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Former tennis player Björn Borg-Europe 's best ever tennis player is loved by the Swedish people as a baseball idol might be in the United States.Thanks Bjorn Borg, Sweden won the Davis Cup for the first time in 1975. This former sportsman is a fan of Presley Elvis music …
Evonne Goolagong of Australia became the first Indian sports win an international tournament (1971 French Open). As Jim Thorpe (football, track, baseball / Olympic gold medalist, 1912) and Cathy Freeman (1997 World 400m gold medalist), is one of the indigenous athletes greatest of all time. Evonne won 65 international trophies. In the 1970s, was named "Best Female Athlete" by the Associated Press.
In 1970, Margaret Smith Court (Australia) became the first woman to win the Grand Slam (Wimbledon, U.S., Australia and French Open tournaments). In the decade of 1960, she once confessed, I had left most of my teen years, has slaughtered the parties and their friends at home … "
Czechoslovakia Republic Czech this won the Davis Cup in 1980. In the final, Italy beat Czechoslovakia 4-1. The countries of Europe became the first socialist country to win the Davis Cup.
Manuel Santana became the first Spanish man to win Wimbledon (1966).
Chris Evert (USA) and Olga Morozova (USSR / Russia) won the title of women's tennis doubles at the French Open in 1974. Morozova was the first professional athlete in the Soviet Union.
The United States has won 32 trophies in the Davis Cup: 1900, 1902, 1913, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2007.
In September 1975, Martina Navratilova, one of the players and the most famous tennis players the 20th century, sought political asylum in the United States. Fred Barman (Martina Manager), said: "A year ago, she was in jail." Czechoslovakia is a prison. It's like a young kid going to Disneyland. She wants to do, she wants to do. Maybe she's got it out of your system now. It's time to get to work. This is not just another player tennis. Another is a Billie Jean King. "
The American tennis player Jennifer Capriati won the women's individual title at the Olympics in 25 in Barcelona (Spain). Interestingly, she had lived in Spain during the late 70s. Only 16 years old, was the youngest player to win the Olympic title.
Arthur Ashe, who was one of the best tennis players, became the second African American to win Wimbledon (1975). For many years, served as ambassador U.S. to Africa. In the years 1980 and 1990, Arthur has also dedicated his life to fighting the AIDS pandemic.
Tennis is one of the sports popular in Sweden. In the past century, three Swedish players have won a total of 24 world titles:
Bjorn Borg won six singles titles at the French Open (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981), five Wimbledon singles titles (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980).
-Mats Wilander won the Open U. S. (1988), three individual titles at the French Open (1982, 1985, 1988), three of the Australia Open (1983, 1984, 1988).
-Stefan Edberg has won two of the Australia Open (1985 and 1987), two Wimbledon singles titles (1988 and 1990), two U.S. Open titles (1991 and 1992).
Ilie Năstase was one of the greatest athletes of Romania in the 20th century. In early 1970, David Gray, a journalist, wrote of him: "Nastephobia is one of the current concerns of the two professional World Championship Tennis and the United States Davis Cup team. "
Fact File
Name: Ilie Nastase
Height: 1.81 m
Nationality: Romania
Date of birth: 19 / 7 / 1946
Sports career: 1969-1981
Languages: English and Romanian
Coach: Constantine Chivaru
International Championship:
Davis Cup 1969-2nd place
Wimbledon 1970-2nd Place: Mixed (with Rosemary Casals)
Italian Championship 1970-1st place: singles
1970 French Open, 1st place: Doubles (with Ion Tiriac)
Davis Cup 1971-2 place
1971 French Open-2nd place: singles
Wimbledon 1972-1st Place: Mixed (with Rosemary Casals)
Wimbledon 1972-2nd place: singles
1972 U.S. Open-1st place: singles
Wimbledon 1973-1st Place: Doubles (with Jimmy Connors)
1973 French Open-1st place: singles
Xerox 1974 Tournament-1st place: singles
U.S. Open 1975-1st Place: Doubles (with Jimmy Connors)
American Airlines 1975 2nd place: singles
1975 Louisville Tournament 2nd place: singles
1975 Canadian Open-2nd place: singles
1975 Hillton Head 1st Place: Singles
1975 Master 1st place: singles
Wimbledon 1976-2nd place: singles
Altamira 1976 Cup 2nd place: singles
1976 International Tournament-1st place: singles
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He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), José Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee ,1970- 1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). Alejandro said: “The person who I admire the most is José Gamarra . He devoted his professional and personal life to sport. José played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia -it is one of the Third World`s poorest countries- and Latin America. His biography is interesting”. The sportspeople he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. “This African-American sportswoman is my idol… “
NCAA College Football Tournament 2008: Southeastern Bracket
