Curt
von Wessely
Male
Austria
1881-10-18
Praha (Prague), Bohemia
1917-10-25
Wien (Vienna), Austria
Curt von Wessely was one of the top male Austrian tennis players for nearly two decades before World War One. An all-round sportsman, he excelled not only at tennis but also at other sports such as football, ice hockey, skiing and horse-riding. He was also active in the promotion and administration of sport in Austria.
When World War One broke out, von Wessely joined the Austrian Army, in which he reached the rank of cavalry lieutenant. He suffered a serious arm injury while serving in action on the Bessarabian border in 1915. This injury rendered him unfit to serve. The wound in question kept reopening and eventually resulted in the thrombosis which killed him in October 1917 at the age of just 36.
Often played under the pseudonym W.Hartmann.
1899 - 1914
19
192
134
1913 - Championships of Hamburg (Amateur)
1911 - Franzensbad Cup (Amateur)
1911 - Graz (Amateur)
1909 - Wiesbaden Championships (Amateur)
1909 - Austrian International Championships (Grand Prix Circuit)
1908 - French Switzerland Championships (Amateur)
1907 - Bohemian Championships (Amateur)
1906 - Bohemian Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Karlsbad Championships (Amateur)
1905 - Franzensbad Cup (Amateur)
1905 - Marienbad Championships (Amateur)
1904 - Praha (Prague) (Amateur)
1903 - Marienbad Championships (Amateur)
1903 - Prussian Championships (Amateur)
1902 - Championships of Upper Austria (Amateur)
1902 - Marienbad Championships (Amateur)
1902 - Championships of the Salzkammergut (Amateur)
1901 - Championships of Dresden (Amateur)
1901 - Championships of the Salzkammergut (Amateur)
Final
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Curt von Wessely
7-5
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Armand Charles Simon
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Robert Kleinschroth
7-5
6-3
10-8
Quarterfinals
Max Decugis 1 *
Curt von Wessely
2-6
7-9
6-4
6-4
6-1
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
6-1
6-1
ret.
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Marc (Edouard) Meny
w.o.
Round 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-1
6-4
0-6
6-3
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Otto Relly
?
Final
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Final
Robert Kleinschroth 1 *
Curt von Wessely
3-6
6-0
6-3
Final
Heinrich Kleinschroth 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-4
8-6
ret.
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Mr. Anatole
2-6
6-1
7-5
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ludwig von Salm
?
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Fritz Felix Pipes
8-6
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Peter Bartmann
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ludwig Grüder
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling)
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Otto Paul Lindpaintner
w.o.
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
F.A. Noble
1-6
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
7-5
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling)
6-3
6-3
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Harry Alabaster Parker
6-0
6-1
6-3
Final
Freiherr Curt Von Baumbach 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
w.o.
Round 2
Wilberforce Eaves 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
George Lawrence Orme
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Reginald Harvey Haviland
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Robert Wallet
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
4-6
6-4
3-0
ret.
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dick Williams jr
6-4
9-7
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
William Russell
w.o.
Round 3
Freiherr Curt Von Baumbach 1 *
Curt von Wessely
3-6
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Pedro Stanley Augusto de Heeren
w.o.
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr. Wilhelm Schomburgk
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
J. De Svirsky
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
6-3
1-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
J. Von Teuber
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Karl Schmidt-Knatz 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-3
7-9
6-2
Final
George Logie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-1
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-1
5-7
7-5
Round 2
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Stanley Doust
w.o.
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
A.J. Malcolm
6-2
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Alfred Leonard Bentley
6-8
8-6
3-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-0
6-2
6-4
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-3
8-6
ret.
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Baron Falkenhausen
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Clyde Radcliffe Horncastle
7-5
1-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-0
6-4
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Fritz Felix Pipes
0-6
6-0
7-5
6-0
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ernest George Parton
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Eustace Evans White
6-2
3-6
6-0
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Percy Douglas Fitton
6-1
1-0
ret.
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Xenophon Casdagli (Kasdaglis)
w.o.
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-4
6-2
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
A.G. Paton
3-6
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
George Alan Thomas
9-7
9-7
Quarterfinals
Robert Powell 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
6-2
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-4
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Fritz Felix Pipes
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Kenneth Powell
6-2
6-3
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-4
6-0
7-5
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
4-6
10-8
2-6
7-5
10-8
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr. Jaroslav Just
4-6
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Sydney Adams 1 *
Curt von Wessely
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Mr. Schwarzkopf
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr Gustav Popper
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Friedrich Petrina
5-7
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
F. Holmers
7-5
6-3
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
7-5
6-0
1-0
ret.
