About Börje Fornstedt
Lived 1926 – 2015 (aged 89). Börje Fornstedt was a Swedish tennis player.
Emil Börje Fornstedt (4 February 1926 – 22 September 2015) was a Swedish tennis player.
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. During July 1948 he represented Sweden in the Davis Cup Europe Zone final against Czechoslovakia.
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.
He together with Sven Davidson, among others, were also the founders of the Stockholm Open, that was founded in 1969.
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Who was Börje Fornstedt?
Swedish tennis player (1926-2015)
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Börje Fornstedt was born on 4 February 1926 in Edsbyn.
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Börje Fornstedt died on 22 September 2015.
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Börje Fornstedt was a tennis player.
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Börje Fornstedt was Swedish.
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