Charles
Naeyaert
Male
Belgium
1914-09-17
Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
1944-10-02
Merksem, Belgium
He was born on September 14, 1914 in Borgerhout, the son of Adolphus Naeyaert, co-owner of the famous Naeyaert factory in Kattenbergstraat. Charles was a creditable tennis player, winning the Borman Cup for juniors in 1931 and 1932. In 1931 Charles became Belgian champion in the B-series and in 1933 he became Belgian champion for Antwerp Tennis Club. He played in the Davis Cup, Roland Garos and Wimbledon. In 1934 he played a men's doubles with the King of Sweden against Count de Borm and Paul-Henri Spaak. In 1936 he had a ticket for the Olympic Games in Berlin, but was not sent by a combination of circumstances.
Charles Naeyaert was a lieutenant colonel during World War II. He died in October 1944 during an obus attack near a match factory on the Albert Canal in Merksem.
Johan Daisne (forgotten writer of The Train Of Slowness, The Man Who Cut His Hair Short And The Stair Of Stone And Clouds) said of him: "I often also think of Charles Naeyaert, the elegant tennis champion, who played the entire mobilization. has been through my slap when we were billeted in Merksem. He was beheaded by an explosion as a resistance fighter during the liberation. "
A beautiful gravestone on Silsburg was awarded to him, as well as a piece of Borgerhout named after him. The Luitenant Naeyaertplein, located between the Kool- and Sterlingerstraat, was named after him in 1953 and with that the name Varkensmarkt disappeared from the map (but not yet popularly).
"I stare, my tears remain dry,
but you used to look into my eyes
now you see eyes in my heart. "
(part of the In Memoriam by Johan Daisne at the dedication of the memorial stone of Charles Naeyaert)
1933 - 1942
6
43
21
1941 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1939 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Oostende (Amateur)
1937 - Aachen International (Amateur)
1933 - Belgian National Championships (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
Jacques van den Eynde 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-4
6-1
Final
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
C. Travelia
?
Semifinals
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
R. Loiseau
6-4
6-4
Final
Jacques van den Eynde 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
7-5
1-6
6-3
Round 3
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Dennis Coombe
6-1
7-5
Round 4
Henner Henkel 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Pat Hughes
6-4
2-6
6-0
Round 2
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Tod Hughan
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Kho Sin-Khie 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Jacques Delire
6-3
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
André Lacroix
1-6
6-1
2-6
6-4
6-1
Final
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
6-2
8-10
8-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Ernst Buchholz 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Lazaros Stalios 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
?
Quarterfinals
Giorgio De Stefani 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-0
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Leopold de Borman 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-3
9-7
6-4
Round 2
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
A. Bogdadly
6-4
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ghaus Mohammed Khan 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-4
6-2
Round 3
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Mr. Bruchhausen
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Helmut Gulcz 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
7-5
6-3
Round 2
André Merlin 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
7-5
7-5
10-8
Round 2
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Theo (Ib) Gerdes
8-6
6-8
6-1
Round 3
Gottfried von Cramm 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-3
6-1
Final
Vivian McGrath 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-4
6-2
Final
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
André Lacroix
6-1
6-3
4-6
7-5
Final
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Jean Moreau
6-1
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
J. Herzet
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Leopold de Borman 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-3
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
W. Ganslozer
?
Round 3
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Rolf Wiesinger
?
Quarterfinals
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Walter Elschenbroich sr
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Fritz Kuhlmann Sr
6-2
6-3
Final
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Herbert Tubben
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Pierre Pellizza 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-4
5-7
6-1
Round 1
Maximilian S. (Max) Ellmer 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-4
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Paul Féret 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
10-8
7-5
2-6
6-3
Round 1
Hector Cosmo Fisher 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Douglas Freshwater 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
w.o.
Final
André Lacroix 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Dave N. Jones jr 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Jacques Lecointre
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Valentino Taroni 1 *
Charles Naeyaert
1-6
4-6
6-2
6-4
6-3
Final
Charles Naeyaert 1 *
Georges Francois
6-3
6-1
6-3