Gerhard Weber, Halle Tournament Founder & Fashion Designer, Dies Aged 79
Gerhard Weber, the award-winning German fashion designer, who founded the Gerry Weber manufacturing and retail chain, and turned Halle into an international tennis destination, passed away on Thursday morning aged 79. Weber first made his move into professional tennis in 1986, when he signed 17-year-old Steffi Graf as a brand ambassador, three years before Gerry Weber went public as a business on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 7 March 1989. In 1992, now firmly established in the women’s fashion industry, Weber and his son, Ralf, set about organising a $25,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in...
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