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1997 Croatian Indoors – Doubles
Menno Oosting and Libor Pimek were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Oosting with David Adams and Pimek with Peter Nyborg. Adams and Oosting lost in the first round to Patrik Fredriksson and Kenny Thorne, as did Nyborg and Pimek to Saša Hiršzon and Goran Ivanišević. Hirszon and Ivanišević won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Brent Haygarth and Mark Keil. Seeds # David Adams / Menno Oosting ''(first round)'' # Peter Nyborg / Libor Pimek ''(first round)'' # Sjeng Schalken / Jan Siemerink ''(semifinals)'' # Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana Francisco Montana (born November 5, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily ... ''(first round)'' Draw References 1997 Croatian Indoors Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Doubles Zagreb Indoors 1997 ATP T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Hiršzon
Saša Hiršzon (born 14 July 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia and current tennis coach. His highest world rankings were No. 214 in singles on 20 December 1993, and No. 85 in doubles on 28 July 1997. Early life Hiršzon was born in Varaždin. His grandfather Božidar Hirschsohn was a notable Jews in Croatia, Croatian Jewish stage actor in Varaždin who fought with the Yugoslav Partisans, Partisans during World War II. All members of Hiršzon's paternal family, except his grandfather, perished during the Holocaust. Tennis career Hiršzon started to play tennis at the Varaždin local tennis club. He won the national titles in the under-12, −14, −16, −18 categories. Hiršzon stated that under-12 match against Michael Chang stayed etched in his memory the most. As he did not have much money, Hiršzon came into the field with different rackets while Chang had a whole team behind him. Best known as a doubles player, Hiršzon had most of his success when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |