighera clay George Lyttleton-Rogers 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
8. 1932 Cannes Enrique Maier 6–4, 7–9, 6–1, 6–4
9. 1933 Cannes Gottfried von Cramm 8–6, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6
  • a The All England Plate was a tournament played by the losers of the first two rounds of the Wimbledon Men's Singles tournament.[22]
  • b The Göteborg Games were A "mini-Olympics" held for the defeated nations of World War I who were defected from the 1924 Summer Olympics.[23]

Davis Cup
Europe Zone
RoundDateOpponentsFinal match scoreLocationSurfaceMatchOpponentRubber score
2R 16–18 May 1924  Denmark 2–3 Copenhagen N/A Singles 2Einer Ulrich10–8, 6–0, 6–4 (W)
Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)Björn Thalbitzer / Einer Ulrich5–7, 5–7, 6–1, 7–5, 5–7(L)
Singles 4Axel Petersen6–2, 6–4, 6–3 (W)
1R 8–10 May 1925  France 0–5 Budapest clay Singles 2René Lacoste3–6, 3–6, 3–6 (L)
Doubles (with Aurél Kelemen)Jean Borotra / René Lacoste4–6, 2–6, 10–8, 3–6(L)
Singles 4Jean Borotra6–8, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 (W)
2R 16–18 May 1926  Argentina 2–3 Barcelona clay Singles 1Guillermo Robson6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 (W)
Doubles (with Kálmán Kirchmayer)Enrique Obarrio / Guillermo Robson2–6, 4–6, 3–6(L)
Singles 5Enrique Obarrio6–3, 7–5, 6–4 (W)
2R 13–15 May 1927  Italy 2–3 Budapest N/A Singles 1Umberto De Morpurgo7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 1–6 (L)
Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)Umberto De Morpurgo / Giorgio De Stefani3–6, 5–7, 6–8 (L)
Singles 5Clemente Serventi6–2, 6–1, 6–4 (W)
1R 4–6 May 1928  Norway 5–0 Christiana N/A Singles 1Rolf Christoffersen6–1, 6–3, 6–1 (W)
Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)Rolf Christoffersen / Torleif Torkildsen6–2 6–2 4–6 6–0 (W)
Singles 4Torleif Torkildsen7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 (W)
2R 18–20 May 1928  Netherlands 2–3 Noordwijk clay Singles 2Arthur Diemer-Kool7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 6–1, 1–1 Ret. (W)
Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)Hendrik Timmer / Ody Koopman6–1, 4–6, 2–6, 5–7 (L)
Singles 4Hendrik Timmer3–6, 4–6, 3–6 (L)
1R 10–12 May 1929  Norway 4–1 Oslo N/A Singles 2Jack Nielsen11–9, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 (W)
Doubles (with Pál Aschner)Torleif Torkildsen / Jack Nielsen6–4, 6–4, 6–1 (W)
Singles 5Torleif Torkildsen6–1, 6–2, 6–1 (W)
2R 14–16 May 1929  Monaco 3–2 Budapest N/A Singles 2Vladimir Landau6–4, 6–4, 6–2 (W)
Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)René Gallepe/Vladimir Landau4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 8–10 (L)
Singles 4René Gallepe6–0, 6–3, 6–1 (W)
QF 7–9 June 1929  Netherlands 3–2 Budapest clay Singles 1Arthur Diemer-Kool6–2, 6–1, 6–2 (W)
Doubles (with Imre Takáts)Hendrik Timmer / Arthur Diemer-Kool6–1, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 (L)
Singles 5Hendrik Timmer8–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 (W)
SF 14–16 June 1929  Great Britain 2–3 Budapest clay Singles 1Colin Gregory5–7, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 (W)
Doubles (with Pál Aschner)Colin Gregory / Ian Collins2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 (L)
Singles 4Bunny Austin3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 (W)
1R 2–4 May 1930  Japan 0–4 Budapest clay Singles 1Takeichi Harada6-2, 3-6, 6-8, 2-6 (L)
Doubles (with Pál Aschner)Tamino Abe / Takeichi Harada2-6, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6 (L)
Singles 5Yoshiro Ota4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-6 suspended (U)
1R 1–3 May 1931  Italy 1–4 Budapest clay Singles 2Umberto De Morpurgo6-3, 6-3, 6-4 (W)
Doubles (with Emil Gábori)Alberto del Bono / Umberto De Morpurgo6-8, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7 (L)
Singles 5Giorgio de Stefani2-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 2-6 (L)
1R 3–5 May 1932  Finland 5–0 Budapest clay Singles 1Ali Biaudet6-1, 6-2, 6-2 (W)
Doubles (with Emil Gábori)Bo Grotenfeld / Ali Biaudet6-4, 6-3, 6-3 (W)
Singles 5Bo Grotenfeld6-0, 6-3, 6-4 (W)
2R 19–21 May 1932  Ireland 1-4 Dublin grass Singles 2Edward McGuire6-3, 6-2, 6-4 (W)
Doubles (with Emil Gábori)George Lyttleton-Rogers / Edward McGuire6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 3-6 (L)
Singles 5George Lyttleton-Rogers0-6, 3-6, 3-6 (L)
1R 5–7 May 1933  Japan 0–5 Budapest clay Singles 2Ryosuki Nunoi6-4, 6-8, 3-6, 1-6 (L)
Singles 4Jiro Sato6-4, 6-8, 3-6, 1-6 (L)
Qualifying Rounds Play-off 28–30 July 1933  Belgium 2-3 Brussels Singles 1André Lacroix1-6, 5-7, 2-6 (L)
Doubles (with Emil Gábori)André Lacroix / Leopold de Borman6-2, 1-6, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6 (L)
Singles 5Leopold de Borman7-5, 6-3, 6-4 (W)

