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1958 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Gardnar Mulloy and Budge Patty were the defending champions, but lost to Ramanathan Krishnan and Naresh Kumar in the third round. Sven Davidson and Ulf Schmidt defeated Ashley Cooper and Neale Fraser in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 8–6 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championship. Seeds Ashley Cooper / Neale Fraser ''(final)'' Gardnar Mulloy / Budge Patty ''(third round)'' Barry MacKay / Mervyn Rose Mervyn Gordon Rose AM (23 January 1930 – 23 July 2017) was an Australian male tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles (singles, doubles and mixed doubles). Rose was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and turned professional in 1 ... ''(semifinals)'' Bob Howe / Abe Segal ''(third round)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1958 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Wimbledon Championship by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Davidson
Sven Viktor Davidson (13 July 1928 – 28 May 2008) was a Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957, beating Ashley Cooper and Herbert Flam. Career Davidson also reached the French championships final in the two previous years. In 1955 he beat Budge Patty before losing to Tony Trabert. In 1956 he beat Flam and Cooper before losing to Lew Hoad. He also reached the Wimbledon semi finals in 1957 (beating Seixas before losing to Lew Hoad). At the 1957 U. S. Championships, Davidson lost in five sets in the semifinals to Mal Anderson. In 1958 Davidson partnered with Ulf Schmidt to win the doubles title at the Wimbledon Championships defeating the Australian pair Ashley Cooper and Neale Fraser in three straight sets. He played his last Grand Slam event at Wimbledon in 1959. Davidson reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2. He played for the Swedish Davis Cup team between 1950 and 1960. Davids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivko Plećević
Ivko Plećević (1931 — 2021) was a Serbian tennis player. Plećević, who worked at the ticket office of Belgrade's Tašmajdan tennis club as a teenager, competed for the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team from 1952 to 1958. He was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Davis Cup teammate Ika Panajotovic. A 10-time Yugoslav national champion, Plećević moved to West Germany in the 1960s, but spent the later years of his life back in Belgrade. The stolen Porsche car that was the focus of the 2009 film ''The Belgrade Phantom The Belgrade Phantom ( sr, italic=yes, Београдски фантом, Beogradski fantom) is a Serbian historical, drama, thriller and documentary film directed by Jovan Todorović. It was released in 2009. This film combines archival telev ...'' was owned by Plećević. See also * List of Yugoslavia Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Plecevic, Ivko 1931 births 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Jacques
Warren Jacques (born 10 March 1938) is an Australian tennis coach and former player. Jacques, a native of Sydney, was active on the international tour in the 1960s. He reached the fourth round of the 1961 Wimbledon Championships, beating Jørgen Ulrich, Ingo Buding and Donald Dell en route. His title wins included the Welsh Championships in 1963. During the 1980s, while working in Dallas, Jacques was the tour coach of Texas-based players Kevin Curren, Steve Denton and Bill Scanlon. He guided both Curren and Scanlon to the world's top 10, while Denton made it as high as 12 under Jacques. In 1987 he was appointed captain of the Great Britain Davis Cup team The Great Britain Davis Cup team has represented the United Kingdom internationally since 1900 in the Davis Cup. Organised by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European associatio ... and stayed in the position for three Davis Cup campaigns. References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Woodcock
Warren W. Woodcock (born 22 September 1936) is an Australian former amateur tennis player who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships in 1957 and the final of a US Pro Championship in 1967, losing to Sam Giammalva Sam Giammalva Sr. (born August 1, 1934), is an American former professional tennis player in the mid-20th century. Giammalva played for the United States Davis Cup team, earning a 7–3 record in match play between 1956 and 1958. He was on the .... References External links * Australian male tennis players 1936 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Perry (tennis)
Robert 'Bob' Perry (March 17, 1933) is a retired American male tennis player who was active in the 1950s and 1960s. Tennis career Perry started playing tennis in 1944 at age eleven. He won the National 15 and under singles and doubles titles. In 1956 Perry won the doubles title at the French Championships partnering Don Candy. They defeated Ashley Cooper and Lew Hoad Lewis Alan Hoad (23 November 1934 – 3 July 1994) was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur (the Australian Championships, French Championships and two Wimbledons ... in straight sets. He won the inaugural singles title at the Auckland Championships in 1956, defeating Allan Burns in the final. In 1972, after his active playing career had ended, Perry became a tennis coach at the La Jolla Tennis Club where he remained until 1999. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sima Nikolic
Sima or SIMA may refer to: People * Sima (Chinese surname) * Sima (given name), a Persian feminine name in use in Iran and Turkey * Sima (surname) Sima is a surname. People with the name include: Chinese surnames European surnames * Gabriela Sima (1955–2016), Austrian opera singer * Hans Sima (1918–2006), Austrian politician * Jonas Sima (born 1937), Swedish filmmaker, journalist, ... Places * Sima, Comoros, on the island of Anjouan, near Madagascar * Atapuerca Mountains#Sima de los Huesos, Sima de los Huesos, a cavern in Spain, major site of ancient hominin fossils, known as ''Sima hominins'' * Sima, Hungary * Sima, Jinxiang County, town in Jinxiang County, Shandong, China * Sima, Nepal, in the Jajarkot District of Nepal * Sima (river), a river Hordaland, Norway * Sima, Tibet, village in the north of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China * Sima, Spanish for sinkhole or pit cave, found in several placenames ** Sima de las Cotorras, Chiapas, Mexico Others * Independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Maris (tennis)
