Werner
Rautenberg
Male
German Democratic Republik
1935-10-31
Erfurt, Germany
The following piece was translated and slightly adapted from the Wikipedia entry in German on Werner Rautenberg, which can be accessed here:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Rautenberg_(Tennisspieler)
At the age of eleven Werner Rautenberg, who was born in Erfurt, made his first attempts at tennis with his older brother, Hans, by hitting balls against the tennis wall at what is today the Rot-Weiss Club in Erfurt. Werner Rautenberg learned the trade of decorator in his grandfather’s business. After his aunt, who managed the business, moved to Hamburg, Rautenberg completed his apprenticeship with another company and shortly thereafter, at the age of 19, was sent to the Einheit Sports Club in Berlin.
The fast parquet floor on which indoor tennis was played in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in winter always suited the serve-and-volley specialist. In 1958, he finally made his breakthrough and ended the year in second place in the men’s singles rankings in the GDR. In the same year, together with his doubles partner Peter Fährmann, and Inge Wild, he attended a tournament organised by the Sports and Gymnastics Federation of Labour, or Fédération Sportive et Gymnique du Travail, in France.
Due to his sporting success, he qualified for the international tournaments held in Egypt in 1959. After the construction of the Berlin Wall, Rautenberg led the rankings in the GDR for two years and was therefore allowed to travel to an international tournament held in Cuba at the end of 1964, with his mixed doubles partner Hella Riede and the up-and-coming player Ulrich Trettin.
At the third congress of the East German Tennis Federation in 1966, Rautenberg put himself forward and was elected materials manager for the federation but was expelled from all committees of the East German Tennis Federation shortly afterwards because he had initiated the production of shoes and T-shirts without consulting his superiors beforehand.
After completing his studies at the German University for Physical Education [DHfK] in Leipzig, Rautenberg taught sports and biology at a school in Berlin. At senior level, he organized his appearances in socialist countries himself. This involved much consultation with the authorities.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Werner Rautenberg continued to take part in as many international tournaments as his health permitted.
1955 - 1973
3
63
28
1964 - East German Championships (Amateur)
1963 - East German Championships (Amateur)
1961 - East German National Indoors (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
Hans-Bernhard Bagehorn 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
3-6
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Jan Simbera 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Hans-Joachim Pöschk
7-5
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Milan Tajcnar 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Juan-Manuel Brito
6-2
4-6
6-2
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Vyacheslav Egorov 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
8-6
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Peter Gutwasser
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Viorel Marcu 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
2-6
14-12
7-5
6-3
Final
Peter Fährmann (Fahrmann) 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
5-7
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Mr. Puchovsky
6-3
2-6
8-6
Round 3
Istvan Gulyas 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Bernd Lässer
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Codin Dumitrescu
6-2
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Vladimir Karlovich Palman 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
8-6
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Istvan Gulyas 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-1
7-5
9-7
Quarterfinals
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Henner Hünninger
6-1
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Peter Fährmann (Fahrmann)
6-3
8-6
7-5
Final
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Horst (Adolph) Stahlberg
6-4
6-2
6-4
Final
Ilie Nastase 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
2-6
6-1
6-2
5-7
6-1
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Stojan Welew
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Constantin Popovici
4-6
7-5
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Ivanov
8-6
6-2
3-6
6-4
Semifinals
Jozef Orlikowski 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
1-6
6-3
8-6
6-4
Final
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Horst (Adolph) Stahlberg
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Mieczyslaw Kubaty
3-6
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Nugar Mdsinarischwili 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
2-6
9-7
8-6
7-5
Round 1
Alex Metreveli 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Bernd Lässer
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Jens Fischer
7-5
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Ferenc Komaromy 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-4
6-4
3-6
1-6
6-2
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
7-9
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Sergei Likhachev 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
8-6
6-2
Semifinals
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Horst (Adolph) Stahlberg
11-13
6-3
6-4
Final
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Peter Fährmann (Fahrmann)
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Milos Solc
6-2
3-6
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Andrei Potanin 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
7-5
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Harald Elschenbroich 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
6-3
Round 1
John F. O'Brien 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Jaroslav Drobny 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Jens Fischer
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Alan J. Lane 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
10-8
7-5
5-7
6-0
Round 1
Kamel Moubarek 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Nabil Hassan 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Rob Gurowittsch 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-3
3-6
6-4
Round 2
Karl Runge 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Ernesto Aguirre
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ramanathan Krishnan 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Peter Tiedt
6-0
5-7
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Bogdan Maniewski
6-3
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Dumitru Viziru 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-3
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Klaus Adler 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Peter Tiedt
6-3
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Peter Mansfeld 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
7-9
8-6
6-2
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Ulf Schmidt 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
R. Meyer
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Heinz Balland
2-6
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Matthew (Matt) Murphy 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Gerhard Strache
10-12
7-5
8-6
Semifinals
Heinz Balland 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
2-6
6-4
Round 3
Andras Adam-Stolpa 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 4
Dieter Jordan 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
2-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Werner Rautenberg 1 *
Peter Tiedt
6-2
4-6
4-6
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Karl-Heinz Sturm 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
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