Dimitri Sturdza (born 10 November 1938), also known as Tim Sturdza, is a Swiss former professional
tennis
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player.
Biography
Born in
Iași
Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...
, Sturdza is a descendant of a
Romanian aristocratic family and later settled in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...
. He is of Norwegian descent on his mother's side and travelled on a French passport. Outside of tennis he holds a master's degree in atomic physics and was involved with the European space program.
Sturdza made the third round of the
French Open
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once and was a
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 ...
player for Switzerland from 1964 to 1978, winning 17 rubbers. His best Davis Cup singles wins were over West Germany's
Wilhelm Bungert
Wilhelm Paul Bungert (born 1 April 1939) is a former German tennis player best known for reaching the 1967 Wimbledon final. He participated in the 1970 Davis Cup final as a player and in the 1985 Davis Cup final as team captain.
Tennis career
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in 1966 and France's
Georges Goven
Georges Goven (born 26 April 1948) is a retired tennis player from France.
Tennis career Juniors
As a junior, he won the Australian Championships Boys' Singles title in 1964.
Amateur / Pro tour
Goven reached the semifinals in both singles and ...
in 1970. He was non playing captain of the Swiss team for the 1992 Davis Cup World Group final against the United States.
See also
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List of Switzerland Davis Cup team representatives
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
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1938 births
Living people
Swiss male tennis players
Swiss tennis coaches
Romanian emigrants to Switzerland
Sturdza family
Sportspeople from Iași
Swiss people of Norwegian descent