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Cilly Aussem

German tennis player (1909-1963)

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Born
January 4, 1909
Died
March 22, 1963
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1909

About Cilly Aussem

Cilly Aussem (German pronunciation: [ˈʦiːli̯ə ˈaʊ̯sm]; 4 January 1909 – 22 March 1963) was a German tennis player. She was the first German, male or female, to win the singles title at Wimbledon, which she did in 1931. She also won the women's single titles at the French Championships and German Championships in 1931. Aussem's coach and mixed doubles partner was Bill Tilden. They won the mixed doubles at the 1930 French Championships. According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Aussem was ranked in the world top 10 in 1928, 1930, 1931, and 1934, reaching a career high of world no. 2 in these rankings in 1930 and 1931 behind Helen Wills Moody.

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Cilly Aussem timeline

  1. They won the mixed doubles at the 1930 French Championships.
  2. She was the first German, male or female, to win the singles title at Wimbledon, which she did in 1931.
  3. She also won the women's single titles at the French Championships and German Championships in 1931.

The world when Cilly Aussem was born

Cilly Aussem was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

  • Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
  • Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
  • Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
  • Notable inventionBakelite plastic
  • World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cilly Aussem's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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