Dimitri Sturdza Explained

Dimitri Sturdza
Birth Date:10 November 1938
Birth Place:Iași, Romania
Singlesrecord:6–28
Frenchopenresult:3R (1968)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1963, 1964, 1966)
Usopenresult:2R (1964)

Dimitri Sturdza (born 10 November 1938), also known as Tim Sturdza, is a Swiss former professional tennis player.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Familia Sturdza- Genealogia lui Lovendal . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922231737/http://www.genealogie.lovendal.ro/familia-sturdza . 2016-09-22 .
  2. News: Emerson 'Patchy' On Eve Of Wimbledon . . 17 June 1964 . 48.
  3. News: Shufelt . Wayne . Atomic Netter . . 25 February 1966.
  4. News: Swiss Davis Cup Team has new coach . . 12 November 1992.
  5. News: Stauffer . René . "Läufts normal, holen wir den Davis-Cup" . . 11 September 2014 . de.