Pál Segner

Biographical information

RolesNon-starter
SexMale
Full namePál Simon Barabás•Segner
Used namePál•Segner
Born2 January 1876 in Balatonboglár, Somogy (HUN)
Died7 December 1961 (aged 85 years 11 months 5 days) in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
AffiliationsBudapesti Lawn-Tennis Club, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Pál Segner was born as the son of a railway supervisor at Lake Balaton. He was a five-times Hungarian singles champion (1902-03, 1905-06, 1909). Segner won also four consecutive championships in the men’s doubles (1909-12) together with Jenő Zsigmondy.

In 1927 he was appointed chairman of the board of auditors. Five years later he became Vice-President of the General Accounting Office. He was also general manager of the National Central Cooperative of Industrialists and served as acting president beginning in 1940.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Tennis HUN Pál Segner
Singles, Men (Olympic) DNS
Doubles, Men (Olympic) Ede Tóth DNS