(1913-09-02)2 September 1913 Náchod, Austria-Hungary
Died
26 February 1981(1981-02-26) (aged 67)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open
4R (1935)
Wimbledon
4R (1936)
Josef Caska (2 September 1913 – 26 February 1981)[1] was a Czech tennis player active in the 1930s and 1940s.[2]
A native of Náchod, Caska was the 1930 national junior singles champion and twice won the Czechoslovakia international championships in doubles. In 1935, he won the singles title at the Riviera Championships and reached the fourth round at Roland Garros, beating Henner Henkel en route. He also made the fourth round of the 1936 Wimbledon Championships, where he was eliminated by Don Budge. His Davis Cup appearances took place on both sides of the war and included a win over Franjo Punčec. He became a national tennis coach in the 1960s.[3]
^"CASKA Josef 2.9.1913-23.2.1981 – Personal". biography.hiu.cas.cz (in Czech).
^"Young Tennis Stars Australia Must Fear". Sporting Globe. 16 October 1935. p. 11 (Edition 1) – via National Library of Australia.
JosefCaska (2 September 1913 – 26 February 1981) was a Czech tennis player active in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Náchod, Caska was the 1930 national...
1934 Jean Lesueur (3) Wilmer Hines 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 1935 Augusto Rado JosefCaska 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, ret. 1936 Giovanni Palmieri Augusto Rado 6–2, 6–3, 8–6...
Tłoczyński of Poland in the final. He reached the doubles finals with JosefCaska. In late 1935 and early 1936, Hecht and Menzel toured the Far East, which...
Coldham made his debut at Wimbledon in 1936, losing in round two to JosefCaska. In 1937 he lost in round two to Andre Lacroix and in 1938 he lost in...
Decker (3) Siegfried Brietzke (s) 06:00.64 Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Caska (b) Josef Neštický (2) Lubomir Zapletal (3) Jiří Prudil (s) 06:05.30 Great Britain...
Kons Ullrich Dießner Andreas Gregor (c) 6:19.04 Czechoslovakia Vojtech CaskaJosef Neštický Jan Kabrhel Karel Neffe Jiří Pták (c) 6:21.69 United States...
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