Ove Bengtson
Appearance
Full name | Ove Nils Bengtson |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Danderyd Rual Municipality, Sweden | 5 April 1945
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 115–167 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 43 (22 November 1976) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 1R (1975) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1966, 1968, 1979) |
US Open | 3R (1969) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 111–130 |
Career titles | 5 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1978) |
US Open | 3R (1971) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 3R (1969) |
US Open | 2R (1970) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1975) |
Ove Nils Bengtson (born 5 April 1945) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won five doubles titles. Bengtson was a member of the Swedish Davis Cup team from 1967 to 1979, posting a 7–14 record in singles and a 15–14 record in doubles. He was part of the Swedish team winning the 1975 Davis Cup, defeating Czechoslovakia in the final in Stockholm.[1]
Career finals
Doubles (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 1969 | London/Queen's, England | Grass | ![]() |
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6–8, 3–6 |
Loss | 2. | 1972 | Albany, U.S. | Carpet | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Win | 1. | 1973 | St. Louis WCT, U.S. | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 2. | 1973 | Eastbourne, England | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 3. | 1973 | San Francisco, U.S. | Carpet | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 3. | 1974 | Bologna WCT, Italy | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
Win | 4. | 1974 | London WCT, England | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 4. | 1974 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5. | 1975 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6, 7–5 |
References
- ^ Christian Dahlgren (15 January 2009). "Björn Borg på nervigt uppdrag" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 30 November 2015.