Nils Rohlsson
Full name: Nils Ingvar Rohlsson
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| Bio | Rohlsson was a Swedish right-handed tennis player known especially for his efforts in Davis Cup doubles player along with Kalle Schroeder. Rohlsson was one of the Swedish elite in tennis from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. He won a total of 27 Swedish championship titles in the period 1937-1953, of which 5 in singles, 13 in doubles and 9 in mixed doubles. Rohlsson played an offensive "sluggish" tennis based on a heavy serve and an effective volleyball game. His career coincided with the time of World War II, so his opportunities to compete internationally were limited. Among other Swedish top players during the 1930s are Kalle Schröder, Ingvar Garell and Curt Östberg, all of whom are older than Rohlsson. Together with them, Rohlsson participated in the first Swedish team in the 1936 newly started King's Cup tournament. Rohlsson continued to play at the top level throughout the 1940s, while younger players such as Torsten Johansson, Staffan Stockenberg and Lennart Bergelin took over in the Swedish elite. Their first double titles (1937-1943) won Rohlsson together with Garell and Östberg, and the last (1952-53) with Johansson. During the 1930s, last year, in 1938 and 1939, did Rohlsson their first appearances as Davis Cup player. He then played 8 games of which four were in doubles along with Kalle Schroeder. The last meeting was played in May 1939 in Berlin between Sweden and Germany, only three months before the outbreak of war. Rohlsson and Schroeder managed to win the Swedish team's only win by the doubles defeat the German couple Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-3. The season 1952 did Rohlsson his last two appearances in the Davis Cup, then only that doubles player along with Torsten Johansson. The pair won one of the two matches (victory over the Chilean pair Luis Ayala / Ricardo Balbiers 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4). Total Rohlsson played 10 games in the Swedish DC team and won five of them. |
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