Heinrich Ernst Otto "Henner" Henkel was a German tennis player during the 1930s. His biggest success was his singles title at the 1937 French Championships.
Henner Henkel
Henner Henkel (l) and Gottfried von Cramm (r) at White City, NSW (1937)
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr[A] von Cramm was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament on five other occasions. He was ranked number 2 in the world in 1934 and 1936, and number 1 in the world in 1937. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977, which states that he is "most remembered for a gallant effort in defeat against Don Budge in the 1937 Interzone Final at Wimbledon".
Gottfried von Cramm (left) and George Lyttleton Rogers of Ireland in 1932
Castle Oelber, the family's summer estate and Castle Brüggen, where Cramm grew up.
von Cramm at the 1937 Australian Championships