Count Ludwig "Ludi" von Salm-Hoogstraeten (German pronunciation:
[ˈluË tvɪç fÉ"n ˈzalm ˈhoË kˌʃtÊ aË tnÌ©]; Hungarian: Salm
Lajos [sÉ'lm ˈlÉ'joʃ]; 24 February 1885 â€" 23 July 1944) was an
Austrian tennis player. He competed in the men's outdoor singles event
at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He reached the quarterfinal in which he
lost to South African Harold Kitson in straight sets.Salm-Hoogstraeten
played in six ties for the Austrian Davis Cup team between 1924 and
1928 and compiled a record of four wins and eight losses.Count Salm
was born 24 February 1885 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe to Count Alfred
von Salm-Hoogstraeten, a Prussian Cavalry officer in the
Franco-Prussian War, and Baroness Adolphine von Erlanger. He had three
brothers, Alfred, Otto and Alexander. The latter two were also tennis
players and formed a doubles team, were Austrian champions and
competed in the 1914 US Indoor Championships. His family held an
estate at Reichenau, and as the oldest child, he was the first in line
to inherit it. Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten Top Movies & Young Movies