Staffan Oscar Stockenberg (14 September 1931 – 20 May 2019) was a Swedish
tennis
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player.
Tennis career
As a junior, Stockenberg achieved significant successes and won two consecutive junior singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships, in
1948 and
1949. He also won the Swedish Junior Championship title five times from 1945 to 1949.
Stockenberg's first tournament victory was at the North of England Hardcourts event in
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when he beat the Polish player,
Czeslaw Spychala, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.
Stockenberg represented Sweden on two occasions in the Davis Cup. In 1953, he together with
Lennart Bergelin and
Sven Davidson
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Career
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met Italy in the European quarterfinal tie and in 1955,
Torsten Johansson
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Tennis career
Johansson set a record by shutting out two opponents at the 1947 Wimbledon, when he beat Brian Royds and ...
joined the Swedish team for European final in Milan, once again against Italy. Stockenberg played one match in each of these ties and lost both, in 1953 against
Giuseppe Merlo
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Merlo reached the semifinals of French Championships in 1955 (losing to Sven Davidson) and 1956 (losing to Lew Hoad). In the final of Rome in 1955, Merlo ...
and in 1955 against
Fausto Gardini
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.
Junior Grand Slam titles
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
See also
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List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives
References
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1931 births
2019 deaths
Swedish male tennis players
Wimbledon junior champions
People from Sundbyberg Municipality
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Sportspeople from Stockholm County