First name Otto
Lastname Von Muller (Von Müller)
Gender Male
Country Germany
Date of birth 1875-10-17
Place of birth Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalen, Germany
Date of death 1976-04-02
Place of death Fürstenfeldbruck, Bayern, Germany
The following piece was translated and adapted from the German-language Wikipedia entry on Otto von Müller, which can be accessed here:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_M%C3%BCller
Origins and family
The von Müller family came from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a former territory in Northern Germany held by the House of Mecklenburg, based at Schwerin. The family line began with Adam Möller (d. 1693), who was a bailiff in Redentin near Wismar, close to the Baltic Sea coast. Otto von Müller’s parents were the Prussian Lieutenant General Eduard von Müller (1841-1932) and Marie Schweickhardt (b. 1850). The von Müller family had its own coat of arms.
Otto von Müller married Olly Wessel on 2 October 1905 in Potsdam. They had two children, a daughter called Irmgard Ingeborg (b. 1906) and a son called Wolfgang (b. 1910).
Military career
Otto von Müller served as an officer in the Prussian military service from October 1892, initially in the 1st Guards Regiment of foot. On June 17, 1893, he was promoted to non-commissioned officer with sword knot, and on 27 January 1894, he became Second Lieutenant. He completed the three-year course of studies at the War Academy on 18 March 1903, when he was promoted to first lieutenant.
On 21 March 1908, Otto von Müller was transferred to the General Staff, being simultaneously promoted to the rank of captain. Two years later he was transferred back to the 1st Guards Regiment of foot as a company commander. His last promotion occurred on 19 August 1914, when he rose to the rank of major. From 30 June 1914, he was aide-de-camp to Wilhelm, the last German Crown Prince. Otto von Müller remained in this position until he took he left the army on 26 November 1918.
By the end of World War One, Otto von Müller had been awarded the following medals and decorations:
Knight (4th class) of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle
Knight (4th class) of the Royal Prussian Order of the Crown
Knight of the Order of Saint John
Knight of the House Order of Hohenzollern with swords
Knight (1st class) of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with swords
Knight (4th class) of the Royal Bavarian Military Merit Order with swords and crown
Knight (2nd class) of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
Knight of the Royal Greek Order of the Redeemer
Lawn tennis career
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, Otto von Müller took part in the outdoor singles and doubles events. After three wins, he reached the quarter-finals of the men’s singles event, but was then beaten by the future Olympic champion from Bohemia, Ladislav Žemla. With Heinrich Schomburgk, Otto von Müller reached the second round of the men’s doubles competition event, but in the round of 16 they lost in four sets to the French pair of Édouard Mény de Marangue and Albert Canet, who later won the bronze medal.
Otto von Müller was active as a lawn tennis player from 1897 to 1933. In 1913, he won the men’s singles title at the International German Championships in Hamburg, defeating Heinrich Schomburgk in the final match. With few exceptions, he took part almost exclusively in tournaments held in Germany. From 1913 to 1925, he took a break from lawn tennis competitions.
Otto von Müller was the first German Olympian to live to the age of 100. When he died in April 1976, he was nearly 100 years and 6 months old.
Career 1897 - 1936
Tournament wins 26
Matches 227
Match wins 146
1927 - Liegnitz (Amateur)
1913 - Championships of Leipzig (Amateur)
1913 - City of Danzig Championships (Amateur)
1913 - Sopot (Amateur)
1912 - Championships of Sachsen (Saxony) (Amateur)
1912 - German International Championships ()
1912 - Championships of Hamburg (Amateur)
1911 - Hamburg Closed Championships (Amateur)
1909 - Wehrmacht Championships (Amateur)
1909 - Köln International (Amateur)
1908 - Wehrmacht Championships (Amateur)
1908 - Berlin Blau Gold LTC (Amateur)
1907 - Sopot (Amateur)
1907 - Championships of the Province of Saxony (Amateur)
1906 - Championships of Breslau (Amateur)
1906 - Championships of Silesia (Amateur)
1906 - Championships of Dresden (Amateur)
1906 - Düsseldorf International ()
1905 - Championships of Berlin (Amateur)
1904 - Championships of Berlin (Amateur)
1903 - Championships of Eastern Prussia (Amateur)
1903 - Championships of Heringsdorf (Amateur)
1903 - Wehrmacht Championships (Amateur)
1903 - Championships of Silesia (Amateur)
1902 - Championships of Braunschweig (Amateur)
1900 - Wehrmacht Championships (Amateur)
Round 2
Gottfried von Cramm 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Louis Haensch 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Frantisek Cejnar 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Julius Walch 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ernst Rothe
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Heinz Dietrich Flach 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Erwin Keller 1 *
Otto Von Muller
2-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Heinrich Hamann 1 *
Otto Von Muller
3-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Kay Lund 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Round 2
Patrick Spence 1 *
Otto Von Muller
7-5
0-6
7-5
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Erik Tegner
?
