Baron Umberto Louis De Morpurgo – February 26 ) was a male
tennis player from Italy De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it
was part of Austria, but became Italian when the city changed
hands after World War I. He was ranked in the World’s Top 10
1928-30 —- 9th in 1928, 10th in 1929, and 8th in 1930. American
tennis icon Bill Tilden ranked him 10th in the world in 1924, ,
and 6th in the world in 1929. He was junior champion in Great
Britain in 1911, and student champion in Paris in 1915. He was
Italy’s # 1 ranked tennis player in 1927, and in 1929 through
1931. The American Tennis magazine labeled Baron de Morpurgo
“the Tilden of his country.” In 1929, the Baron was named
Italian Commissioner of Tennis by Benito Mussolini. At the 1924
Paris Olympics de Morpurgo defeated France’s Jean Borotra , the
reigning Wimbledon Singles Champion, to win the bronze medal in
the men's singles event. He was a member of Italy’s first-ever
Davis Cup team in 1922, and played on every Italian Davis Cup
team through 1933. He won