Curt Mauritz Axel Östberg (17 February 1905 – 30 March 1969) was a Swedish tennis player.
Tennis career
Östberg represented the Swedish Davis Cup team in 1929, 1933–34 and 1936–37. His first match in 1929 was against
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Sune Malmström
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Kalle Schröder
Karl Kristian Anton 'Kalle' Schröder (30 October 1913 – 9 June 1982) was a Swedish tennis player.
Tennis career
Schröder made his debut for Sweden in the Davis Cup during 1935 against Ireland. He teamed-up with Curt Östberg to defeat the I ...
. In 1946 he was appointed as non-playing captain for the Swedish team.
Östberg made two appearances at the Wimbledon Championships, in
1929
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and
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
, losing in the first round on both occasions.
See also
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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 ...