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1973 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup. 31 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 14 teams competed in the preliminary rounds, with the winners progressing to the main draw and joining the remaining 17 teams. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the 1973 Davis Cup Americas Zone, Americas Zone and 1973 Davis Cup Eastern Zone, Eastern Zone. Romania Davis Cup team, Romania defeated the Soviet Union Davis Cup team, Soviet Union in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team, Czechoslovakia defeated Italy Davis Cup team, Italy in the Zone B final, resulting in both Romania and Czechoslovakia progressing to the 1973 Davis Cup#Inter-Zonal Zone, Inter-Zonal Zone. Zone A Preliminary round Draw Results Austria vs. Monaco Ireland vs. Norway Greece vs. Finland Main Draw Draw First round Israel vs. Netherlands Austria vs. New Zealand Norway vs. Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Davis Cup
The 1973 Davis Cup was the 62nd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 53 teams entered the competition, 31 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone. For the first time, preliminary rounds were used in every zone, effectively giving byes through the first two rounds of competition to the previous year's finalists from the American and Eastern zones, and to the previous year's semifinalists from the European zones. This year's competition also marked the first time that professional tennis players were allowed to compete. The United States defeated Chile in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, Australia defeated India in the Eastern Zone final, and Czechoslovakia and Romania were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating the Soviet Union and Italy respectively. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Australia defeated Czechoslovakia and the United States defeated Romania in the semifinals. Australia then def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Walter
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) South African Film Producer * Alice Henson Ernst (1880-1980), American writer and historian * Britta Ernst (born 1961), German politician * Cornelia Ernst, German politician * Edzard Ernst, German-British Professor of Complementary Medicine * Emil Ernst, astronomer * Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), former District Judge in Walker County, Texas * Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German politician * Fabian Ernst, German soccer player * Gustav Ernst, Austrian writer * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Moravian violinist and composer * Jim Ernst, Canadian politician * Jimmy Ernst, American painter, son of Max Ernst * Joni Ernst, U.S. Senator from Iowa * K.S. Ernst, American visual poet * Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, German writer (1866–1933) * Ken Ernst, U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Kelaidis
Nicolas Kelaidis (born 29 October 1949) is a Greek former professional tennis player. Biography Kelaidis was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which had a large Greek population at the time. He played college tennis in the United States, at Clemson University from 1968 to 1971. During the 1970s, Kelaidis competed on the professional tennis circuit and was a regular member of the Greece Davis Cup team, featuring in a total of 10 ties. He appeared in the main draws of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. For most of the 1980s he was a coach for the Swiss Tennis Federation, then spent a decade coaching for the French Federation, with his roles at both focusing on women's tennis. He married Swiss tennis player Lilian Drescher Lilian Drescher Kelaidis (born 23 May 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. Biography Tennis career Born in Venezuela, Drescher was the Junior Orange Bowl (14 & Under) champion in 1979, representing her native cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Berner
George Luis Sören Berner (born 4 April 1944) is a former tennis player from Finland. Tennis career Berner attended college in the United States at Davidson College in North Carolina during 1967 and 1968. Berner was a regular member of the Finland Davis Cup team for the period 1969 to 1981. He made his debut in the 1969 Europe Zone A first round tie against Sweden. His last appearance was as a doubles player in the 1981 Europe Zone B semi-final against the Netherlands. Berner played in twenty Davis Cup singles rubbers, ten of which he won, and he also played in ten doubles rubbers, with two wins. Berner participated in the Wimbledon qualifying draw on two occasions, in 1969 and 1972, with a best effort in reaching the second round of qualifying in 1972. See also *List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Finland Davis Cup team The Finland men's national tennis team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Καλογερόπουλος; born 18 February 1945), also known as Nicky Kalo, is a retired Greek tennis player who won a bronze medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games. In doubles, he finished runner-up at the 1968 Italian Open. He was ranked as best Greek player in 1962–74 and was a member of the Greek Davis Cup team in 1963–81. atptour.com Kalogeropoulos was born in Costa Rica
