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Bo Holmström (tennis)
Bo Eddie Holmström (born 15 May 1943) is a Swedes, Swedish former tennis player. Career Holmström made his debut for Sweden Davis Cup team, Sweden in the Davis Cup competition during 1964 Davis Cup Europe Zone, 1964 Europe Zone first-round tie against Greece Davis Cup team, Greece, losing his singles match against Nicky Kalogeropoulos. In the 1966 Davis Cup Europe Zone, 1966 first round, against Poland Davis Cup team, Poland, Holmström played both the singles and the doubles rubbers. In his first singles rubber he lost to Wieslaw Gasiorek while beating Piotr Jamroz in the second. In the doubles he teamed up with Lars Ölander, losing to Gasiorek and Wieslaw Nowicki. In Grand Slam tennis, Holmström, as a lucky loser, qualified for the 1965 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 1965 Wimbledon Championships losing in the first round to the Australian, Robert Howe (tennis), Bob Howe. See also *List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1966 Davis Cup. 32 teams entered the Europe Zone in total. For this year's tournament the Europe Zone was split into two sub-zones, with the winners of each sub-zone going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Eastern Zone. Brazil defeated France in the Zone A final, and West Germany defeated South Africa in the Zone B final, resulting in both Brazil and West Germany progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. Zone A Draw First round France vs. Romania Finland vs. Canada Czechoslovakia vs. Austria Portugal vs. Israel Poland vs. Sweden Turkey vs. Egypt Spain vs. Yugoslavia Denmark vs. Brazil Quarterfinals France vs. Canada Czechoslovakia vs. Israel Poland vs. Egypt Spain vs. Brazil Semifinals France vs. Czechoslovakia Poland vs. Brazil Final France vs. Brazil Zone B Draw First round Luxembourg vs. Switzerland West Germany vs. Norway Hungary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1943 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani. * January 10 – WWII: Guadalcanal campaign, Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces of the 2nd Marine Division and the 25th Infantry Division (United States), 25th Infantry Division begin their assaults on the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse#Galloping Horse, Galloping Horse and Sea Horse on Guadalcanal. Meanwhile, the Japanese Seventeenth Army (Japan), 17th Army makes plans to abandon the island and after fierce resistance withdraws to the west coast of Guadalcanal. * January 11 ** The United States and United Kingdom revise previously unequal treaty relationships with the Republic of China (1912–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweden Davis Cup Lists of Davis Cup tennis players Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Howe (tennis)
Robert (Bob) Howe (3 August 1925 – 30 November 2004) was an Australian tennis player. Although he won 29 singles titles, his main successes were achieved in the doubles competition. He won four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, including the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958. Career In singles play, Howe won the 1954 London Hard Court Championships on clay at The Hurlingham Club defeating Gordon Forbes in the final. He won the ILTF Surrey Hard Court Championships on clay in 1956 and 1962. In 1963 he won the Nottingham Open on grass defeating Pierre Barthès in the semifinal and Tony Pickard John Anthony Pickard (born 13 September 1934) is a British former tennis player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg. Career Pickard won the 1959 Newport Casino Invitational tournament on gra ... in the final. Grand Slam finals Doubles (3 runner-ups) Mixed doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw. This can occur when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury, or other reasons, in which case the lucky loser re-enters the competition in place of the withdrawn competitor, or due to the structure of the tournament. In the event of a lucky loser's re-entry to a competition, it usually occurs before all competitors in the main draw have started their first match in the tournament. Tennis Lucky losers as winners and finalists It is rare for a lucky loser to win an ATP or WTA Tour tournament; Heinz Gunthardt did it in 1978 (at Springfield), Bill Scanlon in 1978 (at Maui), Francisco Clavet in 1990 in Hilversum, Christian Miniussi in 1991 in São Paulo, Sergiy Stakhovsky in 2008 in Zagreb, Rajeev Ram in 2009 in Newport, Andrey Rublev in 2017 in Umag, Leonardo Mayer in the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Ölander
Lars Gösta Ölander (29 June 1942 – 5 August 2020) was a former tennis player from Sweden. Career Ölander represented his country in the Davis Cup competition and in the 1965 Europe Zone first-round tie against Poland he played the second singles rubber against Wieslaw Gasiorek, losing in straight sets and in the reverse singles he beat Wieslaw Nowicki in four sets. Sweden won the first-round tie, but lost, 2–3 in the second round, to Czechoslovakia with Ölander playing in both the singles and doubles. In 1966, once again against Poland in the first round, he played the doubles rubber with Bo Holmström, losing in four sets to Gasiorek and Nowicki. Ölander won the Swedish National Championships in 1967, beating Sven Davidson in the final. He also made his Grand Slam debut in 1967 at the French Championship, losing in the first round to Alex Metreveli. Ölander's last tour match was at the 1971 Stockholm Open where, after receiving a bye in the first round, he lost in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland Davis Cup Team
The Poland men's national tennis team represents Poland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Polski Związek Tenisowy. Poland currently compete in World Group I. Current team (2024) * Kamil Majchrzak * Maks Kaśnikowski * Martyn Pawelski * Karol Drzewiecki (''Doubles player'') * Jan Zieliński (''Doubles player'') History Poland first played Davis Cup in 1925 (match with Great Britain loss 0–5) and contested in the World Group for the first time in 2016. Its best performance has been reaching the Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round. 2020–2029 2010–2019 ---- 2000–2009 ---- 1990–1999 ---- 1980–1989 ---- 1970–1979 ---- 1960–1969 ---- 1950–1959 ---- 1940–1949 ---- 1930–1939 ---- 1925–1929 ---- Head-to-head record (+) * 3–0 * 2–1 * 1–0 * 3–0 * 1–0 * 2–1 * 6–0 * 1–0 * 4–2 * 1–0 * 1–0 * 2–0 * 3–0 * 2–0 * 4–0 * 1–0 * 2–0 * 1–0 * 3–1 * 2–1 * 2–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Kalogeropoulos
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Καλογερόπουλος; born 18 February 1945), also known as Nicky Kalo, is a retired Greek tennis player who won a bronze medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games. In doubles, he finished runner-up at the 1968 Italian Open. He was ranked as best Greek player in 1962–74 and was a member of the Greek Davis Cup team in 1963–81. atpworldtour.com. Accessed 5 April 2024. Kalogeropoulos was born in Costa Rica
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Täby
Täby () was previously a trimunicipal locality, with 76,700 inhabitants in 2024. However, as from 2016, Statistics Sweden has amalgamated this locality with the Stockholm urban area. It is the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It was also partly located in Danderyd Municipality (the Enebyberg area) and a very small part in Sollentuna Municipality Sollentuna Municipality (; ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden, north of Stockholm. Its seat of local government is located in Tureberg, which is a part of Sollentuna urban area. Geography .... Täby kyrkby in the northern part of Täby Municipality forms on the other hand part of the Vallentuna urban area. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Taby Municipal seats of Stockholm County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Danderyd Municipality Populated places in Sollentuna Municipality Populated places in Täby Municipality Uppland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
