Lars Gösta Ölander (29 June 1942 – 5 August 2020) was a former

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player from Sweden.

Career

Ölander represented his country in the

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competition and in the 1965 Europe Zone first-round tie against

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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

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with Ölander playing in both the singles and doubles. In

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, once again against Poland in the first round, he played the doubles rubber with

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, losing in four sets to Gasiorek and Nowicki. Ölander won the Swedish National Championships in 1967, beating

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in the final. He also made his Grand Slam debut in 1967 at the French Championship, losing in the first round to

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 Aust ...

. Ölander's last tour match was at the 1971 Stockholm Open where, after receiving a bye in the first round, he lost in the second round to

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. After his playing career, Ölander continued as an administrator in Swedish tennis and was chairman of the Swedish Tennis Association from 1983 to 1988.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olander, Lars 1942 births 2020 deaths Swedish male tennis players Tennis players from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish sportsmen

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