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Béla von Kehrling (25 January 1891 - 16 April 1937) was a Hungarian tennis, table tennis, and football player but eventually a winter sportsman familiar with ice-hockey and occasionally competing in bobsleigh.

Just as Fred Perry

Fred Perry

Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row...

, he played both tennis and table tennis at the highest level. In 1926 he played in the first table tennis World Cup final in London with Zoltán Mechlovits

Zoltán Mechlovits

Zoltán Mechlovits is a male former table tennis player from Hungary. From 1926 and 1929 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.-References:...

in doubles but lost to Roland Jacobi

Roland Jacobi

Roland Jacobi is a male former table tennis player from Hungary. He won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships in 1926 and 1928.-References:...

(who won the singles title) and Dániel Pécsi. He was also featured in the Hungarian team that won gold in team competition. Originally he wasn't part of the national team. While the Hungarians unanimously swept all of the medals after Roland Jacobi's sinles and doubles success he suddenly been reported of the death of his father thus he decided to travel home. The substitute player was Béla von Kehrling who had to beat Munio Pillinger of Austria to have the team medal as well. He did so and completed the flawless victory for Hungary. In the end he took two medals in the table tennis world championships, one gold and one silver.

In 1924 he won the German Tennis Championships (now called German Open Hamburg). The following year he was back in the finals but then lost against Otto Froitzheim

Otto Froitzheim

Otto Froitzheim was a German tennis player. At the 1908 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the men's singles tournament....

. The same year he won Hungarian tennis Championships

Hungarian National Tennis Championships

The Hungarian National Championships is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts...

(which he did 13 times altogether counting only the singles).

Table tennis career

Table Tennis World Cup
Table Tennis World Cup
The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years...
- 1926 London
  - 2nd place doubles (with Zoltán Mechlovits
    Zoltán Mechlovits
    Zoltán Mechlovits is a male former table tennis player from Hungary. From 1926 and 1929 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.-References:...
    
    )
  - 1st place with the Hungarian team (Dániel Pécsi, Zoltán Mechlovits, Roland Jacobi
    Roland Jacobi
    Roland Jacobi is a male former table tennis player from Hungary. He won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships in 1926 and 1928.-References:...
    
    )

International Masters Cup
- 1927 Berlin – 1st place doubles (with Zoltán Mechlovits)

Singles wins

Legend (Singles)
Majors (0)
Repechage Championship (2)
International Championships (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	1920	Kassa Kassa Kassa can either mean:* Košice a town in SlovakiaKassa, Mali Kassa A Dutch consumer protection TV program* Kassa an African ruler* Iles de Los*Kassa, Italian Artist and Designer, http://www.kassa.it...	N/A	Kamill Fittler	N/A
2.	1923	Gotheborg Games	outdoors	Oscar Kreuzer Oscar Kreuzer Oscar Kreuzer was a male tennis player from Germany.He played at the 1908 Summer Olympics and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden where he won a bronze medal in the men's singles tournament. In 1914, he and Otto Froitzheim were member of the German Davis Cup team, playing a Davis Cup...	4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
3.	1923	Merano	N/A	Otto Froitzheim Otto Froitzheim Otto Froitzheim was a German tennis player. At the 1908 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the men's singles tournament....	11-9, 8-6, 6-0
4.	1924	Hamburg	N/A	Louis Maria Heyden	8–6, 6–1, 9–7
5.	1925	All England Plate	N/A	N/A	N/A
6.	1926	Monaco	clay	Charles Kingsley Charles Kingsley Charles Kingsley was an English priest of the Church of England, university professor, historian and novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and northeast Hampshire.-Life and character:...	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
7.	1926	Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....	N/A	Charles Kingsley Charles Kingsley Charles Kingsley was an English priest of the Church of England, university professor, historian and novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and northeast Hampshire.-Life and character:...	7-5, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
8.	1927	Monaco	clay	Erik Worm	walkover
9.	1931	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	N/A
10.	1932	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	N/A
11.	1932	San Remo	N/A	George E. Lyttleton-Rogers	(3 straight sets)

