Georges Glasser
{{Short description|French tennis player (1907–2002)}}
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|image = Georges Glasser and Simone Barbier in 1930.jpg
|caption = Georges Glasser and Simone Barbier at the 1930 Hungarian International Tennis Championships
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|birth_place = Paris, France
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|year=2009
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|location=Lyon, France
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|accessdate=27 January 2012
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|turnedpro = 1928
|retired = 1939
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|singlestitles = 2
|doublestitles = 4
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1929)
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1929, 1930)
|FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1929, 1930)
|Wimbledonresult = 2R (1930)
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Georges Glasser ({{IPA|fr|ʒɔʁʒ glaːse}}; 24 August 1907 – January 2002) was a French tennis player, corporate executive and president of the Tennis Club de Paris. As a player, he was particularly successful in mixed doubles claiming several titles during his career. He was ranked the 8th among the top French players in 1932.{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00056/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1932_4_002.pdf|volume=2|series=IV|page=12|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=29 February 1932|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|publisher=Egyesült kő- könyvnyomda, könyv- és lapkiadó rt|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=Hungarian|accessdate=28 January 2012}}
Biography
He was born in Paris 24 August 1907, son of the general manager of the Compagnie Générale des Eaux, George Glasser graduated at the École Polytechnique in 1926. In 1931 he became an engineer at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. The same year he became the assistant to the Director General of the Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine and also the member of Corps of Bridges and Roads. In 1948 he was elected the president of the National Society of Southwest aircraft constructions (SNCASO) in 1948, while also acting as the vice president of French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Sud Aviation. He persuaded his devotion to tennis by being the president of the Tennis Club de Paris in 1951–1965, the club which he played for when he had been an active sportsman.{{cite web
|url = http://www.tcpretro.fr/2010/02/04/presidents/
|title = Présidents
|date =
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|location = Paris, France
|language = French
|trans-title=Presidents
|accessdate = 27 January 2012
}} In 1957 he was appointed president of the Society for the Study of jet Propulsion (SEPR) and finally chief executive of Alsthom between 1958 and 1975. Died in January 2002.
Tennis finals
=Singles=
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| Grand Slam tournaments |
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| International Championships (2) |
== Finals (1) ==
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!style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:30px"|Year !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !style="width:130px" class="unsortable"|Score | |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1.
| 1931 | Swiss International Championships, Geneve | N/A | {{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine Gentien | w/o |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2.
| 1931 | N/A | {{flagicon|ITA}} Emanuele Sertorio | 0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
=Doubles=
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| Grand Slam tournaments (0) |
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| Invitational Cups (2) |
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| International Championships (6) |
== Finals (6) ==
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!style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:30px"|Year !style="width:130px"|Tournament !Surface !Partner !style="width:170px"|Opponents !style="width:130px" class="unsortable"|Score | |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1.
| 1930 | Coupe de Noël | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra | {{flagicon|CHI}} Domingo Torralva-Ponsa | 8–6, 6–4, 11–9 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2.
| 1931 | Coupe de Noël | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra | {{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine Gentien | 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3.
| 1931 | Livorno | N/A | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Bonte | {{flagicon|ITA}} Oscar de Minerbi | 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4.
| 1931 | N/A | {{flagicon|AUT}} Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten | {{flagicon|GER}} Heinrich Kleinschroth | 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1.
| 1931 | Lucerne | N/A | {{flagicon|DEN}} Erik Worm | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Lesueur | 8–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2.
| 1931 | Meran | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel du Plaix | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Lesueur | 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
==Mixed doubles (5)==
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!style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:30px"|Year !Tournament !Surface !style="width:160px"|Partner !Opponents !style="width:130px" class="unsortable"|Score | |
| bgcolor=
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1.
| 1930 | Hungarian Tennis Championships | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simone Barbier | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Fritz Kuhlmann | 5–7, 8–6, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2.
| 1931 | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Arlette Neufeld | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Dr. Philipp Buss | 6–1, 6–3 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3.
| 1931 | Czechoslovakian Championships | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu | {{flagicon|TCH}} Josef Siba | 6–4, 6–4 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4.
| 1931 | Lucerne | Clay | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lolette Payot | {{flagicon|EGY}} Pierre Grandguillot | 6–2, 6–0 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1.
| 1931 | Meran | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Dyson | {{flagicon|SWI}} Hector Fisher | w/o |
References
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External links
- [http://www.patronsdefrance.fr/Documents/patrons/AC000007865/AC000007865Doc1019.pdf Interview with Georges Glasser]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in French)
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Category:École Polytechnique alumni
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