András Ádám-Stolpa
Hungarian tennis, basketball, and ice hockey player
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András Ádám-Stolpa (15 September 1921 – 8 November 2010) was a Hungarian champion tennis, basketball and ice hockey player.
Ádám-Stolpa was on the Hungarian Davis Cup team in 1948 (the same year he won the Hungarian National Tennis Championships), 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, and 1957–1960.[1]
Ádám-Stolpa advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1947 French Championships after defeating the second seeded American, Budge Patty.[2] (In 1950, Mr. Patty won the men's singles championship at both Wimbledon and the French Open.)[3] Mr. Stolpa played men's singles in the French Open again in 1948, 1954–1960, and 1965. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Adam-Stolpa played in seniors tournaments in Budapest 13–16 November 2008.[13] and 5–8 February 2009.[14][15] On 27 July 2009, he was ranked 876th senior male by the International Tennis Federation.[16]
