Robert Bettauer
Robert Bettauer (born May 2, 1956) is a Canadian tennis broadcaster and former professional player, reaching a career high of 397 in 1978. He is also a former national tennis coach who led the 1988 and 1992 Olympics teams. Bettauer, West Berlin-born, was raised in Vancouver and played collegiate tennis for Pan American University, before turning professional in 1978. He made the singles main draw of three Canadian Open (tennis), Canadian Opens and was a Davis Cup player in 1979, for ties against the Caribbean and Mexico. In 1980 he played in the doubles main draw of the 1980 French Open, French Open. See also *List of Canada Davis Cup team representatives References External links

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West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1990, the territory was claimed by the West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) which was heavily disputed by the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. However, West Berlin de facto aligned itself politically with the FRG on 23 May 1949, was directly or indirectly represented in its federal institutions, and most of its residents were citizens of the FRG. West Berlin was formally controlled by the Western Allies and entirely surrounded by the Soviet Union, Soviet-controlled East Berlin and East Germany. West Berlin had great symbolic significance during the Cold War, as it was widely considered by westerners an "island of free world, freedom" and America's most loyal counterpa ...
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