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Robert Spiess
?
Semifinals
Hans Moldenhauer 1 *
Otto Von Muller
?
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Willy Brauer (Bräuer)
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Werner Stapenhorst 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Willy Brauer (Bräuer)
10-8
3-6
6-2
Final
Heinrich Hamann 1 *
Otto Von Muller
3-6
9-7
6-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Goder
6-2
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr. Walter Köch
6-4
6-0
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Willy Brauer (Bräuer)
6-4
6-4
9-7
Preliminary Round
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Richard Stephanus
6-0
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Bela Von Kehrling 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Werner Stapenhorst
6-2
2-6
6-4
Round 3
Nicolae Mishu 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Hans Waldeck 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Anatoly Klavdiyevich Tomilin 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
10-8
Quarterfinals
Willy Brauer (Bräuer) 1 *
Otto Von Muller
7-9
6-3
4-1
ret.
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr. Hoff
6-0
6-1
Final
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Kurt Rosenberg
?
Round 2
Dr Heinz C. Landmann 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Daniel (Dan) Prenn
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Friedrich Frenz 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
?
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Augusto Serventi
3-6
6-1
8-6
Round 2
Clemente Serventi 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Hans Stapenhorst
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Cornelis Albert (Cor) Bryan 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
7-5
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
J.F. Hausmann
3-6
6-1
6-3
Round 4
Pavel Macenauer 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
6-1
Preliminary Round
Otto Von Muller 1 *
O. von dem Knesebeck
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ferdinand Uhl
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Heinz Von Gersdorff
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Hans Moldenhauer
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Albrecht Ludtke (Lüdke)
6-4
8-10
6-4
Final
Hans Heydenreich 1 *
Otto Von Muller
5-7
6-4
0-6
7-5
ret.
Round 3
Dr Conrad Kupsch 1 *
Otto Von Muller
1-6
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Hans Heydenreich 1 *
Otto Von Muller
3-6
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Heinrich Kleinschroth 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
12-10
Challenge Round
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
F. Prange
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
10-12
6-2
Final
George Logie 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
3-6
6-4
6-3
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ferdinand Uhl
8-6
6-3
5-3
ret.
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Freiherr Curt Von Baumbach
6-1
7-5
6-2
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Eberhard von Haugk
6-3
6-3
ret.
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ove Kamphøwener Frederiksen
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Jenő von Zsigmondy
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 4
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Bela Von Kehrling
6-2
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ladislav Zemla 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Kurt Lühmann
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
E. Anz
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Hans Wehrenberg
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
A. Lawn
6-0
7-5
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Walter Gast
6-3
6-1
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk
2-6
6-1
6-4
6-2
Challenge Round
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Otto Froitzheim
w.o.
Round 1
George Logie 1 *
Otto Von Muller
8-6
6-3
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
E. Rosbach
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-8
6-1
6-1
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Louis Trasenster
5-7
3-1
ret.
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr. Otto Brügelmann
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Moritz von Bissing
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Alfred Bruns Sr
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
3-1
ret.
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Von Winterfeldt
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Walter Gast
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
2-6
6-1
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
George Logie
5-7
5-7
6-4
6-1
6-3
Final
George Logie 1 *
Otto Von Muller
9-7
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
H. Braumüller
w.o.
