Full name | Ulf Christian Johan Schmidt |
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Country (sports) | Sweden |
Born |
Nacka, Sweden |
12 July 1934
Turned pro | 1951 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1962 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 8 (1958, Lance Tingay) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1959) |
French Open | 3R (1956, 1958) |
Wimbledon | QF (1956, 1957) |
US Open | SF (1958) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1959) |
Wimbledon | W (1958) |
Ulf "Uffe" Christian Johan Schmidt (born 12 July 1934) is a former Swedish tennis player. He competed for AIK from Stockholm.
He won 14 singles' tournaments, among them the International Swedish Championships in Båstad in 1957 and 1961. In 1958 he and Sven Davidson won the doubles in Wimbledon. They were the first Swedish winners before the Borg era.
Schmidt was ranked World No. 8 for 1958 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph (and No. 10 in 1961).
He played 102 Davis Cup matches for Sweden (1955–1964) and won 66 of them.