Felix Pipes

Fritz Felix Pipes (also "Piepes"; 15 April 1887 – ?) was an Austrian tennis player who was born in Prague.[1] He was Jewish, and was a medical doctor.[2][1] At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he teamed up with Arthur Zborzil to win a silver medal for Austria in the men's doubles event.[3]

Felix Pipes
Full nameFritz Felix Pipes
Country (sports) Austria–Hungary
Born(1887-04-15)15 April 1887
Prague Austria-Hungary
Died{dead}
Singles
Other tournaments
WHCC2R (1913)
Olympic Games1R (1908)

He also competed for Austria 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]

See also

References

  1. "Felix Pipes Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Jewish Olympic Medalists". www.jewishsports.net.
  3. Nauright, John; Parrish, Charles (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO via Google Books.
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2007.


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