Round 3
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
8-6
6-4
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
P. Michelson
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Curt Bergmann
5-7
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
L. Von Rylski
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ludwig von Salm
6-2
6-3
Final
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr Otto Reuter
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Baron Hans Von Schneider
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Rodney Heath
2-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Einer
w.o.
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Rolf Von Lersner
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
M. Korn
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Franz Ludwig Hoppe
6-1
6-1
Final
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Otto Von Muller
7-5
6-1
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Heilbrunn
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Moritz von Bissing 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
P. Sossidi
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Eberhard von Krogh
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr. Otto Nirrnheim
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
W. Frisch
6-2
6-1
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Louis Maria Heyden (Grandy)
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Klein
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Little
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Franz Ludwig Hoppe
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
F. Prange
6-3
6-3
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Rolf Von Lersner
6-1
6-3
ret.
Challenge Round
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
8-6
6-2
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Freiherr von Maltzahn
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr F. Raspe
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ferdinand Uhl
6-8
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Curt Bergmann
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
J. Frank Rahtjen
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Elmer Beer
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Eberhard von Krogh
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Curt Bergmann 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-3
Final
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Johann Heinrich Hermann Kessler
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Otto Paul Lindpaintner
6-0
7-5
Quarterfinals
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
12-10
Semifinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Otto Paul Lindpaintner
6-4
7-5
Final
Louis Trasenster 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-3
4-1
ret.
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Leslie Poidevin sr
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Samuel Ernest Chesterman
6-0
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Otto Mario Widmann 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-0
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
F. Klein
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. von Froreich
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Franz
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Moritz von Bissing
2-6
6-3
6-3
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling)
?
Round 2
Louis Trasenster 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Paul Grüder
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
James O'Hara Murray
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Freiherr Curt Von Baumbach
6-2
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Otto Von Muller
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Gerhard Frankenberg Adler
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Arthur Küstner
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
2-6
6-2
Round 2
Mr. Zoepffel 1 *
Otto Von Muller
5-7
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
J. von Kowalewsky
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr. Knost
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
P. Marx
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Albrecht Ludtke (Lüdke)
6-8
6-3
3-0
ret.
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Viktor Von Muller
w.o.
Challenge Round
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
P. Michelson
6-1
6-0
6-0
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
George Logie
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Wilmot Ernest Lane
w.o.
Round 3
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Viktor Von Muller
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr Friedrich Huhn
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Baron Lazarini
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Frederick Alexander Lindemann
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
William Howard
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Tony Wilding 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Adolf Hammacher
8-10
?
10-9
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Oscar Kreuzer 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
4-1
ret.
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr. D.O. Mannesmann
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr. Haeffner
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Arnold Frese
5-7
6-0
6-1
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Paul Compes
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Smith
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
A. Collett
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
George Logie
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dunstan Rhodes
6-1
6-3
Final
Curt von Wessely 1 *
Otto Von Muller
3-6
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
C. Weber
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Otto-Ernst Klemm
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Josef Bürgers
w.o.
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
W.O. Müller
6-1
6-1
6-2
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
W.O. Müller
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
J. Petri
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Karl Schmidt-Knatz
6-3
2-6
6-1
Semifinals
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk 1 *
Otto Von Muller
4-6
7-5
7-5
Challenge Round
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling) 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Challenge Round
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling)
6-4
6-4
1-6
6-4
Round 1
Dr. Karl Beck 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Round 1
Gerhard Frankenberg Adler 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Graf Leopold Abraham Maria von Nostitz-Rieneck
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Franz von Ringhoffer
1-6
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Herbert Roper Barrett 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
James O'Hara Murray
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Viktor Von Muller
?
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Rudolf (Rolf) Kinzl
6-8
6-1
2-6
6-3
6-2
Challenge Round
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
w.o.
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Trojan
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Hans von Ringhoffer 1 *
Otto Von Muller
2-6
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Ferdinand Boelling (Bölling)
?
