Jenő Zsigmondy
{{short description|Hungarian tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Jenő Zsigmondy
| image = Jeno Zsigmondy.jpg
| country_represented = Hungary
| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|07|04|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|1930|07|30|1888|07|04|df=yes}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| turnedpro =
| retired =
| plays =
| Othertournaments = yes
| WHCCresult = 2R (1914)
| WHCCDoublesresult = SF (1914){{cite journal|editor=J. Funke|url=http://resources2.kb.nl/010105000/pdf/DDD_010109448.pdf|page=13|journal=Het Nieuws van den Dag|issue=13,649|date=8 June 1914|title=Lawntennis|publisher=C. Easton|location=Amsterdam, Netherlands|language=nl|access-date=24 October 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| Olympicsresult = 2R (1908, 1912)
| OthertournamentsDoubles = yes
| OlympicsDoublesresult = 2R (1908, 1912)
| updated = 24 October 2012
}}
{{Eastern name order|Zsigmondy Jenő}}
Jenő Zsigmondy (4 July 1888 – 30 July 1930), also known as Jenő von Zsigmondy ({{IPA|hu|ˈjɛnøː ˈʒiɡmondi}}; {{langx|hu|Zsigmondy Jenő}}, {{langx|fr|link=no|Eugène de Zsigmondy}}, 4 July 1889 – 30 July 1930) was a Hungarian tennis player who was one of Hungary's top players in the early 20th century. The national champion in 1907, 1910 and 1911, he competed for Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.{{cite book|last1=Mallon|first1=Bill|last2=Widlund|first2=Ture|title=The 1912 Olympic Games: results for all competitors in all events, with commentary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JUQTAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-1047-7|page=313}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/231 |title=Jenő Zsigmondy |work=Olympedia |access-date=29 March 2022}} He was a member of Budapesti Lawn Tennis Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtsztenisz.hu/?article_hid=5557&_voteadmin_site=1279|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903212030/http://www.mtsztenisz.hu/?article_hid=5557&_voteadmin_site=1279|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2012|title=Újjáéled a hagyomány|date=9 June 2009|publisher=Magyar Tenisz Szövetség (Hungarian Tennis Federation)|trans-title=Tradition renewed|location=Budapest, Hungary|work=mtsztenisz.hu|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}}
Early life and family
Jenő Zsigmondy was born in 1889, son of lawyer and Aulic Councillor Jenő Zsigmondy sr. a member of the famous Zsigmondy family and Matild Bartolovics. He had a sister Viola and a brother Dezső. His first cousin twice removed was dentist Adolf Zsigmondy inventor of the Zsigmondy cross. His first cousin once removed, Adolf's son was Richard Adolf Zsigmondy a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1926. His second first cousin once removed, Richard's brother Emil Zsigmondy was a mountaineer and eponym of the Zsigmondyspitze an Austrian mountain peak. His third first cousin once removed Karl Zsigmondy was the discoverer of the Zsigmondy's theorem in mathematics.{{Cite speech|last1=Renner|first1=János|title=Megemlékezés Zsigmondy Jenőről.|url=http://medit.lutheran.hu/sites/medit2.lutheran.hu/files/medit/renner_janos_zsigmondy_jeno_1943.pdf|access-date=17 June 2014|year=1943|publisher=Magyar Evangélikus Digitális Tár|pages=2-3|language=hu|trans-title=Commemoration of Jenő Zsigmondy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813211541/http://medit.lutheran.hu/sites/medit2.lutheran.hu/files/medit/renner_janos_zsigmondy_jeno_1943.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2014}}
His grandfather Pál was the one who established the first tennis court in Budapest capital of Hungary and brought croquet and tennis equipment from England.{{Cite book|last1=Kozák|first1=Péter|title=Illem, sport és divat|url=http://kozakpeter.hu/content/publikacio/Illem_sport_es_divat_6_tenisz.html|access-date=17 June 2014|year=2004|isbn=9638646225|series=6|publisher=Viktória kiadó|language=hu|trans-title=Ethics, sport and fashion|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140617231438/http://kozakpeter.hu/content/publikacio/Illem_sport_es_divat_6_tenisz.html|archive-date=17 June 2014|url-status=dead}}
His father was also a member of the Hungarian Parliament between 1927 and 1932.{{cite web
|title=Magyar országgyülési almanach. Ötszáz magyar élet 1927–1932.
|trans-title=Hungarian Parliament Almanach. 500 Hungarian life 1927–1932.
|work=ogyk.hu
|url=http://www.ogyk.hu/e-konyvt/mpgy/alm/al927_32/364.htm
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140618151033/http://www.ogyk.hu/e-konyvt/mpgy/alm/al927_32/364.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=18 June 2014
|access-date=18 June 2014
|publisher=Országgyűlési Könyvtár
|location=Budapest, Hungary
|language=hu
}}
Tennis career
In 1907 he won the Hungarian Tennis Championships singles trophy for the first time.{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=A jubiláris közgyűlés lefolyása|trans-title=Assembly for the silver jubilee of the Hungarian Tennis Association|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00057/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1932_4_003.pdf|issue=3|volume=IV|pages=37–41|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=22 April 1932|publisher=Kő-, Könyvnyomda, Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}}
In 1909 he won the Hungarian Tennis Championships mixed doubles contest partnering Katalin Cséry, an achievement they repeated five more times afterwards.
