Stig Mårtensson (8 April 1913 – 17 November 1995) was a Swedish tennis player.
Tennis career
Mårtensson represented
Sweden
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in one
Davis Cup
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tie, the
1937 Europe Zone quarterfinal tie against
Belgium
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played at the Royal Léopold Club in
Brussels
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. Mårtensson and
Kalle Schröder
Karl Kristian Anton 'Kalle' Schröder (30 October 1913 – 9 June 1982) was a Swedish tennis player.
Tennis career
Schröder made his debut for Sweden in the Davis Cup during 1935 against Ireland. He teamed-up with Curt Östberg to defeat the I ...
played the singles rubbers, with Mårtensson losing his first match against Charles Naeyaert and thereafter also his second match against
André Lacroix.
Mårtensson played at the
1937 Wimbledon Championships
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, losing in the first round of both the singles and doubles events. In 1943 he won the singles title at the Swedish National Outdoor championships and in 1948 he won the singles title at the tournament in
Bude, beating David Warwick, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 in the final.
See also
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List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Sweden Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Sweden have taken part in the competition since 1925.
Players
References
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References
External links
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1913 births
1995 deaths
Swedish male tennis players
Tennis players from Stockholm