Willem Maris (born 14 September 1939 — 13 December 2010) was a Dutch businessman, engineer and tennis player. Born in Utrecht, Maris was the Dutch national champion in 1958 and 1962. He played in the Davis Cup for the Netherlands from 1958 to 1963 and twice made the singles second round of the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in .... Maris served as CEO of Dutch multinational ASML through the 1990s. See also * List of Netherlands Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maris, Willem 1939 births 2010 deaths Dutch male tennis players Dutch business executives Businesspeople from Utrecht (city) Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) 20th-century Dutch people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Haillet
Robert Haillet (26 September 1931 – 26 September 2011) was a French international tennis player. He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1952 to 1960. The iconic tennis shoe adidas Stan Smith was initially named "adidas Robert Haillet" when introduced in 1965, but was changed in 1971 after Haillet's retirement from tennis. Haillet staged a remarkable comeback in his fourth round match against Budge Patty at the 1958 French Championships. Patty was leading 5–0, 40–0 in the fifth set but could not convert his match points and Haillet won seven consecutive games to win the final set 7–5. Haillet reached the semi-finals of the French championships in 1960 (beating Neale Fraser before losing to Nicola Pietrangeli).]. Haillet turned professional in mid 1960 when he joined the pro tour of Jack Kramer. His son Jean-Louis Haillet Jean-Louis Haillet (born 7 May 1954 in Nice, France) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Destremau
Bernard Destremau (; 11 February 1917 – 6 June 2002) was a French tennis player, tank officer, diplomat and politician. Biography Born in Paris into a military family, the third son of a WW I cavalry general, his success in accommodating competitive tennis with academic, military, diplomatic and political pursuits is distinctive. A precocious French junior tennis champion in the mid-1930s, Destremau reached the singles semifinals at Roland Garros in 1937 (losing to winner Henner Henkel) and the quarterfinals in 1936 and 1938 before winning the 1938 French Championships doubles (with Yvon Petra, beating Don Budge-Gene Mako). During those years he graduated from HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales). Destremau also won the 1941 and the 1942 Tournoi de France which in war-time was not counted as a grand slam event and later, won several national titles including the 1951 and 1953 French National singles championships. He remained an amateur, devoted his tennis mostly to the Davis Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Molinari
Jean-Claude Molinari (28 August 1931 – 22 April 1999) was a French former tennis player, originally amateur and later professional. At Wimbledon, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles in 1959. In the Davis Cup in 1954, he defeated Ramanathan Krishnan of India in the quarter-finals of the men's singles, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. In 1957, he and Paul Rémy reached the quarter-finals of the men's doubles, where they were defeated by Mike Davies and Bobby Wilson of Great Britain, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3. In 1958, with Pierre Darmon, he reached the semi-finals of the men's doubles, where they were again defeated by Davies and Wilson, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 1–6. In 1959, he and Jean-Noel Grinda won the quarter-final of the men's doubles against Gheorghe and Marian Viziru of Romania, 6–1, 6–1 6–4; in 1960, again with Grinda, he reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Jan-Erik Lundqvist and Ulf Schmidt of Sweden, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Noël Grinda
Jean-Noël Grinda (born 5 October 1936) is a former French international tennis player. He competed in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1959 to 1964 and in the Australian Open two times, in 1954 and 1965. He won the Paris International Championships on clay in 1960 defeating Pierre Darmon and Robert Haillet in the final two rounds. Grinda belongs to a celebrated Nice family. He married the daughter of :fr:Jean Michard-Pellissier. He is today known as a skilled backgammon Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Pe ... player. "Après Francine, Jean-Noël. A 65 ans, la silhouette s'est un peu épaissie, mais la stature, la chevelu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Scholl
Peter Scholl (5 October 1934 – 26 January 2019) was a German tennis player. Born in Baden-Württemberg, Scholl was a protege of Gottfried von Cramm, who trained him and a number of other select players in Duisburg. He was a Davis Cup player for West Germany from 1956 to 1958, with his only singles win coming against France's Pierre Darmon. In 1961 he won West Germany's national indoor singles championship. Scholl became known after retirement for his instructional tennis books. See also *List of Germany Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Germany Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Germany have taken part in the competition since 1913. The team was known as West Germany from 1961 to 1990. Germany/West Germany play ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scholl, Peter 1934 births 2019 deaths West German male tennis players Sportspeople from Baden-Württemberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |