Nikola "Nikki" Špear ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Шпеар; 22 February 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a
Yugoslavia
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tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball co ...
. Špear won the senior championship of Yugoslavia 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975. He also organised tennis events in his hometown of Subotica.
He competed in the
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the orga ...
a number of times, from 1969 to 1975.
He was the coach of Denmark Davis Cup team, the German Fed Cup team and the Davis Cup team of FR Yugoslavia.
Najbolji subotički teniser svih vremena
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Grand Prix/WCT career finals
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
Singles performance timeline
Records
References
External links
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Nikola Špear at eurosport.com
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1944 births
2017 deaths
Yugoslav male tennis players
Serbian male tennis players
Serbian tennis coaches
Sportspeople from Subotica