Kungliga tennishallen (

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venue at Lidingövägen 75 in Stockholm, Sweden. The stadium was built in October 1943 and has a capacity of 5,000. Kungliga tennishallen, now a hard-court surface, remains the venue for the men's

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tournament which was first held in 1969. In 1975 the venue was the host of the year-end Masters tennis tournament as well as the Davis Cup final between Sweden and

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Other activities

The Volvo PV444/544 was launched at the Kungliga tennishallen in September 1944. It was the site on 15 April 1962 of the fight between former world heavyweight boxing champion Ingemar Johansson and Dutch champion Wim Snoek. Various music concerts have been held at Kungliga including Rosita Serrano, Louis Armstrong,

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Kungliga Lawn-tennisklubben

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