Börje Fornstedt | |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1926 |
Birth Place: | Edsbyn, Sweden |
Turnedpro: | 1948(amateur tour) |
Retired: | 1955 |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1952) |
Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1948) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1948) |
Mixed: | yes |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | 2R (1948) |
Emil Börje Fornstedt (4 February 1926 – 22 September 2015) was a Swedish tennis player.[1]
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.[2] During July 1948 he represented Sweden in the Davis Cup Europe Zone final against Czechoslovakia.[3]
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. Fornstedt participated in two Grand Slam events, the 1948 Wimbledon Championships and the 1952 French Open.[4]
He together with Sven Davidson, among others, were also the founders of the Stockholm Open, that was founded in 1969.[5]