Wimbledon, 1958
First for Sweden
He and Davidson were the first Swedish champions at Wimbledon, and one of the few unseeded pairs to win the men's doubles.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025The amateur years
Ulf Schmidt
Sweden · born Nacka, 1934 · Wimbledon doubles champion 1958 with Sven Davidson · Sweden's record Davis Cup player
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1958
Wimbledon doubles champion with Sven Davidson
102
Davis Cup rubbers for Sweden, 1955 to 1964, a national record
2
Wimbledon singles quarter-finals, 1956 and 1957
1958
All India Championships singles title, in five sets over Ramanathan Krishnan
8
World ranking for 1958 by Lance Tingay
Playing career
Ulf Schmidt was born in Nacka, near Stockholm, on 12 July 1934 and played for the AIK club. He won the US indoor title in 1956 and the Swedish championships at Båstad in 1957 and 1961, and took 14 singles titles in a career that ran to 1962.
His best Grand Slam singles result was the semi-final of the US Championships in 1958. He reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 1956 and 1957 and the Australian quarter-finals in 1959. In 1958 he won the Wimbledon doubles with Sven Davidson and, that winter, the All India Championships in Calcutta. Lance Tingay of the Daily Telegraph ranked him No. 8 in the world for 1958 and No. 10 for 1961.
He played 102 Davis Cup rubbers for Sweden from 1955 to 1964, more than any other Swede, and won 66 of them.
On grass
| Wimbledon doubles 1958 | Unseeded with Sven Davidson; beat the second seeds Ashley Cooper and Neale Fraser 6-4, 6-4, 8-6 |
|---|---|
| All India Championships | 1958 at Calcutta, beat Ramanathan Krishnan 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3. Runner-up to Krishnan in 1960 at New Delhi, played on clay that year |
| Wimbledon singles | Quarter-finalist in 1956 and 1957 |
Every grass title: 2
Show every title, tournament by tournament
| Wimbledon | ||
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| 1958 | Men's doubles | with Sven Davidson |
| All India Championships | ||
| 1958 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
Anecdotes
The person behind the player.
Sweden, 1955 to 1964
The Davis Cup stalwart
He played 102 Davis Cup matches for Sweden between 1955 and 1964, more than anyone else for his country.
Source: NationalencyklopedinCalcutta, 1958
Beating Krishnan at home
In the final of the All India Championships he beat Ramanathan Krishnan from two sets to love up, then two sets all, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3.
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Sources
- Wimbledon Compendium 2025, AELTC
- Ulf Schmidt, Nationalencyklopedin
- Ulf Schmidt, Wikipedia
- National Lawn Tennis Championships of India, Wikipedia
- Sven Davidson, International Tennis Hall of Fame
- GTC roll of grass champions, checked against a second source where one exists
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