{{Short description|Austrian tennis player (1878–1938)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Rolf Kinzl |fullname = |image = Rolf Kinzl.jpg |caption = Kinzl at the 1913 WHCC |country = Austria |residence = |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1878|10|19}} |birth_place = Prague, Austria-Hungary |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1938|11|14|1878|10|19}} |death_place = Vienna, Third Reich |height = |weight = |turnedpro = 1897 <small>(amateur tour)</small> |plays = Right-handed |retired = 1927 |singlesrecord = |singlestitles = |highestsinglesranking = |AustralianOpenresult = |FrenchOpenresult = |Wimbledonresult = 3R (1907) |USOpenresult = |Othertournaments = yes |WHCCresult = 1R (1913) |WCCCresult = |Olympicsresult = 1R (1908) |doublesrecord = |doublestitles = |highestdoublesranking = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = |WimbledonDoublesresult = |USOpenDoublesresult = |updated = |OthertournamentsDoubles = yes |WHCCDoublesresult = SF (1913) }}
'''Rolf Kinzl''', ({{IPA|de|ʀɔlf kɪnʦl}}; 19 October 1878 – 14 November 1938) was an Austrian tennis player, football player, and cyclist who was active during the beginning of the 20th century.<ref name="Mariborer" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/652 |title=Rolf Kinzl |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>
==Tennis career== In 1898 he reached the final of the Austrian Championship but lost in four sets to Jorge André.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landoftennis.com/tournaments_men/austrian_open_by_year.htm |title=Men's Tennis: Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Singles Champions by Year |publisher=LandofTennis.com |access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref> In 1901 he won the Adriatic Championships in Triest in a three-set match. His opponent in the final had been Miklós Horthy who later became the Regent of Hungary.<ref name="tennis&golf" /><ref name="tennis&golf2" />
In 1903 he won the international tournament of the Magyar Athletikai Club in Budapest with a victory over Josiah Ritchie.<ref name="huszszaz" /> With his compatriot Kurt von Wessely he celebrated his first important doubles title in the German International Championships.<ref name="NDR" /> In 1904 he was defeated in the semifinals of the Austrian Championship by Josiah Ritchie in straight sets. He and von Wessely also lost the doubles final to Herbert Roper-Barrett and B.W. Frost.<ref name=EveningPost2 />
Kinzl played for the Austrian Davis Cup team during the 1905 World Group semifinal against Australasia. He lost both his singles matches against Norman Brookes and Anthony Wilding as well as the doubles match with his partner Kurt von Wessely.<ref name="davis" /> His best result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the 1907 Wimbledon Championships. In 1907, he was the finalist of the Budapest International Doubles Championships partnering von Wessely but eventually lost it to Tony Wilding and Oscar Kreuzer.<ref name="Wilding" />
In May 1908, he was runner-up at the Wiesbaden Cup, having lost the final in straight sets to Anthony Wilding.<ref name=EveningPost /><ref name=wiesbadenertagblatt19080520 /> In July, he participated in the singles event at the Summer Olympics but lost in the first round to Wilberforce Eaves.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/rolf-kinzl-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121835/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/rolf-kinzl-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Rolf Kinzl Olympic Results |access-date=2014-01-30 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> In 1912 he clinched the title of the inaugural Academic Sports Association international tournament in Wawel.<ref name="jbtenis.pl" />
In 1913 he captured his second German International Championships doubles trophy in Hamburg alongside von Wessely.<ref name="NDR" /> The same year they reached the semifinals of the World Hard Court Championships.<ref name="mundodeportivo" />
==Other== In football, he played as the center-forward of the DFC Prague.<ref name="Mariborer" /> He was an occasional football referee as well.<ref name="austriasoccer.at" />
In civil life he was an editor-in-chief for a sport magazine called ''Wiener Sporttagblattes''.<ref name="Mariborer" />
