Summer Universiade 1961 / Tennis

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At the Summer Universiade 1961 , five tennis competitions were held in August and September 1961 in Sofia, Bulgaria .

Medalist

discipline gold silver bronze
Men's singles Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Boro Jovanović Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Nikola Pilic Romania 1952Romania Ion Țiriac
Men's doubles Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Boro Jovanović Nikola Pilić
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia 
JapanJapanMori Akutagawa
JapanJapan
ItalyItaly Massimo Drisaldi Stefano Gaudenzi
ItalyItaly 
Ladies singles CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jitka Horčiková CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Zdena Strachová Hungary 1957Hungary Paula Vajda
Ladies doubles Romania 1952Romania Mina Ilina Julieta Namian
Romania 1952Romania 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jitka Horčiková Zdena Strachová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
Hungary 1957Hungary Paula Vajda Györgyi Fehér
Hungary 1957Hungary 
Mixed ItalyItaly Maria Teresa Riedl Massimo Drisaldi
ItalyItaly 
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jitka Horčiková Karol Šafárik
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
Romania 1952Romania Mina Ilina Ion Țiriac
Romania 1952Romania 

Men's singles

The Yugoslav Boro Jovanović prevailed in the final with a five-set win (6: 2, 2: 6, 10: 8, 3: 6, 6: 0) against his compatriot Nikola Pilić . In the match for third place, Romanian Ion Țiriac defeated Brazilian Ivo Ribeiro in three sets.

3rd round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
         
   Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia B. Jovanović 6th 8th
   JapanJapan M. Fujii 1 6th  
     Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia B. Jovanović 10 6th 6th
     BrazilBrazil I. Ribeiro 8th 2 4th  
   BrazilBrazil I. Ribeiro 6th 6th
 ItalyItaly S. Gaudenzi 6th 6th      ItalyItaly S. Gaudenzi 3 2  
 Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria R. Rangelov 1 1      Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia B. Jovanović 6th 2 10 3 6th
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia N. Pilic 6th 7th      Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia N. Pilic 2 6th 8th 6th 0
 ItalyItaly Maurizio Drisaldi 4th 5      Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia N. Pilic 6th 7th
   CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia M. Nečas 4th 5  
     Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia N. Pilic 9 3 7th 6th
     Romania 1952Romania I. Țiriac 7th 6th 5 1  
   Romania 1952Romania I. Țiriac 6th 6th 3rd place match
   Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany L. Pawlik 4th 2    BrazilBrazil I. Ribeiro 2 5 2
   Romania 1952Romania I. Țiriac 6th 7th 6th

Men's doubles

  final
               
   Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia B. Jovanović N. Pilić
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia 
6th 7th 4th 6th
 JapanJapanMori Akutagawa
JapanJapan
4th 5 6th 0

Ladies singles

  final
           
 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jitka Horčiková 3 6th 6th
 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Zdena Strachová 6th 2 2
  3rd place match
           
 Hungary 1957Hungary Paula Vajda 6th 6th
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Irina Ryazanova 4th 2

Ladies doubles

  Semifinals final
                         
 Romania 1952Romania Mina Ilina Julieta Namian
Romania 1952Romania 
     
   
 Romania 1952Romania Mina Ilina Julieta Namian
Romania 1952Romania 
   CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jitka Horčiková Zdena Strachová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jitka Horčiková Zdena Strachová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
6th 6th
 
 Hungary 1957Hungary Paula Vajda Györgyi Fehér
Hungary 1957Hungary 
4th 1  

Mixed

  Semifinals final
                         
 ItalyItaly Maria Teresa Riedl Massimo Drisaldi
ItalyItaly 
7th 6th 6th      
 Romania 1952Romania Mina Ilina Ion Țiriac
Romania 1952Romania 
9 2 3  
 ItalyItaly Maria Teresa Riedl Massimo Drisaldi
ItalyItaly 
   CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jitka Horčiková Karol Šafárik
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jitka Horčiková Karol Šafárik
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
 
 0
0
 

Medal table

space nation gold silver bronze total
1. Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 1 0 3
2. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 3 0 4th
3. Romania 1952Romania Romania 1 0 2 3
4th ItalyItaly Italy 1 0 1 2
5. JapanJapan Japan 0 1 0 1
6th Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 0 0 2 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. World University games 1961. In: tennisarchives.com , accessed on August 3, 2019.
  2. a b c d Universiade 1961. In: hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com (September 2, 1961).
  3. ^ II. Nyári Universiade - 1961 Szófia, Bulgária. In: olimpia.hu , accessed on August 3, 2019.