Runner-up

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	1924	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....		Hendrik Timmer	3 sets to 2
2.	1925	Hamburg		Otto Froitzheim Otto Froitzheim Otto Froitzheim was a German tennis player. At the 1908 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the men's singles tournament....	6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
3.	1928	Monaco	clay	Henri Cochet Henri Cochet Henri Jean Cochet was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s....	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
4.	1929	Bordighera Bordighera Bordighera is a town and comune in the Province of Imperia, Liguria .-History:The city was founded around the 4th century BC by the Ligures....	clay	Giorgio De Stefani Giorgio de Stefani Giorgio de Stefani was a left-handed tennis player competing for Italy...	6-4, 7-5, 6-4
5.	1930	Zagreb Zagreb Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...	clay	Emmanuel Du Plaix	6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
6.	1930	Budapest Hungarian National Tennis Championships The Hungarian National Championships is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts...	grass	Roderich Menzel Roderich Menzel Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel was an amateur tennis player and after his active career an author.-Birth:...	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
7.	1930	Bordighera Bordighera Bordighera is a town and comune in the Province of Imperia, Liguria .-History:The city was founded around the 4th century BC by the Ligures....	clay	George E. Lyttleton-Rogers	1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
8.	1932	Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....		Enrique Gerardo Maier	6-4, 7-9, 6-1, 6-4
9.	1933	Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....		Gottfried von Cramm Gottfried von Cramm Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm was a German amateur tennis champion and twice French Open champion.-Birth:...	8-6, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6

The All England Plate was a tournament played by the losers of the first two rounds of the Wimbledon Men's Singles tournament. The Göteborg Games were A "mini-Olympics" held for the defeated nations of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

who were defected from the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

Davis Cup

Round	Date	Final match score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
Europe Zone
2R	16–18 May 1924	2–3	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...	N/A	Singles 2	Einer Ulrich	10-8, 6-0, 6-4 (W)
					Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)	Björn Thalbitzer / Einer Ulrich	5-7, 5-7, 6-1, 7-5, 5-7(L)
					Singles 4	Axel Petersen Axel Petersen Axel Johannes Petersen was a Danish athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.In the 100 metres, Petersen took second place in his first round heat with a time of 11.5 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals.-References:...	6-2, 6-4, 6-3 (W)
1R	8–10 May 1925	0-5	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	clay	Singles 2	René Lacoste René Lacoste Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" by fans because of his tenacity on the court; he is also known worldwide as the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929.Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers, French tennis...	3-6, 3-6, 3-6 (L)
					Doubles (with Aurél Kelemen)	Jean Borotra Jean Borotra Jean Robert Borotra was a French champion tennis player. He was one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.-Career:... / René Lacoste René Lacoste Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" by fans because of his tenacity on the court; he is also known worldwide as the namesake of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929.Lacoste was one of The Four Musketeers, French tennis...	4-6, 2-6, 10-8, 3-6(L)
					Singles 4	Jean Borotra Jean Borotra Jean Robert Borotra was a French champion tennis player. He was one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.-Career:...	6-8, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 (W)
2R	16–18 May 1926	2-3	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...	clay	Singles 1	Guillermo Robson	6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 (W)
					Doubles (with Kálmán Kirchmayer)	Enrique Obarrio / Guillermo Robson	2-6, 4-6, 3-6(L)
					Singles 5	Enrique Obarrio	6-3, 7-5, 6-4 (W)
2R	13–15 May 1927	2-3	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	N/A	Singles 1	Umberto De Morpurgo Umberto De Morpurgo Baron Umberto Louis De Morpurgo was a male tennis player from Italy.De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. He was ranked in the World’s Top 10 1928-30 —- 9th in 1928, 10th in 1929, and 8th in 1930...	7-5, 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 1-6 (L)
					Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)	Umberto De Morpurgo Umberto De Morpurgo Baron Umberto Louis De Morpurgo was a male tennis player from Italy.De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. He was ranked in the World’s Top 10 1928-30 —- 9th in 1928, 10th in 1929, and 8th in 1930... / Giorgio De Stefani Giorgio de Stefani Giorgio de Stefani was a left-handed tennis player competing for Italy...	3-6, 5-7, 6-8 (L)
					Singles 5	Clemente Serventi	6-2, 6-1, 6-4 (W)
1R	4–6 May 1928	5-0	Christiana Christiana Christiana may refer to:* Christiana incident , 1851, an armed intervention by local citizens in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to save a fugitive slave* Christiana , a Romanian female singerIn geography:* Christiana, Delaware...	N/A	Singles 1	Rolf Christoffersen	6-1, 6-3, 6-1 (W)
					Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)	Rolf Christoffersen / Torleif Torkildsen Torleif Torkildsen Torleif Torkildsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event....	6-2 6-2 4-6 6-0 (W)
					Singles 4	Torleif Torkildsen Torleif Torkildsen Torleif Torkildsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event....	7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 (W)
2R	18–20 May 1928	2-3	Noordwijk Noordwijk Noordwijk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 51.53 km² and had a population of 24,707 in May 2006....	clay	Singles 2	Arthur Diemer-Kool	7-5, 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 1-1 Ret. (W)
					Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)	Hendrik Timmer / Ody Koopman	6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 5-7 (L)
					Singles 4	Hendrik Timmer	3-6, 4-6, 3-6 (L)
1R	10–12 May 1929	4-1	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...	N/A	Singles 2	Jack Nielsen Jack Nielsen Jack Fridtjof Charles Hücke Coucheron Nobel Nielsen was a Norwegian tennis player. He was born in Egersund, and was the father of skier Jack Nielsen. He participated at the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth in doubles together with Conrad Langaard. He also competed at the 1924 Summer...	11-9, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 (W)
					Doubles (with Pál Aschner)	Torleif Torkildsen Torleif Torkildsen Torleif Torkildsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event.... / Jack Nielsen Jack Nielsen Jack Fridtjof Charles Hücke Coucheron Nobel Nielsen was a Norwegian tennis player. He was born in Egersund, and was the father of skier Jack Nielsen. He participated at the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth in doubles together with Conrad Langaard. He also competed at the 1924 Summer...	6-4, 6-4, 6-1 (W)
					Singles 5	Torleif Torkildsen Torleif Torkildsen Torleif Torkildsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event....	6-1, 6-2, 6-1 (W)
2R	14–16 May 1929	3-2	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	N/A	Singles 2	Vladimir Landau	6-4, 6-4, 6-2 (W)
					Doubles (with Jenő Péteri)	René Gallepe/Vladimir Landau	4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 8-10 (L)
					Singles 4	René Gallepe	6-0, 6-3, 6-1 (W)
QF	7–9 June 1929	3-2	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	clay	Singles 1	Arthur Diemer-Kool	6-2, 6-1, 6-2 (W)
					Doubles (with Imre Takáts)	Hendrik Timmer / Arthur Diemer-Kool	6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6 (L)
					Singles 5	Hendrik Timmer	8-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 (W)
SF	14–16 June 1929	2-3	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	clay	Singles 1	Colin Gregory	5-7, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 (W)
					Doubles (with Pál Aschner)	Colin Gregory / Ian Collins Ian Collins (tennis) Ian Glen Collins was a Scottish tennis player who represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup.Collins, primarily a doubles player, never fully recovered from a broken leg in his youth but still had a lengthy tennis career. It was said that due to the contortion he made when he served he looked like...	2-6, 6-4, 2-6, 3-6 (L)
					Singles 4	Bunny Austin	3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 (W)

