Background
Von Metaxa was born in Vienna to a Greek father and Austrian mother. His father Stefan, a lawyer, was head of the Vienna district of Hietzing, his mother Marianne was born countess of Stainach.
Von Metaxa was born in Vienna to a Greek father and Austrian mother. His father Stefan, a lawyer, was head of the Vienna district of Hietzing, his mother Marianne was born countess of Stainach.
In his youth, he was expelled from several schools until he came to the Süddeutsche Landeserziehungsheim, a college at Schondorf am Ammersee. A talented tennis player, he lost the final of the 1932 German boys championships to Henner Henkel. After graduating from school with the Abitur, he began to study law at Vienna but broke off soon in order to focus on his tennis career.
He was ranked the second best German player in 1938.
After the beginning of World World II, he was drafted into the German Wehrmacht. He played an exhibition match against Hans Nüsslein in December 1941.
An Obergefreiter (PFC), Metaxa was killed in action by American artillery fire at the town of Arnoldsweiler near Düren on 12 December 1944. Doubles
= Runners-up (1) =.