Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling

Hildegard "Hilde" Krahwinkel Sperling (Essen, Germany March 26, 1908 – March 7, 1981 in Helsingborg, Sweden) was a German tennis player, although she became a Danish national after marrying Svend Sperling from Denmark in 1933. She is generally regarded as the second-greatest female German tennis player in history, behind Steffi Graf. Sperling played a counterpunching game, predicated on speed, and wore down opponents. Helen Jacobs once wrote that Sperling was the third-best player she ever played, behind Helen Wills Moody and Suzanne Lenglen.