Carl-Edvard Hedelund (born 14 March 1941) is a former

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player from Denmark.

Tennis career

Hedelund participated at the 1959 Wimbledon boys' singles event, losing in the first round to eventual winner,

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. Hedelund represented the

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during the 1960s and 1970s, making his debut in the 1962 Europe Zone first round tie against

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. His last Davis Cup appearance was seventeen years later, in

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against

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. During his Davis Cup career, he won 3 of the 19 singles matches and 1 of the 6 doubles matches that he played. During 1963, Hedelund made his only appearance in the singles main draw of a

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tournament, when he lost in the first round of the

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to Lee Fentress. At the 1963 Wimbledon Championships, he and

Pia Balling Kirsten Pia Balling (born 20 June 1940) is a Danish former professional tennis player. A native of Vedbæk, Balling started playing tennis at the age of 14 and received tutoring from Kurt Nielsen. Balling was an 11-time Danish national singles c ...

reached the third round in the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hedelund, Carl-Edvard 1941 births Living people Danish male tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Danish sportsmen

Tennis career

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