Cilly Aussem

Cilly Aussem was a German female tennis player.

Aussem was born in Cologne onJanuary 1909, the daughter of a wealthy salesman Johann Joseph Jean Aussem and Ulrike Franziska Helen Wisbaum. At the age of fourteen, she returned to Cologne after spending several years in Geneva getting a boarding school education. It was at this time that she started taking tennis lessons at the local club KTHC Stadion RotWeiss, driven by her mother, who was the first to notice her talent. She contacted Roman Najuch, the reigning world professional champion. Najuch referred Aussem to Willy Hanneman, a tennis coach from Cologne. Hannemann taught Aussem a great sliced backhand, a precisely placed serve, and an effective drop shot. In 1925 she won the junior singles title at the German Championships in Erfurt and was ranked nr.6 nationally.

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