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Hans Simonsson
Hans Simonsson (born 1 May 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 11 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He also played in the 1983 Davis Cup final for Sweden. He reached his career high doubles ranking of No. 10 in the world on 2 January 1984. Simonsson again reached the French Open doubles final in 1985, but he and Schlomo Glickstein were defeated by Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick. The Swede finished his career prematurely at the age of 25. He is a brother of fellow tennis player Stefan Simonsson Per Stefan Mikael Simonsson (born 5 January 1960, in Hyltebruk) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing singles. During his career, he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-hig .... Grand Slam finals Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up) Career finals Doubles (11 titles, 7 runner- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Johan Kriek defeated Steve Denton in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(1–7), 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1981 Australian Open. Brian Teacher was the defending champion, but did not compete this year. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Johan Kriek is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Guillermo Vilas ''(third round)'' # Peter McNamara ''(quarterfinals)'' # Roscoe Tanner ''(second round)'' # Johan Kriek (champion) # Kim Warwick ''(quarterfinals)'' # Mark Edmondson ''(semifinals)'' # Fritz Buehning ''(first round)'' # Tim Mayotte ''(quarterfinals)'' # Shlomo Glickstein ''(quarterfinals)'' # John Sadri ''(first round)'' # Chris Lewis ''(third round)'' # Hank Pfister ''(semifinals)'' # Pat DuPré ''(third round)'' # Kevin Curren ''(second round)'' # Peter Rennert ''(second round)'' # John Fitzgerald ''(first round)'' Qualifying Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 French Open
The 1985 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 89th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1985. The event was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix and 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. Finals Men's singles Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 *It was Wilander's 4th career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd French Open title. Women's singles Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 6–7(4-7), 7–5 *It was Evert's 17th career Grand Slam title, and her 6th French Open title. Men's doubles Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick defeated Schlomo Glickstein / Hans Simonsson, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 Women's doubles Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 Mixed doubles Martina Navratilova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona Open (tennis)
The Barcelona Open (currently sponsored by Banc Sabadell) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players. The event has been held in Barcelona, Spain every year from 1953 (except for its cancellation in 2020), and is played on clay courts at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona. It was an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1970–1989, except in 1971 when it was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit, although it was also open to non-WCT players. The tournament is currently part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour. It is also known as Torneo Godó, Trofeo Conde de Godó, and Open Banc Sabadell. It is Spain's second most important tournament on the ATP Tour after the Madrid Open and the event generally takes place in the last week of April, when temperatures in Barcelona average a daily high of . Native Spaniard Rafael Nadal has won the singles title a record twelve times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Torneo Godó – Doubles
Steve Denton and Ivan Lendl were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Lendl opted to focus on the singles tournament. Anders Järryd and Hans Simonsson won the title by defeating Hans Gildemeister and Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Santos (; born 27 February 1960) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990. His son, Emilio Gómez, is a professional tennis player. His nephew Nicolás Lapent ... 6–1, 6–4 in the final. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Official results archive (ATP)Official results archive (ITF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Trofeo Conde de Godó - Doubles 1981 Grand Prix (tennis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fitzgerald (tennis)
John Basil Fitzgerald OAM (born 28 December 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Australia who played right-handed with a single-handed backhand. Playing career During his career, he won 6 top-tier singles titles and 30 tour doubles titles, including 7 Grand Slam doubles titles. He also achieved the career men's doubles Grand Slam (winning all four titles-the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open). He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1991, teaming up with Anders Järryd to win three out of the four Grand Slam doubles titles that year. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 25 in 1988. He was a member of the Australian team which won the Davis Cup in 1983 and 1986. Post-playing career Fitzgerald was formerly the captain of the Australian Davis Cup Team from 2001 to 2010 before Patrick Rafter took over after Australia's World group playoff loss to Belgium. Honours Fitzgerald was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Open