Final
Viktor Von Muller 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Semifinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Fritz Schlepps
6-2
6-2
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
O. Mulert
6-1
6-0
6-2
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Viktor Von Muller
4-6
6-4
6-3
6-1
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Oscar Huber
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Baron Rodolphe Saillard
w.o.
Round 2
Louis Trasenster 1 *
Otto Von Muller
2-6
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Basil Spaulding de Garmendia
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Louis Trasenster
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-3
6-1
Final
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Dr. A.L. Stern
?
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
A. Player
w.o.
Round 2
Karel Beukema 1 *
Otto Von Muller
8-6
6-1
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
W. Lent
6-0
5-1
ret.
Round 3
Rudolf O. Schindler 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Gerardus Adrianus (Gerard) Van Haeften
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Max Decugis 1 *
Otto Von Muller
9-7
6-3
Semifinals
Rudolf O. Schindler 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-3
Final
Hugo James Hardy 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-1
6-1
Final
A. Wladimir Schmitz 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Kurt Von Lersner 1 *
Otto Von Muller
13-11
6-1
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
H.C. Schröter
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Otto Von Muller 1 *
G. Bauer
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Hugo James Hardy 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
A.P. Mills
2-6
6-0
6-4
Round 2
C. Edgington 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-2
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Hugo James Hardy
6-1
4-6
6-1
2-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Otto Von Muller 1 *
Mr. Wenden
6-1
8-6
6-4
Semifinals
Graf Viktor Eugen Felix Voss-Schönau 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Otto Von Muller 1 *
J.F. Martin
w.o.
Round 2
Dr. Otto Nirrnheim 1 *
Otto Von Muller
6-1
6-2
Round 1
F.C.A. Smythe 1 *
Otto Von Muller
w.o.
Hello! I’d like to bring to your attention that after recent updates to the site, the player search has become less efficient. Specifically:
1. A single search now returns no more than 30 results.
2. The alphabetical order of the results is gone.
3. As far as I understand, it’s now impossible to find a player by two or three letters, while three-letter last names are very common (for example, Lee, Dod, etc.; Tommy Ho can only be found by his full name).
4. It’s also impossible to find a player by their last name and first initial if they also have a middle initial. E.g., searching for “A. White” returns results like “A. White” and “T.A. White,” but not “A.G. White”. This was previously the exact opposite, and it would be great to combine the previous and current options so that the same search for “A. White” would return all three results.
5. Results now also include last names/first names that contain last names/first names from the search. E.g., the query “Bell” returns results like “Campbell,” while the query “Clint” returns results like “McClintock.” This is debatable, as it could, on the other hand, find players with double last names or players with last names close to the ones you search (like “Carroll” – “O’Carroll”). However, it’s probably better to eliminate cases like the second example, where a word in the query is the middle of the returned result. Because if someone searches for a player using the query “Clint,” a player with the last name “McClintock” is unlikely to be relevant and would clutter the results.
I hope these issues are resolved, as I believe this would help many site users. Thanks in advance!
Regarding point 4, I’d like to add that a similar problem exists with full names. For example, Reginald Arthur Gamble can be found by searching for “Arthur Gamble,” but not “Reginald Gamble.”
New South Wales Hard Court Championship 1924
Round 1:
E.A. Busby vs. S.L. Barden 6-1 4-6 6-1
C.V. Todd vs. A. Lloyd (AUS) 6-0 6-0
A.G. Gavin vs. Dr. H.T. Illingworth 4-6 6-2 9-7
B. Whiteley vs. J.W. Elliott walkover
A. Fitzgerald vs. R.M. Kidston 6-4 3-6 6-4
G.J. Perry bye
S. Cameron bye
G. Collins bye
A.N. Peach bye
W.J. Matchett vs. E. Orth 7-5 5-7 6-4
P. Laverack vs. W.M. Blekemore 6-4 3-6 6-3
Ron P. Bulman vs. R.O. Palmer 6-1 6-1
1. S.L. Barden (AUS)
2. J.W. Elliott (AUS)
3. E. Orth (AUS)
4. W.M. Blekemore (AUS)
5. Ron P. Bulman (AUS) is in your database R.P. Bulman
6. R.O. Palmer (AUS)