Henri Lodewijk George (Ody)
Koopman
Male
Netherlands
1902-07-19
Salatiga, Dutch East Indies, -
1949-05-00
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The following piece was translated from the Wikipedia entry in Dutch on Henri Koopman, which can be accessed here:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ody_Koopman
Henri Koopman was born in the Dutch East Indies, where his father, Jan George Koopman (c. 1878-1941), was a member of the Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger (KNIL), or Royal Dutch East Indies Army. Henri had an Indian background; his mother, Catharina Johanna Westrijk (c. 1880-c. 1933), was born from a relationship between a Dutchman and a Javanese woman. Henri’s younger sister was the internationally known model Catharina ‘Toto’ Koopman (1908-1991).
Koopman started taking part in tennis tournaments in the early 1920s. In 1930, he won the mixed doubles title at the Dutch National Championships with Margaretha Canters. He won the men’s doubles title at the same tournament three times: in 1931 and 1932 (with Joop Knottenbelt) and in 1933 (with Hendrik Timmer).
Koopman took part in the Wimbledon tournament in in 1931 and 1934. In 1931, he reached the third round in the men’s singles event and, together with Knottenbelt, reached the second round in the men’s doubles event. In 1934, together with Timmer, he reached the third round in the men’s doubles event there.
Koopman was active in motor sport from 1935. In 1935 and 1936, he took part in the Monte Carlo Rally driving a BMW. In 1937, he participated in the same rally in a Fiat.
Koopman married twice. His first marriage, to Anna Louisa Enthoven, ended in divorce. He had two sons from his second marriage, to Elisabeth Wilhelmina ‘Bep’ Haas (c. 1907-85), who was also a tennis player. While still married to his second wife, he spent some time living in Ascona, Switzerland, with a lover. A daughter was born from this relationship in 1949.
A 27-year-old Dutch woman was found murdered on May 10 of that year in a villa rented by Koopman and his lover. Koopman appears to have fled. More than a week later he was found near Ascona and arrested on suspicion of the murder. He died the day after the arrest in an insane asylum in nearby Mendrisio. According to Swiss authorities, his death was caused by “total exhaustion”, partly because he had not eaten anything while on the run.
1921 - 1935
6
80
43
1934 - Amsterdam (Amateur)
1933 - Amsterdam (Amateur)
1932 - Apeldoorn (Amateur)
1929 - Amsterdam (Amateur)
1927 - Amsterdam, Festina (Amateur)
1921 - Wageningen (Amateur)
Round 2
Ody Koopman 1 *
Mr. Hogeweg
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Ody Koopman 1 *
Charles Edward Hoeke
9-7
2-6
6-0
Round 4
Max M. Brouwers 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-8
6-0
4-6
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Josef Siba 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-0
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Ody Koopman 1 *
Gottfried von Cramm
w.o.
Round 2
Max Wetselaar 1 *
Ody Koopman
w.o.
Round 3
Ody Koopman 1 *
Jan Van Olst
3-6
6-1
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Gerard Scheurleer
1-6
6-3
8-6
6-2
Semifinals
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-2
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
H. Hoving
0-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Jan Van Olst
6-4
7-5
Final
Ody Koopman 1 *
Tod Hughan
?
Round 3
Ody Koopman 1 *
Theodoor (Theo) van Eek
4-6
9-7
2-6
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Tod Hughan
0-6
7-5
2-6
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer 1 *
Ody Koopman
7-5
9-7
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Max Wetselaar
2-6
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Tod Hughan
2-6
9-7
7-5
Final
Ody Koopman 1 *
Gerard Leembruggen
6-0
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Gerard Scheurleer
4-6
6-2
7-5
Final
Willem Karsten 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Ody Koopman 1 *
H. Lutjens
w.o.
Round 2
Ody Koopman 1 *
Jan Van Olst
6-4
6-4
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-1
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Ody Koopman 1 *
Anton Knottenbelt
7-5
6-8
6-4
17-15
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Max Wetselaar
3-6
6-3
7-9
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-1
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Tod Hughan 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-4
6-4
Final
Ody Koopman 1 *
E. Nelwan
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Wim Dreesman
6-4
11-9
Semifinals
Gerard Leembruggen 1 *
Ody Koopman
2-6
6-1
9-7
Round 1
Ody Koopman 1 *
Marinus (Maas) Van der Feen
3-6
6-4
11-9
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Willem Marinkelle
8-6
6-3
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Henk van Riemsdijk
4-6
7-5
6-3
Final
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-4
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Ody Koopman 1 *
Edward Flury
0-6
6-4
6-1
2-6
6-2
Round 2
Ody Koopman 1 *
Colin Ritchie
4-6
2-6
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Cam Malfroy 1 *
Ody Koopman
7-5
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Ody Koopman 1 *
C. de Granada
7-5
6-4
3-6
6-0
Round 2
Ody Koopman 1 *
Hendricus Mattheus Antonius Van Berkel
6-0
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Lucilo del Castillo 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-1
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Jan van der Heide 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-0
6-4
4-6
8-6
Quarterfinals
Theodoor (Theo) van Eek 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
E. Nelwan 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-3
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Theo Dreesmann
8-6
7-5
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Tod Hughan
7-5
3-6
6-1
Final
Joop Knottenbelt 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-4
1-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ruurd Carl Nauta 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-2
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Willem Marinkelle
2-6
6-3
6-4
Final
Joop Knottenbelt 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
C. Feith
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Hendrik Gerard Eilers
6-4
6-2
6-3
Final
Jan Van Olst 1 *
Ody Koopman
1-6
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Leonardus Johannes Nienaber
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Gerard Leembruggen
6-2
6-4
Final
Willem Marinkelle 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-2
6-3
7-5
Round 3
Ody Koopman 1 *
E. Nelwan
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Christian Boussus 1 *
Ody Koopman
8-6
6-4
Round 3
Quarterfinals
Willem Marinkelle 1 *
Ody Koopman
10-8
4-6
6-4
Final
Ody Koopman 1 *
Petrus Jacobus Sigmond
6-2
4-6
6-3
2-6
6-1
Semifinals
Willem Marinkelle 1 *
Ody Koopman
7-5
6-2
Round 2
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-3
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Jan van der Heide
6-1
6-4
Final
Willem Marinkelle 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-1
7-5
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Jan van der Heide
4-6
6-3
6-4
Final
E. Eriksson 1 *
Ody Koopman
5-7
8-6
6-3
Round 3
Gerard Castendijk 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Gerard Leembruggen 1 *
Ody Koopman
8-6
7-5
Semifinals
Jean Antoine Pennink 1 *
Ody Koopman
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Joost Bryan 1 *
Ody Koopman
8-6
5-7
6-2
Semifinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Theodoor (Theo) van Eek
7-5
6-3
Final
Ody Koopman 1 *
Eric Horsbrugh Porter
2-6
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ody Koopman 1 *
Ir. Adriaan (Aad) Knappert
6-3
3-6
6-4
Semifinals
Hendrik Gerard Eilers 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Dr Jan Joachim Borren 1 *
Ody Koopman
5-7
ret.
Quarterfinals
Cornelis Albert (Cor) Bryan 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Christiaan (Kick) van Lennep 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Dr Charles Mendes de Leon 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-0
6-1
4-6
5-7
6-1
Round 4
Dr Charles Mendes de Leon 1 *
Ody Koopman
6-0
6-1
4-6
5-7
b6-1
Final
Ody Koopman 1 *
Max Wetselaar
2-6
6-2
6-0
6-4