Peeter Lamp (born 9 February 1944) is an Estonian tennis coach and former professional
tennis
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player.
Born and raised in
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...
, Lamp was a two-time singles champion at the
Estonian Tennis Championships
Estonian Tennis Championships are the national championships in tennis, organised every year by the Estonian Tennis Association from 1920.
Winners
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All winners from 1920
Tennis
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and featured in main draws at the
1971 French Open
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. He lost in the first round of the singles to
Bernard Montrenaud in five sets.
Lamp, who has captained Estonia in the
Davis Cup
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, was the coach of
Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022 to become the highes ...
in 2013 and 2014.
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1944 births
Living people
Estonian male tennis players
Soviet male tennis players
Estonian tennis coaches
Tallinn University alumni
Tennis players from Tartu
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