Boro Jovanović
Yugoslav tennis player
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Residence | Zagreb , Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
Born |
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1939-10-21
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21 October 1939
(age
83)
Zagreb , Banovina of Croatia , Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1972 (amateur from 1959) | ||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | No. 8 (1963 , Lance Tingay ) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R ( 1962 ) | ||||||||||||||||
French Open | QF ( 1968 ) | ||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R ( 1959 , 1960 , 1963 ) | ||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R ( 1962 , 1965 ) | ||||||||||||||||
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Australian Open | 2R (1962) | ||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (1962) | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1963) | ||||||||||||||||
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Davis Cup | F Am ( 1962 ) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boro Jovanović (born 21 October 1939) is a former Yugoslav tennis player . Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić , and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanović reached the final of the 1963 Italian Open and the quarterfinals of the 1968 French Open . In 1972, Boro Jovanović joined the World Championship Tennis Tour . [2]
He was ranked World No. 8 for 1963 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph . [1]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: ( 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1962 | Wimbledon | Grass |
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2–6, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 |
References
- 1 2 United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.
- ↑ Boro Jovanović ATP World Tour Tennis Profile Retrieved Aug 26, 2009
External links
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Boro Jovanović
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Association of Tennis Professionals
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Boro Jovanović
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International Tennis Federation
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Boro Jovanović
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Davis Cup
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Boro Jovanović
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Wimbledon
- Zagrebački gospodin (in Croatian)
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