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Fritz Reska
3-6
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
S. Orovsky
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Sydney Adams
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Baron Alfred Ringhoffer
6-2
6-2
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
E. Rossner
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
R. Paul Reisland
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
D. Park
w.o.
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
H. Haltegg
6-4
6-2
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Otto Von Muller
3-6
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Carl Bertrand
w.o.
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Friedrich Wilhelm Starke
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
F. Schwarz
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Karl Kreuzer
1-6
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
E. Daniel
w.o.
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
G. Bloch
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
W. Altschul
6-1
3-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Nick Carter
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Charles Lindemann
6-3
6-4
Final
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
7-5
6-4
Poule
Tony Wilding 1 *
Curt von Wessely
4-6
6-3
7-5
6-1
Poule
Norman Brookes 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Graf Maximilian Joseph Ernst (Max) Wratislaw
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Artur Zborzil
4-6
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-3
6-2
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-3
8-6
6-4
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Bertram Dickinson Byfield
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Stanton Freeland Card
7-5
8-6
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Henry Pollard
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
A.H. Green 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
w.o.
Final
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-4
6-2
8-6
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
6-4
6-0
6-0
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Graf Maximilian Joseph Ernst (Max) Wratislaw
?
Round 1
Robert Hough 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
6-2
3-6
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
C.E. Hunter
3-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ferdinand Uhl
w.o.
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Charles Pinckney Haselden
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Otto Froitzheim
5-7
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr Gustav Kleinecke
6-0
6-1
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
R.E. Otto
w.o.
Challenge Round
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-4
6-0
10-8
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Willie Lemaire
w.o.
Round 2
Henry Pollard 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Walter Moritz Bonne
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Paul Cario
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Wollmar Bostrom
4-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
C.L. Gardiner
6-3
6-4
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-3
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr Gustav Popper
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
E. Richter
7-5
6-4
Final
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
H. Von Wessely
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ladislav Zemla
7-5
6-0
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Carl H. Mascha
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Benjamin Ward Frost
6-3
6-2
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
C.E. Hunter
3-6
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
G. Luetkins
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr Hans Oskar Behrens
6-2
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr. E. Windmuller
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Otto Froitzheim
6-1
6-0
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf Pummerer
2-6
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Robert Reska
w.o.
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
2-6
6-1
ret.
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Thomas Thorkil Hillerup 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-1
6-4
Challenge Round
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf O. Schindler
6-3
6-2
6-0
Challenge Round
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Viktor Von Muller
w.o.
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Thomas Thorkil Hillerup
4-6
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Flavelle 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
V. Srb
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Carl H. Mascha
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Charles Pinckney Haselden 1 *
Curt von Wessely
2-6
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
C.O. Rahm
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
H.K.H. Kronprinsen
5-7
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Pontus M. Qvarnström 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
6-1
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
w.o.
Round 1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Herbert Guy Nevill Dering
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Conway William Blackwood Price
9-7
6-2
Semifinals
Frederick William Payn 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Final
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Curt von Wessely
4-6
1-6
6-2
6-3
6-0
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ernst Mascha
6-2
6-2
6-3
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
w.o.
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Baron H. von Trauttenberg
?
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Otto Hielle
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Baron Alfred Ringhoffer
6-4
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
J. Schmidt
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Frantisek Čistecký
6-4
6-4
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
6-2
6-4
Challenge Round
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-1
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Adolf Franz Max Otto Von Gordon
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Georg Franckenstein
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Max Decugis 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
2-6
6-1
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr. G.B. Miller
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Jean-Charles Worth
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Karel Beukema 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-2
4-6
6-1
Semifinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Mr. Musil
6-3
6-1
Final
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla 1 *
Curt von Wessely
7-5
6-4
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Mr. Davis-Bowden
?
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Ernst Bertrand
?
Round 2
Thomas H. Nash 1 *
Curt von Wessely
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Dr Gustav Popper
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Zdeněk (Jansky) Žemla
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt von Wessely 1 *
C. Marteau
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Curt von Wessely
w.o.
Final
Charles Jäger 1 *
Curt von Wessely
6-1
1-6
2-6
6-4
6-4
Final
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl 1 *
Curt von Wessely
?