Kozeluh, Karel

Karel Kozeluh
Born: March 07, 1895
Died: April 27, 1950
Hometown: Prague, Czech Republic
Citizenship: Czech Republic
Handed: Right
Inducted: 2006

Tournament Record
French Professional Singles Champion 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932
European Professional Tour Champion 1932
U.S. Pro Singles Champion 1929, 1932, 1937
World Professional Tennis Title 1925

Other
Due to his “Professional Status” Kozeluh never played amateur events (Australian, French, Wimbledon, U.S.)

Karel Kozeluh was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and developed into a tremendous athlete. A former soccer player, Kozeluh turned to the pro leagues of tennis and became a standout European Pro Champion.

He reigned as the French Pro Singles Champion from 1925 to 1930 and again in 1932, was the European Pro Tour Champion in 1932, and won the U.S. Pro Singles Championships three times (1929, 1932, 1937). In 1925 he captured the World Professional Tennis title.

Having never played amateur tennis due to his “professional status,” Kozeluh is considered one of the greatest players of the early pro tennis years and was described as “the Fred Astaire of the courts, with faultless ground strokes and a safecracker’s touch at net.”

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