Inge Pohmann Explained

Inge Pohmann
Birth Date:1921 or 1922
Birth Place:Breslau, Germany
Death Place:Berlin, Germany
Plays:Right-handed
Wimbledonresult:1R (1952, 1955)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (1955)
Wimbledonmixedresult:2R (1952)

Inge Pohmann (née Hartelt; 1921 or 1922 – 26 January 2005) was a German female tennis player whose career lasted from the end of World War II until the mid-1950s.

Pohmann won the German national singles title in 1950, 1951 and 1953.[1] She was the No.1 ranked player in Germany in 1950.[2]

She was a three-time singles runner-up at the International German Championships in Hamburg. In 1948, playing under the flag of Allied-occupied Germany she lost the final to compatriot Ursula Rosenow. The following year, 1949, Mary Terán de Weiss defeated her in the final three sets, as did Joy Mottram in 1954.

Pohmann competed in the Wimbledon Championships in 1952 and 1955. At both editions she was defeated in the first round of the singles event. In 1952 she partnered Henri Paul Brechbuhl in the mixed doubles event and lost their first match. She teamed up with compatriot Erika Vollmer in the 1955 doubles event and reached it to the third round.[3]

At the international Wiesbaden tournament in May 1954 she reached the final of the singles event which she lost in straight sets to world No. 1 ranked player Maureen Connolly.[4]

In July 1950 she received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany. She was the first female sportsperson to receive the award.[5] [6]

She was the mother of tennis player Hans-Jürgen Pohmann.[7]

Major career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss Aug 1948 International German Championships, Germany Clay Ursula Rosenow 2–6, 6–8
Loss Aug 1949 International German Championships, Germany Clay 2–6, 8–6, 7–9
Loss Aug 1954 International German Championships, Germany Clay 6–2, 7–5, 2–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Siegerliste Damen . Deutscher Tennis Bund (DTB) . German.
  2. Book: Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1950. 1950. Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.. London. 223. G.P. Hughes.
  3. Web site: Wimbledon players archive – Inge Pohmann. AELTC.
  4. Web site: Li'l Mo enters finals in Wiesbaden tennis . . 2 May 1954.
  5. Web site: Sportbericht der Bundesregierung . dipbt.bundestag.de . . 80 . 26 September 1973.
  6. Web site: Tennis-Meisterin Inge Pohmann gestorben . Schwäbische . 27 January 2005.
  7. Web site: Tennis-Meisterin gestorben . . 28 January 2005.