Ivo Ferdinand Rinkel (27 October 1920 – 16 March 2000) was a Dutch tennis and

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player who was active in the 1940s and 50s.

Career

Ivo Rinkel won the 1945 Dutch championship singles title. Partnered with Huib Wilton and

Hans van Swol Albertus Christiaan "Hans" van Swol (; 22 August 1914 – 20 May 2010) was a Dutch tennis player. He was five-fold Dutch singles champion (1938, 1940, 1941, 1948 and 1949). He reached the fourth round at Wimbledon on five occasions (1946, 1948� ...

he won six national doubles titles between 1945 and 1950 as well as mixed doubles titles in 1946 and 1950. Rinkel participated in six Wimbledon Championships between 1946 and 1952. With Van Swol he reached the quarterfinals of the men's doubles competition in 1948. His best result in the singles competition came in 1946 when he reached the third round in which he lost to Frenchman Pierre Pellizza. In 1947 he won the triple crown at the

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played at the

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in London. In the singles final he defeated Ernest Wittman in three sets. Together with R.E. Carter he won the men's doubles title defeating H. Billington and

Ignacy Tłoczyński Ignacy Tłoczyński (; 14 July 1911 – 25 December 2000) was a Polish tennis player, coach and World War II veteran. Tłoczyński participated in 10 Davis Cup ties for Poland from 1930–1939, posting a 23–8 record in singles and a 3–9 r ...

in the final. In the mixed doubles he was partnered with Mrs. P.J. Halford and in the final they proved too strong for John Olliff and

Peggy Dawson-Scott Peggy Dawson-Scott (1920 – 1993), born Peggy Maccorkindale, was a British amateur tennis player. Born in Oxfordshire, Dawson-Scott was active in the 1940s and 1950s. She reached the singles quarter-finals of the 1949 Wimbledon Championships, ...

. Between 1946 and 1952 he played in ten ties for the Dutch

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team comprising a record of seven wins and five losses. Rinkel played field hockey for the Gooische Hockey Club. In 1950–1951 he was a member of the Dutch national hockey team. After his active sports career Rinkel became captain of the

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Personal life

He married British tennis player

Jean Quertier Jean Rinkel-Quertier (née Quertier; 12 November 1925 – 23 January 2019), was a female former tennis player from England who was active in the late 1940s and 1950s. Career Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the final ...

on 28 February 1952 in

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and the couple had two daughters.

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