Ulf Schmidt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ulf Schmidt

Swedish tennis player

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1934

Place of Birth: Nacka, Sweden

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Ulf Schmidt

  • Ulf "Uffe" Christian Johan Schmidt (born 12 July 1934) is a former Swedish tennis player.
  • He competed for AIK from Stockholm. He won 14 singles' tournaments, among them the International Swedish Championships in BÃ¥stad in 1957 and 1961.
  • In 1958 he and Sven Davidson won the doubles event in Wimbledon after defeating the top seeds Ashley Cooper and Neale Fraser in the final.
  • They were the first Swedish winners before the Borg era. His best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinal at the 1958 U.S.
  • National Championships.
  • Schmidt was unseeded and defeated third-seeded Ham Richardson in the fourth round before losing to first-seeded Mal Anderson in the semifinal.
  • At the Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals in 1956 and 1957.Schmidt was ranked World No.
  • 8 for 1958 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph (and No.
  • 10 in 1961).He played 102 Davis Cup matches for Sweden (1955–1964) and won 66 of them.

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