Petr Kanderal (16 January 1948 – 28 November 1991) was a Czechoslovakia-born Swiss professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Biography
An exile from
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
, he was based out of
Zurich.
Kanderal played in the
Davis Cup for Switzerland every year from 1973 to 1978, featuring in a total of 11 ties.
His best performance in a grand slam tournament came as a qualifier at the
1974 Wimbledon Championships, where he made it through to the third round, with wins over
Marcello Lara
Marcelo Lara (born October 5, 1947 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a former professional tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Ea ...
and
Bob Giltinan.
See also
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List of Switzerland Davis Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1948 births
1991 deaths
Swiss male tennis players
Czechoslovak male tennis players
Czechoslovak emigrants to Switzerland
Tennis players from Zürich