Douglas Palm

Douglas Palm
Full name Douglas Palm
Country (sports)  Sweden
Born (1951-05-06) 6 May 1951
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 19–45
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 159 (12 July 1978)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1977)
Wimbledon 2R (1977)
Doubles
Career record 9–31
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 1R (1977)
Wimbledon 1R (1978)
US Open 1R (1977, 1978)

Douglas Palm (born 6 May 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Biography

Palm was a quarter-finalist at the Copenhagen Open in 1976. Later in the year he upset Mark Edmondson in the 1976 Swedish Open, then in the 1976 Stockholm Open held a match point in the second round against Mark Cox, who went on to win the tournament.[1][2]

A Swedish Davis Cup representative, Palm was picked to play for his country in a tie against Monaco in Uppsala in April, 1977. He featured in the doubles rubber with Jan Norbäck, which they won over Bernard Balleret and Louis Borfiga, to secure the tie.[3]

Palm made his first singles appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. He beat West German player Frank Gebert in the opening round, then lost a five set second round match to Paul Kronk.[4]

After making a Grand Prix quarter-final, at Maui, Palm ended the 1977 season by competing in the December edition of the Australian Open (there had also been a tournament in January). On this occasion he was unable to get past the first round and lasted only one set against Alvin Gardiner before he had to retire hurt.[5]

Palm returned to Wimbledon in 1978 and lost to Buster Mottram in opening round.[6] The match was played before a large police presence due to demonstrators who had turned up to protest against Mottram's support of the National Front Party.[7] He also competed in men's doubles at the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open during his career, all with Jan Norbäck.

His best performance in a Grand Prix tournament came at Linz in 1979, when he had wins over Patrice Dominguez, Markus Günthardt and Louk Sanders to make the semi-finals. That year he also won the men's doubles title with Tenny Svensson at the Scandinavian Indoor Championships, a tournament not part of the circuit.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tennis upset.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 July 1976. p. 22. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Connors upset, Borg defeated". The Tuscaloosa News. 15 November 1976. p. 13. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tennis". Herald-Journal. 17 April 1977. p. B3. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Upset hits Wimbledon". San Antonio Express. 24 June 1977. p. 28. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sporting details.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 24 December 1977. p. 19. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Police guard for British player.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 28 June 1978. p. 36. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Net star exposed as Nazi follower". The Afro American. 15 July 1978. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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