Cilly Aussem
German female tennis player
Died when: 54 years 77 days (650 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Cilly Aussem (German pronunciation: ['?i?li?? 'a??sm]; 4 January 1909 – 22 March 1963) was a German tennis player.She was the first German, male or female, to win the singles title at Wimbledon, which she did in 1931.
She also won the women's single titles at the French Championships and German Championships in 1931.Aussem's coach and mixed doubles partner was Bill Tilden.
They won the mixed doubles at the 1930 French Championships.According to A.Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Aussem was ranked in the world top 10 in 1928, 1930, 1931, and 1934, reaching a career high of world no. 2 in these rankings in 1930 and 1931 behind Helen Wills Moody.
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