Table tennis career statistics

Football career statistics
Number Opponent Venue Attendance Type Date Result Goals scored
1. Austria Budapest 12.000–16.000 Friendly match 4 October 1914 2–2[24] 0
2. Austria Vienna N/A Friendly match 8 November 1914 2–1[25] 1
3. Austria Vienna 1.200 Friendly match 3 October 1915 4–2[26] N/A
4. Austria Hütteldorf 8000 Friendly match 7 May 1916 1–3[27] 0

Ice hockey career statistics
Number Club affiliation Opponent Venue Type Date Result Goals scored
1. BKE Wiener Eislaufverein Vienna International match March 1915 14–2[28] several
2. BKE Wiener Eislaufverein Vienna International match December 1915 7–3[29] 2
3. BKE Wiener Eislaufverein Budapest Csáky Challenge Cup February 1917 2–7[30] 2
4. BKE Leipziger SC Budapest Csáky Challenge Cup January 1925 3–3[31] 1
5. BKE LTC Prague Tátrafüred Grand Hotel Challenge Cup January 1928 5–2[32] 0

Sources

References
  1. "Kehrling Béla visszavonul" [Bela Kehrling retires] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Huszadik század. September 1933. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  2. Béla Kehrling, ed. (1932). "A jubiláris közgyülés lefolyása" (PDF). Tennisz és Golf. IV (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Kő-, Könyvnyomda, Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt. 3: 41. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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  4. "2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide" (PDF). International Tennis Federation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  5. "Christiaan van Lennep". tennismuseum.nl (in Dutch). Hilversum, Netherlands: robertblom.nl marketing- en communicatie. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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  7. Béla von Kehrling at National-Football-Teams.com
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  14. Hungarian Army (20 July 1944). "Személyes Ügyek" [Personal affairs]. Hungarian Armed Forces Bulletin. LXXI. (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Pallas Részvénytársaság Nyomdája. 1: 639. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  15. Tomb of Béla Kehrling in Farkasréti Cemetery [7/5-1-30].
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  28. "A magyar jéghockey-csapat győzelme" [Victory of the Hungarian Ice-hockey team] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Huszadik század. March 1915. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  29. "A BKE hockey-csapatának bécsi győzelme" [Vienna triumph of BKE] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Huszadik század. December 1915. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  30. "A Csáky-vándordíj" [Csáky Challenge Cup] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Huszadik század. February 1917. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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  32. "A BKE fölényesen győzte le az LTC Prága csapatát" [Overwhelming victory of BKE over LTC Prague] (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Huszadik század. January 1928. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

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