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Peter Jackson (tennis)
Peter Jackson (22 September 1934 — 10 October 2014) was an Irish international tennis player originating from Northern Ireland. Raised in Belfast, UK, Jackson was a junior rugby representative for Ulster before settling on tennis. He attended the Belfast Royal Academy and played his tennis at thWindsor Lawn Tennis Club although he began his career with Cavehill. An Irish number one for nine consecutive years, he featured at both Wimbledon and the U.S. National Championships during his career. Jackson debuted for the Irish Davis Cup team in 1959 and had the first of his seven singles wins in 1962 over Austria's Detlef Herdy. In Dublin in 1970 he came from two sets down to lose in five against Yugoslavia's Željko Franulović, who two-weeks later reached the French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Dag Jagge
The word Finn (''pl.'' Finns) usually refers to a member of the majority Balto-Finnic ethnic group of Finland, or to a person from Finland. Finn may also refer to: Places * Finn Lake, Minnesota, United States * Finn Township, Logan County, North Dakota, United States * Lough Finn, a freshwater lough (lake) in County Donegal, Ireland * River Finn (County Donegal), Ireland * River Finn (Erne tributary), a tributary of the Erne River, Ireland People * Finn, an old Scandinavian ethnonym for the Sami people * Finn (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Finn (surname), English and German-language surname Mythological figures * Finn (dog), an English police dog and namesake of "Finn's Law" providing legal protection for animals in public service * Finn (Frisian), Frisian king who appears in ''Beowulf'' and the Finnesburg Fragment * Fionn mac Cumhaill (Old Irish: Finn mac Cumhal; anglicised to Finn McCool), a warrior in Irish mythology * Various legendary Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ledbetter
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Thorvald Moe
Thorvald Moe (born 4 October 1939) is a Norwegian former tennis player, economist and civil servant. He was born in Oslo. He was appointed Director General ( no, ekspedisjonssjef) in the Ministry of Finance (Norway), Ministry of Finance from 1978 to 1986, from 1989 to 1997, and from 2002. He served as Norwegian ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1986 to 1989, and vice secretary general of the OECD from 1998 to 2002. He represented Bestum IF and won the national championship in tennis men's single in 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1967. He won a total of 38 senior titles in Norwegian championships (in single, double and mixed double), between 1959 and 1981. He competed at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, where he reached the third round. References 1939 births Living people Tennis players from Oslo Norwegian male tennis players Civil servants from Oslo Norwegian expatriates in France Ambassadors of Norway to the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Hegna
Per Hegna (born 22 July 1945) is a Norwegian former professional tennis player. A native of Oslo, Hegna played out of the Berg Tennisklubb and won 26 national championships, including eight outdoor and six indoor singles titles. His Davis Cup career for Norway started in 1962 but most of his appearances came in the period of 1973 to 1983. He featured in 17 ties, for 15 wins across singles and doubles. Hegna played collegiate tennis in the United States for the University of Wyoming. He featured in several Grand Prix tournaments during the 1970s, reaching a best singles world ranking of 180. As a main draw qualifier at the 1976 Swedish Open he upset seeded players Juan Gisbert and Julián Ganzábal Julián Ganzábal (born 25 August 1946) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Ganzábal first played Davis Cup tennis for Argentina in 1967. His career singles highlights include winning the River Plate Championships ... en route to the quarter-finals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brown (Irish Tennis)
William Brown may refer to: Academics *William Brown (industrial relations expert) (1945–2019), British academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge *William Brown (plant pathologist) (1888–1975), British mycologist and plant pathologist *William Brown (psychologist) (1881–1952), British psychologist * William Fuller Brown Jr. (1904–1983), American physicist *W. G. Brown, Canadian mathematician * William Harvey Brown (1862–1913), American naturalist *William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law *William L. Brown (geneticist) (1913–1991), American geneticist *W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), American Indologist and Sanskritist *William Yancey Brown (born 1948), American zoologist and attorney Sportspeople Association football *William Brown (footballer, born 1865), English footballer *William Brown (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1940), English footballer and cricketer *William Brown (footballer, born 1876), Scottish footballer *William Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |