Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm (English: Baron Gottfried von Cramm, 7 July 1909 – 8 November 1976), was a German amateur tennis champion who won the French Open twice. He was ranked number 2 in the world in 1934 and 1936, and number 1 in the world in 1937. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977, an organisation which considers that he is "most remembered for a gallant effort in defeat against Don Budge in the 1937 Interzone Final at Wimbledon".
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Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm 7 July 1909 Nettlingen, Germany
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Died |
8 November 1976 (aged 67) Cairo, Egypt
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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