Robert Andre Lothar van Meegeren (20 August 1924 – December 2017), variously known as "Boebi", "Robert" or "Rob", was a Dutch tennis player. He competed in the 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, and 1953 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the second round once in

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

. He also competed in the 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, and 1955 French Championships, where in

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and

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

he reached the third round. Van Meegeren played in six ties for the Netherlands in the

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from 1948 to 1954. Van Meegeren won an international tournament in Ostend in 1948 and in the same year the British Hard Court doubles with Eric Sturgess. After his career he became the owner of a tennis club in the Marlot neighborhood of The Hague He died in December 2017, at the age of 93.

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* * * 1924 births 2017 deaths Dutch male tennis players Sportspeople from Surabaya {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub