Wladyslaw Skonecki (13 July 1920 – 12 June 1983) was a Polish

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player. He was a Polish Champion, two-time winner of Monte Carlo Championships and represented the country in

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Skonecki was born in

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, in the

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on 13 July 1920. He played his first tournament in 1945 at the Polish National Championships. His career highlights include winning of Budapest International Championships in 1949, the Bad Neuenahr International (1951), the Italian Riviera Championships at San Remo in 1953, 1954, the Ortisei Tournament 1953,Steve G Tennis In 1955 he won 12 singles titles that season. some of which included the Austrian International Championships, the Beaulieu International Championships, the

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,Waic the Cannes Gallia Club Championship, the Monte Carlo Championships, the

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, the

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, and the Sao Paulo International. He also won the Central India Championships in 1955 and 1956, and the Ceylon Championships in 1955. Also in 1955 he won In 1958 he won the West Berlin Championships. He won his final tournament at the Polish Indoors in 1965. Skonecki played his final tournament at the

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in 1967. He died in

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on 12 June 1983.

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