Football career

Number	Opponent	Venue	Attendance	Type	Date	Result	Goals scored
1.	Austria Habsburg Monarchy The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	12.000-16.000	Friendly match	4 October 1914	2–2	0
2.	Austria Habsburg Monarchy The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...	N/A	Friendly match	8 November 1914	2–1	1
3.	Austria Habsburg Monarchy The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...	1.200	Friendly match	3 October 1915	4–2	N/A
4.	Austria Habsburg Monarchy The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...	Hütteldorf Hütteldorf Hütteldorf is a part of Vienna's 14th district, Penzing. It is located in the west of Vienna, but roughly in the geographical center of the district, stretching roughly from Deutschordenstraße in the east to Wolf in der Au in the west, where Hütteldorf borders Hadersdorf-Weidlingau.Hütteldorf is...	8000	Friendly match	7 May 1916	1–3	0

Ice hockey career

Number	Club affiliation	Opponent	Venue	Type	Date	Result	Goals scored
1.	BKE	Wiener Eislaufverein	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...	International match	March 1915	14-2	several
2.	BKE	Wiener Eislaufverein	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...	International match	December 1915	7-3	2
3.	BKE	Wiener Eislaufverein	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	Csáky Challenge Cup	February 1917	2-7	2
4.	BKE	Leipziger SC	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	Csáky Challenge Cup	January 1925	3-3	1
5.	BKE	LTC Prague	Tátrafüred	Grand Hotel Challenge Cup	January 1928	5–2	0

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