Hendrik Timmer (tennis)
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| Country (sports) |
 Netherlands
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| Born |
8 February 1904 Utrecht, Netherlands |
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| Died | 13 November 1998 (aged 94) Bilthoven, Netherlands |
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| Turned pro | 1923 (amateur tour) | |||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 6 (1930, Bill Tilden) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
| French Open | 4R (1927, 1929) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1927, 1929) | |||||||||
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| Olympic Games | 3R (1924) | |||||||||
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| Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1928, 1930) | |||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (1924) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 4R (1933, 1936) | |||||||||
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| Davis Cup | FEu (1925) | |||||||||
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Hendrik ("Henk") Timmer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛn.drɪk ˈtɪmər.]; 8 February 1904 – 13 November 1998) was a Dutch sportsman, who primarily played tennis. Born in Utrecht, Timmer also won golf tournaments, became Dutch squash champion, played badminton and hockey. He died aged 94 in Bilthoven, four days before his former doubles partner Kea Bouman. Apart from being a Dutch tennis champion, he was Swiss, Welsh and Scottish indoors champion as well.
He began his tennis career at the age of 19 when he won his first Dutch national championships. He scored his first international victory over Donald Greig in a mixed international team match between the Netherlands and Great Britain in 1923. The next year he drew international attention when he was featured in the championship match for the Swiss covered courts title in St. Moritz defeating the Hungarian champion Béla von Kehrling in five sets. At the 1924 Paris Olympics he won a bronze medal in the tennis' mixed doubles event, partnering Kea Bouman. He entered the inaugural British Hard Court Championships making it to the quarterfinal stage.
He reached the quarterfinal of the Wimbledon Championships in 1927 and 1929. In both years he lost to Frenchman, and eventual winner, Henri Cochet. In 1927 he was barely recovered from a broken leg, which he suffered four-month prior to the tournament and thus lost in five sets, after winning the first two sets, and in 1929 in three straight sets. He was a 9 times national tennis champion of Netherlands having two four-years streak between 1927–30 and 1932–35. He also won eight national doubles title and five mixed doubles titles as well.
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