Tenny Svensson (born 21 September 1952) is a former professional

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player from Sweden.

Biography

Svensson played a 77-game opening round match against American John Andrews at the

1975 Wimbledon Championships The 1975 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 23 June until Saturday ...

, which he won 18–16 in the fifth set. The match went for 3 hours and 50 minutes. In his next match, against

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, he had to retire hurt in the second set. He made the quarter-finals in the men's doubles at the 1975 US Open, with Armistead Neely. Also in 1975, Svensson had a win over

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in a WCT tournament in Stockholm. In the

1978 Davis Cup The 1978 Davis Cup was the 67th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 50 teams entered the competition, 29 in the Europe Zone, 10 in the Americas Zone, and 11 in the Eastern Zone. The Uni ...

competition he represented the Sweden team in three ties. This included the Europe Zone final against Hungary, which Sweden won. He won the

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in 1979. Now he works in a tennis hall, called SALK-hallen, and is a coach.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Tenny 1952 births Living people Swedish male tennis players 20th-century Swedish sportsmen People from Halmstad Municipality Sportspeople from Halland County

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