Börje Fornstedt
Country (sports)Sweden Sweden
Born4 February 1926
Edsbyn, Sweden
Died22 September 2015(2015-09-22) (aged 89)
Turned pro1948(amateur tour)
Retired1955
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1952)
Wimbledon3R (1948)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1948)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1948)

Emil Börje Fornstedt (4 February 1926 – 22 September 2015) was a Swedish tennis player.[1]

Tennis career

In 1948 Fornstedt won the Scandinavian singles championships held in Copenhagen beating Kurt Nielsen, 1–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2 in the final and he also won the doubles, with Sven Davidson.[2] During July 1948 he represented Sweden in the Davis Cup Europe Zone final against Czechoslovakia.[3]

In September 1949 he won the Aachen Invitational Tournament in Germany, beating Ernst Buchholz in the final and in October 1949 he won the first Israeli International Championships, with a victory over Yehuda Finkelkraut in the final.[2] Fornstedt participated in two Grand Slam events, the 1948 Wimbledon Championships and the 1952 French Open.[4]

He together with Sven Davidson, among others, were also the founders of the Stockholm Open, that was founded in 1969.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Borje Fornstedt| Player Stats | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. 1 2 "player – Tennisarchives.com". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  3. ↑ "Davis Cup - Players". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  4. ↑ "Borje Fornstedt | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  5. ↑ "Tennis Stockholm". Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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