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Håkan Zahr
Håkan Zahr (16 April 1948 – 4 October 2015) was a Swedish tennis player. Tennis career Zahr won the Swedish National Championships in 1969 and 1970 and represented Sweden in one Davis Cup tie, the 1971 first round Europe Zone A tie against France. Zahr participated in three Grand Slam events, the 1966 Australian Open and the French Open and US Open in 1970. See also *List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Sweden Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Sweden have taken part in the competition since 1925. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweden Davis Cup Lists of Davis C ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zahr, Håkan 1948 births 2015 deaths Swedish male tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Davis Cup Team
The France men's national tennis team (french: Équipe de France de Coupe Davis) represents France in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the Fédération Française de Tennis. France competed in their first Davis Cup in 1904. France is the third most successful nation, with ten wins. Their most recent title came in 2017 (World Champion team). In 2018 France will compete in the World Group for the 36th time out of 38 years, which ranks them fifth in this category. Media coverage France's Davis Cup matches are currently televised by France Télévisions. Current team (2018) * Adrian Mannarino (First Round, Singles) * Richard Gasquet (First Round Singles) * Nicolas Mahut (First Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals Doubles) * Pierre-Hugues Herbert (First Round, Quarterfinals Doubles) * Lucas Pouille (Quarterfinals, Semifinals Singles) * Jeremy Chardy (Quarterfinals, Singles) * Benoît Paire (Semifinals, Singles) * Julien Benneteau (Semifinals, Doubles) Captains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sweden Davis Cup Team Representatives ...
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Sweden Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Sweden have taken part in the competition since 1925. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweden Davis Cup Lists of Davis Cup tennis players Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 US Open (tennis)
The 1970 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from 2 September until 13 September. It was the 90th staging of the US Open, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1970. It was the first Grand Slam tournament in which the tiebreak was used to decide the set at a 6-6 score. The 1970 US Open was the first tournament to introduce a final set tie-break in a Grand Slam. It differed from the current tie-break scoring in that it was won by the first player to reach five points with a sudden death at 4-4. A red flag would be put up by the umpire’s seat to draw fan attention to the tiebreaker in progress. Most players disapproved of the tiebreaker but the visitors loved it. Finals Men's singles Ken Rosewall defeated Tony Roche, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(5–2), 6–3 :• It was Rosewall's 6th career Grand Slam singles title, his 2nd during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 French Open
The 1970 French Open was a tennis tournament that was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris in France from 25 May through 7 June 1970. It was the 74th edition of the French Open, the 40th to be open to foreign competitors, and the second Grand Slam of the year. Jan Kodeš and Margaret Court won the singles titles. Finals Men's singles Jan Kodeš defeated Željko Franulović, 6–2, 6–4, 6–0 :• It was Kodeš' 1st career Grand Slam singles title. Women's singles Margaret Court defeated Helga Niessen Masthoff, 6–2, 6–4 :• It was Court's 18th career Grand Slam singles title, her 5th during the Open Era and her 4th title at the French Open. Men's doubles Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac defeated Arthur Ashe / Charlie Pasarell, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 :• It was Năstase's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st and only title at the French Open. :• It was Țiriac's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title. Women's doubles Gail Chanfreau / Françoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Australian Championships
The 1966 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 21 to 31 January. It was the 54th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 15th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Roy Emerson and Margaret Smith. Champions Men's singles Roy Emerson defeated Arthur Ashe 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 Women's singles Margaret Smith defeated Nancy Richey walkover Men's doubles Roy Emerson / Fred Stolle defeated John Newcombe / Tony Roche, 7–9, 6–3, 6–8, 14–12, 12–10 Women's doubles Carole Graebner / Nancy Richey defeated Margaret Smith / Lesley Turner, 6–4, 7–5 Mixed doubles Judy Tegart / Tony Roche defeated Robyn Ebbern / Bill Bowrey, 6–1, 6–3 References External links Australian Open official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam playing together or a player may achieve it with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The Grand Slam tournaments, also referred to as majors, are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1971 Davis Cup. 30 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone. Czechoslovakia defeated Romania in the Zone A final, and West Germany defeated Spain in the Zone B final, resulting in both Czechoslovakia and Romania progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. Zone A Draw First round Sweden vs. France Finland vs. Ireland Egypt vs. Czechoslovakia Portugal vs. Turkey Greece vs. Belgium Denmark vs. Soviet Union Quarterfinals Switzerland vs. Spain France vs. Finland Czechoslovakia vs. Portugal Belgium vs. Soviet Union Semifinals Spain vs. France Czechoslovakia vs. Soviet Union Final Czechoslovakia vs. Spain Zone B Draw First round Hungary vs. Poland Luxembourg vs. Monaco Israel vs. Norway Romania vs. Netherlands Italy vs. Bulgaria Yugoslavia v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halmstad
Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... at the mouth of the Nissan (river), Nissan river, in the provinces of Sweden, province of Halland on the Sweden, Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County. The city had a population of 70,480 in 2019, out of a municipal total of over 100,000 (19th most populous — 2019). Halmstad is Sweden's 19th-largest city by population and located about midway between Gothenburg (the second most populous) and Malmö (the third). Timber framing architecture is common. History Halmstad, at the time part of the Kingdom of Denmark, received its first city charter in 1307, and the city celebrated its 700th anniversary in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Davis Cup Team
The Sweden Davis Cup team represents Sweden in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Swedish Tennis Association. As of 2019, Sweden is the 5th most successful nation in Davis Cup history, having won the title 7 times, 6 of which have been recorded since 1981 when the tiered system and the World Group were created, which makes the Swedish team the most successful one in this modern period. In September 2012, Sweden was relegated from the World Group after being defeated, 0–5, against Belgium, and played in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in seasons 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2016, Sweden was relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, but after a successful 2017 campaign, managed to return to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, for 2018. In September 2018, Sweden defeated Switzerland in their World Group play-off tie and, as a result, guaranteed themselves a seeding for the February 2019, Qualifying Round for the new-look Davis Cup Finals in 2019. Sweden failed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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