Career
He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics. Just like Fred Perry, he played both tennis and table tennis professionally. Originally he wasn"t part of the national team
While the Hungarians unanimously swept all of the medals after Roland Jacobi"s singles and doubles success he suddenly been reported of the death of his father thus he decided to travel home.
The substitute player was Béla von Kehrling who had to beat Munio Pillinger of Austria to have the team medal as well. He did so and completed the flawless victory for Hungary.
In the end he took two medals in the table tennis world championships, one gold and one silver. The following year he was back in the finals but then lost against Otto Froitzheim.
"Züricher Sport" newspaper ranked Kehrling as Number.
10 in the European Top 10 rankings in 1931. In conjunction with his sports activity he was the vice-president of the Hungarian Tennis Association and the editor-in-chief of its official magazine the bimonthly Tennisz és Golf (Tennis and Golf). World Table Tennis Championships
1926 London
2nd place doubles (with Zoltán Mechlovits)
1st place with the Hungarian team (Dániel Pécsi, Zoltán Mechlovits, Roland Jacobi)
International Masters Cup
1927 Berlin – 1st place doubles (with Zoltán Mechlovits)
Notable singles wins
Runner-up
Davis Cup.