Erika Vollmer

{{Short description|German tennis player (1925–2021)}}

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Erika Vollmer (née Obst; 23 February 1925 - 25 July 2021) was a German professional female tennis player who lost the final of Italian Championships singles title to British player Patricia Ward by 4–6, 3–6 in 1955.{{cite web | url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.fuldaerzeitung.de/artikelansicht/artikel/3661194/tennis-legende-der-50er-erika-probst-vollmer-feiert-heute-ihren-90-geburtstag&prev=search | title=Tennis legend of the 50s: Erika Probst-Vollmer celebrates her 90th birthday | accessdate=16 September 2016}}{{cite book|title=Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1956|date=1956|publisher=Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.|location=London|pages=233, 345–346|editor=G.P. Hughes|editor-link=Pat Hughes (tennis)}}

She won the German national singles title in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957 and 1959.{{cite web |title=Siegerliste Damen |url=https://www.dtb-tennis.de/Tennis-National/Deutsche-Meisterschaften/DeutscheMeisterschaften/Siegerlisten/Siegerliste-Damen |website=Deutscher Tennis Bund (DTB) |language=German |access-date=2018-06-03 |archive-date=2020-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201201459/https://www.dtb-tennis.de/Tennis-National/Deutsche-Meisterschaften/DeutscheMeisterschaften/Siegerlisten/Siegerliste-Damen |url-status=dead }} Vollmer was the No.1 ranked German player in 1952 and 1955.

From 1953 to 1959, she competed in seven consecutive editions of the Wimbledon Championships, and she achieved her best singles result in 1953 when she reached the quarterfinals, losing in two sets to first-seeded and eventual champion Maureen Connolly.{{cite web|title=Wimbledon players archive – Erika Launert (Vollmer)|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/88cc0e19-4806-4c31-8b61-bc62d3b201cd/index.html|publisher=AELTC}}

In 1947, she married doctor Johannes Vollmer.{{cite web|title=Erika Vollmer-Obst|url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Erika+Vollmer+Obst/1/52587.html|publisher=Munzinger|language=German}} In 1956, she received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany.{{cite web |title=Sportbericht der Bundesregierung |url=http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/07/010/0701040.pdf |website=dipbt.bundestag.de |publisher=Deutscher Bundestag |page=80 |date=26 September 1973}} Vollmer died in the summer of 2021. {{cite web |title=Erika Probst-Vollmer |url=https://www.trauer36.de/traueranzeige/erika-probst-vollmer |publisher=Trauer36 |access-date=15 October 2021}}