Ove Bengtson

Ove Bengtson
Full name	Ove Nils Bengtson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	5 April 1945 (age 79); Danderyd Rual Municipality, Sweden
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	137–177 (ATP)
Career titles	1
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

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	1969	Beckenham, England	Grass	Tom Gorman	6–4, 7–5

Doubles (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1969	London/Queen's, England	Grass	Thomaz Koch	Owen Davidson Dennis Ralston	6–8, 3–6
Loss	0–2	1972	Albany, U.S.	Carpet	Björn Borg	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	1–2	1973	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Jim McManus	Terry Addison Colin Dibley	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–2	1973	Eastbourne UK	Grass	Jim McManus	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	2–3	1973	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Jim McManus	Roy Emerson Stan Smith	2–6, 1–6
Win	3–3	1974	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet	Björn Borg	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	4–3	1974	London, England	Hard (i)	Björn Borg	Mark Farrell John Lloyd	7–6, 6–3
Loss	4–4	1974	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Björn Borg	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	1975	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Björn Borg	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–6, 7–5

References

^ Christian Dahlgren (15 January 2009). "Björn Borg på nervigt uppdrag" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

External links

Ove Bengtson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Ove Bengtson at the International Tennis Federation
Ove Bengtson at the Davis Cup
Ove Bengtson at Wimbledon

[1] Christian Dahlgren (15 January 2009). "Björn Borg på nervigt uppdrag" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

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