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: *Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) *Swedish Open (squash) *Swedish Open (darts) The Swedish Open is a darts tournament established in 1969, held in Malmà ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Swedish Open – Doubles
Heinz Günthardt and Markus Günthardt were the defending champions, but both players decided to compete at Hilversum in the same week, partnering different players. Mark Edmondson and John Fitzgerald won the title by defeating Anders Järryd and Hans Simonsson Hans Simonsson (born 1 May 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 11 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He a ... 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 in the final. Seeds Draw Draw References External links Official results archive (ATP)Official results archive (ITF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Swedish Open - Doubles Men's Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil (born 29 December 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Složil enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 32 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 29 times, including at the French Open in. Slozil and his partner, Renata Tomanová (also from Czechoslovakia), won the 1978 French Open mixed-doubles championship, defeating Virginia Ruzici (Romania) and Patrice Dominguez (France). The mixed doubles championship was an important event in those days, contested by top players, with John McEnroe and Mary Carillo having won the year before. In 1985, Složil achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4. Složil participated in eleven Davis Cup ties for Czechoslovakia from 1978 to 1986, posting a 7–2 record in doubles and a 4–2 record in singles. He was a member of the winning Czech Davis Cup team in 1980, along with teammates Ivan Lendl, Tomáš Å mÃd and Jan KodeÅ¡. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Drewett
Brad Drewett (19 July 1958 – 3 May 2013) was an Australian tennis player and ATP official. He was the 1975 and 1977 Australian Open junior champion and the youngest player at age 17 to win the title since Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe. He was also the third-youngest Australian Open quarterfinalist in his first Grand Slam appearance, at 17 years 5 months in 1975, behind Boris Becker, 17 years 4 days in 1984 and Goran Ivanišević, 17 years 4 months in 1989. Drewett won two career singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 1976 Australian Open and attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 34 in March 1984. In doubles, he won seven titles and reached as high as world No. 18 in November 1988. Tennis career Juniors Drewett won the Australian Open boys' singles title in 1975 and 1977 (in January). Pro tour During his professional career, Drewett won two singles titles (Cairo 1982 and South Orange 1983) and seven doubles titles and reached the quarterfinals of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Linz
The ATP Linz is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1979, 1981 to 1982. The event was held in Linz, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ... and was played on various surfaces. Past finals Singles Doubles References *ATP Linz 198 *ATP Linz 198 Clay court tennis tournaments Carpet court tennis tournaments Indoor tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Austria ATP Tour Defunct tennis tournaments in Europe Defunct sports competitions in Austria {{ATPtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherwood Stewart
Sherwood Stewart (born June 6, 1946) is a former professional tennis player who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No. 4 in doubles on January 3, 1983. He attended Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas and graduated in 1969. He was the NCAA College Division Singles Champion in 1967 and was inducted into the Lamar University Hall of Honor. He won 52 doubles titles, the biggest of them coming at the 1984 Australian Open, the 1976 French Open and 1982 French Open, in Cincinnati in 1974, in Monte Carlo in 1984, and in Hamburg in 1976. He was also in three additional Grand Slam doubles finals during his career. After retiring from playing, he became a coach, most notably of Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Simonsson
Per Stefan Mikael Simonsson (born 5 January 1960, in Hyltebruk) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing singles. During his career, he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 49 in 1983 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 88 in 1984. He is a brother of fellow tennis player Hans Simonsson. After his career, he coached two top 10 players on the ATP ranking, Magnus Gustafsson and Magnus Larsson. Career 1976–1978: Junior career Simonsson won the Swedish Junior Indoor champion in 1976 as a 16 year old and in 1977 and 1978 the Swedish Junior Outdoor Champion. He played in his first Junior Grand Slam event at Wimbledon in 1977 and made his debut in a senior tournament at the Swedish Open. Junior Slam results – Singles *French Open: SF (1978) *Wimbledon: QF (1978) *US Open: F (1978) 1979–1981 In 1979, Simonsson reached the quarterfinals at the challenger event in Bia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
