Boro Jovanović
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Boro Jovanović is a former Yugoslav tennis player. Jovanović was runner-up in the 1962 Wimbledon
doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić
, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon
doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanovic reached the round of sixteen in the 1973 Italian Open and the 1973 French Open
. In 1972, Boro Jovanović joined the World Championship Tennis Tour
.
1962 Wimbledon Championships
-Men's Singles: Rod Laver defeated Marty Mulligan 6-2 6-2 6-1-Women's Singles: Karen Hantze Susman defeated Věra Pužejová Suková 6-4, 6-4...
doubles tournament with Nikola Pilić
Nikola Pilic
Nikola "Niki" Pilić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was one of the Handsome Eight.-Biography:...
, and quarter-finalist in the 1968 Wimbledon
1968 Wimbledon Championships
List of the 1968 Wimbledon Champions. This tournament marked the dawn of a new era for Wimbledon, as it became the second Grand Slam to allow professionals to compete. Champions Laver and King had already won Wimbledon twice before in the amateur era...
doubles tournament. In singles, Jovanovic reached the round of sixteen in the 1973 Italian Open and the 1973 French Open
1973 French Open
List of the 1973 French Open champions:-Men's singles: Ilie Năstase def. Nikola Pilić, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0*It was Năstase's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and his 1st French Open title.-Women's singles: Margaret Court def...
. In 1972, Boro Jovanović joined the World Championship Tennis Tour
World Championship Tennis
World Championship Tennis was a tour for professional male tennis players established in 1968 and lasted until the emergence of the ATP Tour in 1990...
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