Sven Ginman (born 11 July 1948) is a former Swedish

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player.

Career

Ginman, with partner John Bartlett, was the boys' doubles champion at the 1967 Australian Open. He also played in the men's singles draw at the 1967 Australian Open and lost in five sets in the first round to the fifteenth seed, Will Coghlan. Ginman, though a junior, participated in the qualifying draw for the men's singles at Wimbledon in

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and 1967, losing the first round of the qualifying on both occasions. He attended college in the United States at the

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, where he was a member of the university's tennis team from 1967 to 1970. Ginman twice participated at the

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tournament in

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, United States, where in 1968 he lost in the second round to

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and in 1970 he lost in the second round, to

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Junior Grand Slam titles

Doubles: 1

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ginman, Sven 1948 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Miami Hurricanes men's tennis players Swedish expatriate tennis players in the United States