Henner Henkel
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| Full name | Heinrich Ernst Otto Henkel |
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| Country (sports) |
 /  /  Germany
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| Born |
9 October 1915 Posen, German Empire |
| Died | 13 January 1943 (aged 27) near Voronezh, Soviet Union |
| Turned pro | 1934 (amateur tour) |
| Retired | 1943 (due to death) |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (1937, A. Wallis Myers) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1938) |
| French Open | W (1937) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1938, 1939) |
| US Open | 2R (1937) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1938) |
| French Open | W (1937) |
| Wimbledon | F (1938) |
| US Open | W (1937) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1938) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | F (1935, 1936, 1937, 1938) |
Heinrich Ernst Otto "Henner" Henkel (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛnɐ ˈhɛŋkl̩]; 9 October 1915, Posen German Empire – 13 January 1943 near Voronezh) was a German tennis player during the 1930s. His biggest success was his singles title at the 1937 French Championships.
Henner was born in 1915 the son of Ferdinand and Margarete Henkel. After World War I, his family moved to Erfurt in 1919. He joined the Sportclub Erfurt (today TC Erfurt 93) together with his elder brother Ferdinand and learned to play tennis. His father moved to Berlin for job-related reasons, and his entire family followed in 1927.
In 1929, Henkel won the club championships of the THC 99 Berlin. In 1932 and 1933, he won the German junior championships.
Henkel was the second German, after Gottfried von Cramm in 1936, to win the singles title at the French Championships in 1937. The same year, he and Gottfried von Cramm won the Roland Garros doubles title. Later that year they also won the US Championships doubles title defeating Americans Don Budge and Gene Mako in three straight sets.
In March 1937 he became the singles champion at the Cairo International Championships defeating Giorgio de Stefani in the final in straight sets and also won the doubles title partnering Von Cramm. Later that year he won the singles title at the German Championships after a five-sets victory in the final over Vivian McGrath. Two years later, in 1939, he again won the title after defeating Roderich Menzel in the final in four sets.
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