František Cejnar (1 October 1917 – 3 May 1965) was a Czechoslovak amateur

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player in the 1930s.

Tennis career

One of the highlights of Cejnar's career was when he beat

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in four sets in the final of the Berlin championships in 1937. Cejnar reached the quarterfinals of the

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in 1937 and 1938 and

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in 1938. Competing in a Davis Cup match for Czechoslovakia against Yugoslavia in 1938, Cejnar left the court in the early stages of the fifth set of the fifth and deciding rubber against

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, because in that era there was a general agreement to cease play at 7pm. However, Yugoslavia claimed victory, which was upheld by the referee.

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