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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] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Swedish Male Tennis Players
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: * Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) * Swedish Open (squash) * Swedish Open (darts) {{disambiguation ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Deaths
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1942 Births
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in which they agree "not to make any separate peace with the Axis powers". * January 5 – WWII: Two prisoners, British officer Airey Neave and Dutch officer Anthony Luteyn, escape from Colditz Castle in Germany. After travelling for three days, they reach the Swiss border. * January 7 – WWII: ** Battle of Slim River: Japanese forces of the 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 5th Division, sup ... [...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] |
Jan Kodeš
Jan Kodeš (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time major singles champion, Kodeš was one of the premier players in the early 1970s. Kodeš's greatest success was achieved on the clay courts of the French Open, where he won the singles title in 1970 and 1971. However, he also won Wimbledon on grass courts in 1973, although the tournament was largely boycotted by top players that year in a show of solidarity over the ban of Nikola Pilić by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). Kodeš never played at the Australian Open, but was twice the runner-up at the US Open, in 1971 and 1973. Kodeš reached his highest ATP ranking of world No. 5 in September 1973. During the Open Era, he won nine top-level singles titles and 17 doubles titles. Kodeš was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2013, he received the Czech Fair Play Award from the Czech Olympic Committee. He is an economics graduate of the Prague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Stockholm Open – Singles
The 1971 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1971 Pepsi-Cola Grand Prix and took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was held from November 1 through November 7, 1971. Arthur Ashe defeated Jan Kodeš, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4, in the final. Seeds # Rod Laver ''(quarterfinals)'' # Tom Okker Thomas Samuel Okker (born 22 February 1944), nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman", is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. He won the 1973 French Open Doubles, the 1976 US Open Doubles, and two gold medals at the ... ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References {{DEFAULTSORT:1971 Stockholm Open - Singles Stockholm Open 1970s in Stockholm 1971 Grand Prix (tennis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Metreveli
Alexander Irakliyevich Metreveli ( ka, ალექსანდრე მეტრეველი, tr, ; ; born 2 November 1944) is a retired Soviet tennis player of Georgian background. Personal info Metreveli is an honorary citizen of Australia. He was active from 1962 to 1980 and won 62 singles titles. His grandson Aleksandre Metreveli, also a professional tennis player, has represented Georgia in the Davis Cup. Career In 1962, aged 17, Metreveli lost 8–10, 6–3, 4–6 to Stanley Matthews in the final of the Wimbledon boys' championship. He is best known for making the final at Wimbledon in 1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ..., where he lost to Jan Kodeš of Czechoslovakia. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 in 1974 and won 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 French Championships – Men's Singles
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts, in an attempt to eliminate the Iron Triangle (Vietnam), Iron Triangle. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 15 – Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. * January 23 ** In Munich, the trial begins of Wilhelm Harster, accused of the murder of 82,856 Jews (including Anne Frank) when he led German security police during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison. ** Milton Keynes in England is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Davidson
Sven Viktor Davidson (13 July 1928 – 28 May 2008) was a Sweden, Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957 French Championships – Men's singles, 1957, beating Ashley Cooper (tennis), Ashley Cooper and Herbert Flam. Career Davidson also reached the French championships final in the two previous years. In 1955 he beat Budge Patty before losing to Tony Trabert. In 1956 he beat Flam and Cooper before losing to Lew Hoad. He also reached the Wimbledon semi finals in 1957 (beating Seixas before losing to Lew Hoad). At the 1957 U. S. Championships, Davidson lost in five sets in the semifinals to Mal Anderson. In 1958 Davidson partnered with Ulf Schmidt to win the doubles title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon Championships defeating the Australian pair Ashley Cooper (tennis), Ashley Cooper and Neale Fraser in three straight sets. He played his last Grand Slam event at Wimbl ... [...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] |
