Umberto De Morpurgo

Baron Umberto Louis De Morpurgo ( born January 12, 1896 in Trieste, † February 26, 1961 in Geneva ) was an Italian tennis player. He comes from the dynasty of bankers Morpurgo.

De Morpurgo was born in Trieste, as this was part of Austria - Hungary. After the First World War, but this fell to Italy, so he played all his life under the Italian flag.

He participated in the 1924 Olympics in part in Paris, where he won the bronze medal in the individual competition. In his last match, he defeated Frenchman Jean Borotra, at the time reigning Wimbledon champion. In 1925, he stood at the side of Elizabeth Ryan in Mixed - finals of Wimbledon, but they lost 3:6, 3:6 against Jean Borotra and Suzanne Lenglen. De Morpurgo in 1927 and 1929 to 1931 Italian number one. In 1929, Benito Mussolini from him the title of Italian ambassador of tennis was awarded. In the same year he took part in the Monte Carlo Masters and reached the finals once. However, towards Henri Cochet clear he lost with 6:8, 4:6, 4:6. In 1930, De Morpurgo part in the first edition of today's master tournament in Rome, which took place first in Milan. In both the single and double, he reached the final, but suffered one defeat. In the individual he was defeated Bill Tilden with 1:6, 1:6, 2:6, while it was inferior in double to Placido Gaslini also Tilden and his partner Wilbur Coen with 0:6, 3:6, 3:6.

Between 1923 and 1933, De Morpurgo played 28 matches for the Italian Davis Cup team. He won 39 of his 53 singles matches and 16 of its 26 double batches. During this time he won with the team in the years 1928 and 1930, twice the Europe zone. In subsequent intercontinental playoff Italy defeated but the Americans, each with 1:4. Both times caused De Morpurgo for the point of honor with a victory in the second singles.

De Morpurgo was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.

Weblink

  • Umberto De Morpurgo at Sports- Reference.com (English)
  • ITF profile of Umberto De Morpurgo (English)
  • Davis Cup stats by Umberto De Morpurgo (English)
  • Man
  • Tennis players (Italy )
  • Olympian (Italy )
  • Born 1896
  • Died in 1961
Summer Olympic Games 1924 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics Italy Davis Cup team
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