Liesl Herbst
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Liesl Herbst, Tennis Champion of Austria 1930/31
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Liesl Westreich 8 November 1902 Jaegerndorf, Silesia |
| Died | 25 February 1990 (aged 87) London, England |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation | Tennis player |
| Spouse(s) | Dezso (David) Herbst |
| Children | Dorrit (Dorli) Mills née Herbst |
Liesl Herbst (8 November 1902 – 25 February 1990) was an Austrian championship tennis player.
Liesl Herbst (née Westreich) was born on 8 November 1902 in the town of Jaegerndorf (now called Krnov) in Silesia where her family owned the Gessler distillery. She lived in Villa Westreich with her parents and two older sisters. Her father Leo Westreich ran the company together with his brother-in-law Siegfried Gessler. During World War 2, her mother and one sister were killed at Theresienstadt/Terazin concentration camp. It is not know what happened to her eldest sister.
Herbst became Tennis Champion of Austria in 1930 and the main part of her career spanned the years between 1929 and 1937, when she participated in more than 70 tournaments in Austria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, France, Switzerland, Germany, Greece and Egypt. She also represented Austria in many international tennis matches. She won at least 15 singles tournaments during her career.
Between 1930 and 1936, when she took prominent places in the national rankings, the Austrian Lawn Tennis Association didn't send any female representatives to Wimbledon or to the French Championships. Although she did not compete in any Grand Slam tournaments at the time she lived in Austria, she played matches against several Grand Slam champions and international stars: Helen Jacobs of U.S., Simone Mathieu of France and Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling of Germany and Denmark. She won singles matches against former, current and future champions of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary and Italy. In the mixed doubles (when they were popular in the 1930s) she partnered almost every Austrian Davis Cup player of that era.
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