Christiaan van Lennep

Dutch tennis player (1887–1955)

Christiaan van Lennep
Singles

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1887-01-03)3 January 1887 Hilversum, Netherlands
Died	5 December 1955(1955-12-05) (aged 68) Rochers de Toveyres, Switzerland
Retired	1930^[1]
Plays	Right-handed
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1927, 1928)
Wimbledon	4R (1921)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1926)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F^EU (1925)

Jonkheer Christiaan van Lennep (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrɪstijaːn vɑn ˈlɛnɛp]; 3 January 1887 – 5 December 1955) was a Dutch tennis player and multiple Dutch champion.^[2]

He won the singles title at the Dutch National Tennis Championships in 1905, 1907, 1919, 1921, 1925 and 1926. He was also a seven times doubles champion.^[3]

Van Lennep participated in the singles and doubles events at the 1908 and 1924 Olympics. His best result was reaching the third round in the singles event at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. In the third round, he lost to American Watson Washburn by three sets to one.^[4]^[5] He reached the final of the singles event at the inaugural British Hard Court Championships, played in Torquay in April 1924, in which Randolph Lycett defeated him in four sets.^[6]

He was more successful in international doubles competitions as he reached the semifinal of the 1926 Wimbledon Championships partnering Béla von Kehrling.^[3]

Van Lennep played in 12 ties for the Dutch Davis Cup team between 1920 and 1928 and has a won-loss record of 14 to 12.^[7]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Christiaan van Lennep

16. Cornelis van Lennep

8. David Jacob van Lennep

17. Cornelia Henrietta van de Poll

4. Jacob van Lennep

18. Christiaan van Orsoy

9. Jonkvrouwe Cornelia Christina van Orsoy

19. Anna Louisa van der Poorten

2. Jonkheer Christiaan van Lennep

20. Nicolaas Willem Roëll

10. Willem Frederik Roëll

21. Anna Sophia Frederica van Gheel van Spanbroek

5. Jonkvrouwe Henrietta Sophia Wilhelmina Roëll

22. Johannes Hop

11. Sara Johanna Hop

23. Maria Henriëtta van der Hoop

1. Christiaan van Lennep

6. Auguste Próspere Küpfer

3. Charlotta Louise Küpfer

7. Charlotte Louise Coblijn

References

^ Tennisz és golf II (Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor Irod. és Nyomdai RT) 7: 105. (April 12, 1930)
^ "Christiaan van Lennep". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Christiaan van Lennep". tennismuseum.nl (in Dutch). Hilversum, Netherlands: robertblom.nl marketing- en communicatie. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ "Olympics – Athletes – Christiaan, Jonkheer van Lennep". SportsReference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ "Olympic Tennis Event – Players – Christiaan van Lennep". ITF. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
^ "Torquay tourney". The Sun. 28 April 1924. p. 4 (final extra) – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Davis Cup – Player Profile". ITF.