Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Iași, Romania | 10 November 1938
Singles | |
Career record | 6–28 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1968) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1963, 1964, 1966) |
US Open | 2R (1964) |
Dimitri Sturdza (born 10 November 1938), also known as Tim Sturdza, is a Swiss former professional tennis player.
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Early life and ancestry
Born in Iași, he is the son of Prince Gheorghe Sturdza (born 1912) and his Norwegian wife, Margareta Kvaal. By birth, he is a member of the House of Sturdza, powerful Romanian aristocratic family that later settled in Lausanne, Switzerland. Paternally, he is great-great-grandson of Mihail Sturdza, the reigning Prince of Moldavia.[1]
Biography
During his youth, he traveled the world, using a French passport.[2] Outside of tennis he holds a master's degree in atomic physics and was involved with the European space program.[3]
Career
Sturdza made the third round of the French Open once and was a Davis Cup player for Switzerland from 1964 to 1978, winning 17 rubbers.[4] His best Davis Cup singles wins were over West Germany's Wilhelm Bungert in 1966 and France's Georges Goven in 1970. He was non playing captain of the Swiss team for the 1992 Davis Cup World Group final against the United States.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Familia Sturdza- Genealogia lui Lovendal". Archived from the original on 2016-09-22.
- ^ "Emerson 'Patchy' On Eve Of Wimbledon". The Canberra Times. 17 June 1964. p. 48.
- ^ Shufelt, Wayne (25 February 1966). "Atomic Netter". The Tampa Times.
- ^ "Swiss Davis Cup Team has new coach". The Burlington Free Press. 12 November 1992.
- ^ Stauffer, René (11 September 2014). ""Läufts normal, holen wir den Davis-Cup"". Tages-Anzeiger (in German).
External links
- Dimitri Sturdza at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Dimitri Sturdza at the Davis Cup
- Dimitri Sturdza at the International Tennis Federation
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