Soemadi Hoerip was a tennis player from Semarang, the Dutch East Indies.[1]

Soemadi Hoerip
Country (sports)Dutch East Indies Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
BornSemarang, the Dutch East Indies

Career change

In 1932 Hoerip was one of the tennis player that played against the Japanese Davis Cup tennis players visiting Semarang.[2][3]

Hoerip represented the Dutch East Indies as one of the three tennis players at the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manilla.[4][5] One of the other three tennis players was his brother Samboedjo Hoerip.[6]

He became six times national champion in the doubles.[7]

Family change

Hoerip came from a tennis family that founded the Indonesian Lawn Tennis Association. Both his brothers Samboedjo Hoerip and his younger brother Santoso Hoerip and sister Soelastri Hoerip played tennis.[8][9] At the 1938 and 1939 Java championships, most prizes were won by the Hoerip family.[10][11][12]

References change

  1. "Jaarlijksche open wedstrijden van de Semarangsche Tennis Club". Algemeen handelsblad voor Nederlandsch-Indië (in Dutch). 15 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  2. "Tennis Semarang". De koerier (in Dutch). 2 March 1932. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  3. "De Japanners te Semarang". De Indische courant (in Dutch). 22 March 1932. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
  4. "De Far Eastern Championships Games". De Sumatra Post (in Dutch). 15 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  5. "De wedstrijden te Manilla". Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië (in Dutch). 31 May 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  6. "De wedstrijden te Manilla". De Sumatra Post (in Dutch). 28 September 1940. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
  7. Ko Kiem Swan (volkomen uitgeput) gaf de strijd op tegen Soemadi Hoerip 24 September 1951
  8. "Tenis Keluarga Bermanfaat Bagi Anak". Remajatenis (in Indonesian). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. "De Salitagische tenniswedstrijden". De nieuwe vorstenlanden (in Dutch). 2 May 1929. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
  10. "Familie Hoerip sleept prijzen in de wacht". De Sumatra post (in Dutch). 19 April 1938. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
  11. "Family image and description". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 10 May 1939. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.
  12. "Om hoogste tennis eer van Indonesië". De vrije pers (in Dutch). 21 September 1951. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via resolver.kb.nl.

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