He died in Vienna on 14 November 1938 of a sudden heart attack.<ref name="Mariborer" />
==References== {{reflist|2|refs= <ref name="austriasoccer.at">{{cite web|title=Spielbericht|work=austriasoccer.at|url=http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1906/19060304viendfc_1.htm|publisher=Ambrosius Kutschera}}</ref>
<ref name="davis">{{cite web|title=Davis Cup – Player Profile|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10003790|publisher=ITF}}</ref>
<ref name="jbtenis.pl">{{cite web|url=http://www.jbtenis.pl/en/poczatki-tenisa|title=Poczatki tenisa|trans-title=The beginnings of tennis|publisher=Jakub Bilski Tennis Academy|language=pl|access-date=25 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416092614/http://www.jbtenis.pl/en/poczatki-tenisa|archive-date=16 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
<ref name="huszszaz">{{cite web|url=http://www.huszadikszazad.hu/1903-junius/sport/nemzetkozi-lawn-tennis-verseny|title=Nemzetközi Lawn-Tennis verseny|trans-title=International Lawn tennis tournament|date=June 1903|publisher=Huszadik század|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Mariborer">{{cite journal|journal=Mariborer Zeitung|url=http://www.dlib.si/stream/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-IKF61OMR/c37d15d6-7826-4b69-b6d5-9c31dc5cac9a/PDF|format=PDF|date=15 November 1938|title=Rolf Kinzl gestorben|trans-title=Rolf Kinzl died|issue=259|volume=78|page=7|publisher=Marburger Verlags- und Druckerei Ges|location=Maribor, Slovenia|language=de|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="NDR">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndr.de/sport/mehr_sport/rothenbaum/rothenbaumsiegerdoppel2.html|year=2012|title=Die Doppelsieger seit 1902|trans-title=The doubles winners since 1902|publisher=Norddeutscher Rundfunk|work=ndr.de|location=Hamburg, Germany|language=de|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="tennis&golf">{{cite journal|author=Mrs. Béla Kehrling|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00020/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1930_2_005.pdf|issue=5|volume=II|page=68|journal=Tennisz és Golf|title=Őfőméltósága mint tenniszező|trans-title=His Grace as a tennis player|date=12 March 1930|publisher=Bethlen Gábor írod. és Nyomdai Rt|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="tennis&golf2">{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00056/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1932_4_002.pdf|issue=2|volume=IV|page=20|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=29 February 1932|title=Kertész János M.L.T.Sz főtitkára levele főszerkesztőnkhöz.|trans-title=Letter from General secretary of the Hungarian Tennis Association to our editor-in-chief|publisher=Egyesült kő- könyvnyomda, könyv- és lapkiadó rt|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
<ref name=EveningPost>{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19080711.2.115&srpos=904|newspaper=Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 10|date=11 July 1908|author=Huka|page=14}}</ref>
<ref name=EveningPost2>{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19050717.2.31|newspaper=Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 14|date=17 July 1905|page=5}}</ref>
<ref name="mundodeportivo">{{cite journal | date = 26 June 1913 | title = Lawn Tennis | journal = Mundo Deportivo | page = 5 | location = Barcelona, Spain | language = es | access-date = 25 March 2013 | url = http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1913/06/26/MD19130626-005.pdf }}</ref>
<ref name=wiesbadenertagblatt19080520>{{cite news|title=Internationales Lawn-Tennis-Turnier|url=http://dokumentserver.hlb-wiesbaden.de/WiesbadenerTagblatt/1908/1908-05-20/|newspaper=Wiesbadener Tagblatt|date=20 May 1908|page=5}}</ref>
<ref name="Wilding">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924029810664|author=A. Wallis Myers|author-link=A. Wallis Myers|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924029810664/page/n109 80]|title=Captain Anthony Wilding|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|year=1916|location=London, UK}}</ref> }}
==External links== *{{Sports-Reference|ki/rolf-kinzl-1.html}} *{{sports links}}
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