In 1910 he became the national champion in singles for the second time.{{cite book |last=Árvay |first=Sándor |year=2009 |title=Magyar Teniszlexikon|publisher=RedaktorSport Bt.|location=Budapest, Hungary |isbn=978-963-06-7558-1}}
In 1911 he successfully defended his national title. He was defeated by Curt Brandis in the Hungarian Athletics Club international tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.huszadikszazad.hu/1911-junius/sport/a-mac-nemzetkozi-versenyrol-zsigmondy-letorese|title=A MAC nemzetközi versenyről: Zsigmondy letörése|trans-title=report from the MAC internationals: Zsigmondy's downfall|date=June 1911|publisher=Huszadik század|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}}
In 1912 he won the Tátralomnic championship. That year he also clinched the Hungarian Athletics Club international championships as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.huszadikszazad.hu/1912-junius/sport/a-mac-nemzetkozi-versenye|title=A MAC. nemzetközi versenye|trans-title=MAC internationals|date=June 1912|publisher=Huszadik század|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}}
In 1913 Zsigmondy fell short to Béla von Kehrling for claiming his fourth national title although they won the doubles contest together.{{cite web|url=http://www.huszadikszazad.hu/cikk/a-molsz-bajnoki-lawn-tennis-versenye|title=A MOLSz. Bajnoki lawn-tennis versenye|trans-title=The Hungarian Lawn Tennis National Championships|date=June 1913|publisher=Huszadik század|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}}
In the 1914 World Hard Court Championships in Saint Cloud in June he teamed up with Béla von Kehrling and reached the semifinals only losing to Arthur Gore and Algernon Kingscote of Great Britain in straight sets. The same month he lost again to Kehrling in the Hungarian Lawn Tennis National Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.huszadikszazad.hu/sport/magyar-bajnoki-teniszverseny|title=Magyar bajnoki teniszverseny|trans-title=Hungarian Lawn Tennis National Championships|date=June 1914|publisher=Huszadik század|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}}
Golf career
As a result of his fading health he had to give up tennis and started to pursue amateur golf. In 3–7 June 1929 Zsigmondy won a couple of titles in the Wiener Golf-Club championships, including the mixed doubles alongside Mrs. Pollack von Parnau. In handicap contest (against bogey) he was defeated by G. Hänel. In the Grave-yard handicap he finished first with a score of (17) 19 greenen.{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Golf|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00004/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1929_1_004.pdf|issue=4|volume=I|pages=108|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=25 June 1929|publisher=Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}} In September in the international golf challenge between Hungary and Germany Zsigmondy lost both of his matches in singles and mixed doubles. On the 7th of the same month he traveled to Vienna for the International Country Club of Lainz, but fell in the qualification rounds.{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Golf|url=http://epa.uz.ua/02100/02127/00009/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1929_1_009.pdf|issue=9|volume=I|pages=233–236|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=10 September 1929|publisher=Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}} In October he reached the quarterfinal of the Hungarian International Golf Championships. In the Illés Gara Memorial Tournament
I. Scratch contest and III. Handicap contest he finished sixth on both events. For the Zichy travelling trophy in mid-October he earned a shared second place in Bogey handicap.{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Golf|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00011/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1929_1_011.pdf|issue=11|volume=I|pages=274–276|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=10 October 1929|publisher=Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}}
In 1935 there was a Zsigmondy Jenő memorial golf contest, won by István von Rakovszky.
Personal life
He studied law and in early May 1913 he graduated becoming a lawyer. He married Alice Gstettner, a singing master from Vienna. They had two daughters Magda and Éva.{{cite web|url=http://kultura.hu/main.php?folderID=1308&articleID=323500&ctag=articlelist&iid=1 |title=Mellinger Irma a kapocs |date=8 March 2012 |publisher=Ministry of Human Resources |trans-title=Mellinger Irma, the connection |location=Budapest, Hungary |work=kultura.hu |language=hu |access-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110162401/http://kultura.hu/main.php?folderID=1308 |archive-date=10 November 2012 }} He died on 30 July 1930 in Paris due to a disease.{{cite journal|author=István Rakovszky|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00032/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1930_2_017.pdf|issue=17|volume=II|pages=327–328|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=16 September 1930|title=Zsigmondy Jenő halálára|trans-title=in requiem Jenő Zsigmondy|publisher=Bethlen Gábor Irod. és Nyomdai RT|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=24 October 2012}}
References
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External links
- {{ITF}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|jeno-zsigmondy}}
- {{MOB profile|26827}}
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Category:Hungarian male tennis players
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