Max Ellmer

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Max Ellmer
Country (sports)File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Born6 July 1909
Died1 January 1984 (aged 74)
Turned pro1930 (amateur tour)
Retired1954
Singles
Career record{{#property:P564}}
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1934)
WimbledonQF (1938)
Doubles
Career record{{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1937, 1947)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1939)

Max Ellmer (1909 – 1984) was a Swiss tennis player in the years before and after World War 2.

Ellmer had a powerful backhand and good footwork. He played Davis Cup for Switzerland from 1933 to 1938. He won the Swiss Championships four times (1932, 1934, 1935 and 1936).[1] He played at the French Championships and Wimbledon in a Grand Slam singles career that spanned the years 1930 to 1949. At the French Championships in 1934, Ellmer beat the 13th seed Wilmer Hines and won a set from eventual winner Gottfried von Cramm in losing in the fourth round.[2] At Wimbledon in 1938, Ellmer beat 6th seed Dragutin Mitić in five sets before losing in straight sets to Bunny Austin in the quarter-finals. Ellmer beat former champion Jack Crawford in round one of the Wimbledon men's singles in 1947 before losing in the second round.[3]

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