Barbara Schett made her debut at the WTA Tour as a wild card entrant for the tournament in Kitzbühel.

In 1993, Schett broke into the top 200, and reached the quarterfinals at Kitzbühel and Montpellier.

Calleri won his second career title in the 2006 Generali Open at Kitzbühel which came 3 years after his first title in Acapulco for the loss of only one set along the way he defeated Nicolás Massú, Gastón Gaudio, Fernando Verdasco before defeating fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Chela 7 – 6 ( 9 ) 6 – 2 6 – 3.

Kitzbühel also had the good fortune to remain undamaged from the ravages of the First and Second World Wars.

Kalle Palander is a well-known alpine skiing winner, who won the World Championship and Crystal Ball ( twice, in Kitzbühel ).

The Hahnenkamm ( German: rooster's comb ) is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts the annual World Cup alpine ski races, the Hahnenkammrennen.

* The first non-European to win a downhill race at Kitzbühel in the World Cup era was Ken Read of Canada in 1980. Previously, the only non-European champion was Buddy Werner of the U. S., who won in 1959 at age 22. Canadians won races four consecutive years from 1980-83 ; the only non-European winner since 1983 is Daron Rahlves of the U. S., who prevailed on an abbreviated course of due to fog in 2003.

The last time Riefenstahl saw Hitler was when she married Peter Jacob on March 21, 1944, shortly after she had introduced Jacob to Hitler in Kitzbühel, Austria.

Writer Budd Schulberg, assigned by the US Navy to the OSS for intelligence work while attached to John Ford ’ s documentary unit, was ordered to arrest Riefenstahl at her chalet in Kitzbühel, Austria, ostensibly to have her identify the faces of Nazi war criminals in German film footage captured by the Allied troops.

* Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol.

She attended the independent Summerhill School in Leiston, Suffolk, England, but her high-school degree was awarded in St. Johann, near Kitzbühel, Austria.

He won a 1992 clay court tournament in Kitzbühel, defeating Alberto Mancini in the final.

However recent developments have brought a change, especially since winter ski resorts such as Arlberg or Kitzbühel are now more and more frequented by Eastern Europeans, Russians and Americans.

File: Sand mandala tibet 1. JPG | Tibetan monks making a temporary " Sand-Mandala " in the City-Hall of Kitzbühel in Austria in 2002.

He lost in the first round, as well as in the following three Challenger tournaments in Kitzbühel, Como, and Rijeka.

* January 12 – Canada's Ken Read, the leader of the " Crazy Canucks " ski team, wins the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria, becoming the first North American to ever win the classic race.

The source is located in the Kitzbühel Alps near Krimml, Western Salzburg.

Upper and lower reaches: Putzengraben, Trattenbach and Dürnbach from the Kitzbühel Alps, Krimmler Ache, Obersulzbach, Untersulzbach, Habach, Hollersbach, Felberbach, Stubache, Kapruner Ache from the High Tauern, Pinzga from Lake Zell, Fuscher Ache, Rauriser Ache from the High Tauern, Dientener Bach from the Slate Alps, Gasteiner Ache, Großarlbach, Kleinarlbach from the High Tauern, Fritzbach from the Dachstein Massif, Mühlbach and Blühnbach from the Hochkönig.

Racers on a typical international-level course exceed speeds of 130 km / h ( 81 mph ) and some courses, such as the notable Lauberhorn course in Wengen, Switzerland, and the Hahnenkamm course in Kitzbühel, Austria, speeds of up to 150 km / h ( 93 mph ) in certain sections are common.

In the 1930s, Fleming often visited Kitzbühel in Austria to ski ; he once deliberately set off down a slope that had been closed because of the danger of an avalanche.

Hochfilzen is a small village in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district.

The town is situated in the Kitzbühel Alps about east of the state capital of Innsbruck.

Kitzbühel is situated on the Kitzbüheler Ache river.

Aurach bei Kitzbühel, Jochberg, Kirchberg in Tirol, Oberndorf in Tirol, Reith bei Kitzbühel, St. Johann in Tirol and Fieberbrunn.

The first known settlers were Illyrians mining copper in the hills around Kitzbühel between 1100 and 800 BC.

After the fall of the western Roman Empire, Bavarii settled in the Kitzbühel region around 800 and started clearing forests.

Kitzbühel became part of Upper Bavaria in 1255 when Bavaria was first partitioned.

Jörg Friedrich ( sometimes spelt Joerg or Jorg in English ) ( born 17 August 1944 in Kitzbühel ) is a German author and historian.

Two-thirds of the Kitzbühel Alps lie within the Austrian province of Tyrol, the remaining third is in Salzburg province.

The Sandia Peak Tram had the third longest span prior to the Peak 2 Peak Gondola ( 1. 88 mi ) and the Kitzbühel 3S Aerial Tramway ( 1. 56 mi ).

He had a 46-match all-surface winning streak ( third all-time behind Björn Borg's records of 49 and 48 consecutive matches won ) and won seven consecutive titles – Kitzbühel ( clay ), Washington ( clay ), Louisville ( clay ), South Orange ( clay ), Columbus ( clay ), US Open ( clay ) and Paris ( clay ) – after Wimbledon in 1977.

A year later, and two days after announcing his retirement at the end of the season, on 21 January 2012 Cuche claimed his third consecutive downhill victory at Kitzbühel, bringing his presumed final total up to a record five.

He beat Marat Safin in Kitzbühel and pushed Pete Sampras to two tie-breakers in US Open's third round.

In August, he reached the semifinals in Kitzbühel, where he lost to Albert Montañés 2 – 6, 4 – 7.

He came back to play in Båstad and lost in the quarter finals to Tomáš Berdych and made the semi finals in Kitzbühel and after a series of poor results, then he had surgery on his knee.

Corina Morariu / Ellis Ferreira defeated Barbara Schett / Joshua Eagle 6 – 1, 6 – 3

During the European clay court season, Williams won the Tier II tournament in Hamburg but lost in the third round of the Tier I EUROCARD Ladies German Open to World No. 18 Justine Henin and the first round of the French Open to Barbara Schett.

Pennetta achieved the same result at the Ordina Open, falling to World No. 85 Barbara Schett.

The year's singles highlights of Schett include the quarterfinal of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, her first title at the Internazionali Femminili ( the victory over Sabine Hack ) in Palermo, the first Tier I semifinal at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, and the defeat over World No. 8 Magdalena Maleeva at the Bausch & Lomb Championships.

On 4 April 1994, Schett broke into the top 100 at No. 99.

This was the first year that Schett finished as the top 50 player, at the No. 38.