Johan Clausen
Haanes
Male
Norway
1912-04-30
Drammen, Norway
2000-03-21
Oslo, Norway
Johan Clausen Haanes (30 April 1912 – 21 March 2000) was a Norwegian tennis player, ski jumper, bandy player and track and field athlete. He was among Norway's best tennis players of all time.
Haanes was born in Drammen as the son of businessman Thorgny Haanes and his wife Hedvig Kristine Clausen. He grew up in Aker, along with five brothers. He worked some years in a sports shop, and eventually started his own little sports shop in Oslo in 1936. In 1938 he married Claire Höckert. Several of his brothers were also sportsmen. His brothers Hans Jacob and Thorgny were tennis players, both National Champions in double (with Johan). His brother Sigurd was an excellent ski jumper who placed fourth at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1937.[2] His brother, Reidar Haanes, became an acclaimed sports journalist, who also wrote the book ‘Store dager i norsk idrett’ (1952) and ‘Njårds historie’
Haanes won 39 National titles in tennis from 1932 to 1953. Of these were 21 in single, 13 in double, and five in mixed double. He won one Scandinavian Championship. He played for the club Njård, of which he was a co-founder. He published the book Tennis for alle in 1937. In addition to tennis, Haanes also excelled in ski jumping, high jump and bandy. In 1937 he was awarded Egebergs Ærespris. During the Norwegian Campaign in World War II Haanes participated in the battles of Bagn, Valdres. Later during the German occupation of Norway he was active in the "sports front", and was twice arrested and incarcerated at the Grini concentration camp. First time in 1942 as "hostage", and the second time in 1943, serving nine months for participation in an "illegal" ski competition. His book 1001 tenniskamp, issued in 1942, was subsequently forbidden. Haanes continued his active career after the war. His book Spill bedre tennis was published in 1946. He won his last National Championship in 1953. He was president of Norges Tennisforbund from 1956 to 1958. In 1985 he won an unofficial title at the World Championships for veterans in Marbella. He died in Oslo in 2000.
1931 - 1952
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70
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1953 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1952 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1951 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1949 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1947 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1946 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1945 - Madserud Norway (Amateur)
1939 - Norwegian Covered Courts Championships (Amateur)
1939 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1938 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1938 - Norwegian Covered Courts Championships (Amateur)
1937 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1936 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1936 - Danish International Championhips (Amateur)
1936 - Stockholm Covered Court Championships (Amateur)
1936 - Norwegian Covered Courts Championships (Amateur)
1935 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1935 - Finland National Indoors (Open)
1934 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
1934 - Norwegian Covered Courts Championships (Amateur)
1933 - Oslo International (Amateur)
1933 - Norwegian National Championships (Open)
Quarterfinals
Ken McGregor 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-2
6-4
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Nils Erik Hessen
6-4
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Johan Haanes 1 *
Roland E. Carter
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Geoff Brown 1 *
Johan Haanes
10-8
6-2
6-3
Preliminary Round
Johan Haanes 1 *
Mr. Maura
6-1
6-1
Round 1
E. Hemberg 1 *
Johan Haanes
0-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Bill Sidwell 1 *
Johan Haanes
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Henning Wiig 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-1
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Lennart Bergelin 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Thorgny Haanes 1 *
Johan Haanes
7-9
6-4
6-0
7-9
7-5
Round 1
Claude Frederick Owen Lister 1 *
Johan Haanes
1-6
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Torsten Johansson 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-1
Semifinals
Johan Haanes 1 *
Nils Erik Hessen
6-2
5-7
6-2
6-4
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Jan Staubo
6-3
1-6
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Johan Haanes 1 *
Norman Rollinson (Tim) Lewis
6-4
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Jozsef Asboth 1 *
Johan Haanes
7-5
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Johan Haanes 1 *
Mr. Rentz-Petersen
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Sven Davidson 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-3
6-1
5-7
4-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Jean Borotra 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-1
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Jacques Sanglier 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Johan Haanes 1 *
W.T. (Tommy) Anderson
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Johan Haanes 1 *
Christian Grandet
w.o.
Round 3
Enrique Buse 1 *
Johan Haanes
3-6
6-3
2-5
ret.
Quarterfinals
Johan Haanes 1 *
Mr. Braathen
8-6
6-4
Semifinals
Johan Haanes 1 *
Karl Grinaker
?
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Samuel P. Hayes
6-4
6-2
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Fritz Jensen
6-4
3-6
8-6
6-2
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Johan Haanes
3-6
6-3
8-6
9-7
Poule
Don McNeill 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-3
6-4
Poule
Johan Haanes 1 *
Karl Schroeder
6-8
6-4
ret.
Poule
Johan Haanes 1 *
Olle Lindquest
6-1
7-5
6-3
Poule
Karl Schroeder 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-2
9-7
8-6
Final
Fritz Jensen 1 *
Johan Haanes
7-5
7-5
4-6
6-4
Poule
Johan Haanes 1 *
Rene Gallepe
6-2
6-3
6-2
Poule
Johan Haanes 1 *
Gaston Medecin
6-3
6-1
6-2
Poule
Karl Schroeder 1 *
Johan Haanes
8-10
4-6
6-1
6-2
6-3
Poule
Johan Haanes 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-1
6-3
6-3
Poule
Karl Schroeder 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Johan Haanes 1 *
Adam Baworowski
6-3
3-6
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Eikichi Itoh 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-2
6-2
6-2
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Dick Bjurstedt
1-6
6-0
6-3
6-2
Poule
Johan Haanes 1 *
Niels Koerner
10-12
6-4
6-3
6-3
Poule
Johan Haanes 1 *
Helge Plougmann
6-4
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Johan Haanes 1 *
Augusto Rado
8-6
0-6
6-2
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Einer Ulrich
6-2
3-6
6-4
6-2
Unknown
Johan Haanes 1 *
Jacques Jamain
?
Quarterfinals
Paul Féret 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-1
6-1
4-6
3-6
6-3
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Curt Ostberg
8-6
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Johan Haanes 1 *
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers
?
Semifinals
Johan Haanes 1 *
Franz Wilhelm Matejka
6-1
6-3
Final
Adam Baworowski 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Johan Haanes 1 *
John Strother (Jack) Harrison
6-4
6-4
0-6
6-4
Round 2
Bunny Austin 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Johan Haanes 1 *
Robert Mouvet
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Ferdinand Henkel 1 *
Johan Haanes
14-12
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Johan Haanes 1 *
Fredy Wulff
6-4
6-0
5-7
6-3
Round 2
Henner Henkel 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-1
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Donald Butler 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-3
3-6
6-4
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Arne Grahn
2-6
10-8
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Johan Haanes 1 *
Alexander M. Hamburger
7-5
2-6
7-5
Round 3
Johan Haanes 1 *
Dr. Ludmar Heitmann
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Lehel Bano (Bánó) 1 *
Johan Haanes
8-6
6-8
6-1
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Dick Bjurstedt
6-4
2-6
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Johan Haanes 1 *
Heinz Tuscher
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Martin E. Zander 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-3
6-1
Round 2
D.N. Jones 1 *
Johan Haanes
4-6
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Johan Haanes 1 *
Francis Albert Lane
6-4
3-6
6-4
Round 3
Gottfried von Cramm 1 *
Johan Haanes
4-6
6-1
6-2
Final
Johan Haanes 1 *
Harry Schwenker
4-6
6-2
5-7
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Johan Haanes
6-4
6-2
6-3