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Sverre Lie (tennis)

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Sverre Lie
Country (sports) Norway
Born(1926-02-14)14 February 1926
Died7 September 1983(1983-09-07) (aged 57)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon3R (1950)
US Open2R (1948)

Sverre Lie (14 February 1926 – 7 September 1983) was a Norwegian tennis player.[1]

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Born in Nordstrand, Lie was an underground fighter in Norway's World War II resistance movement and helped bring weapons across the Swedish border.[2] He is a relative of former UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie.[3]

Lie was a fur importer by profession and on a 1948 business trip to New York City featured at the U.S. National Championships. In 1950, he reached the singles third round of the Wimbledon Championships.[4]

A two-time national indoor singles champion, Lie played Davis Cup for Norway from 1951 to 1953.[5]

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  1. ^ "Sverre Lie Advances In Net Play". The Sun Times. 28 July 1948.
  2. ^ "Lie Is Extended Before Winning; Rochon Wins Again". North Bay Nugget. 28 July 1948.
  3. ^ "U.S. Singles Title Quist First in Foreign Seedings". The Northern Star. 9 September 1948. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Ulrikke (20) vil til Wimbledon neste år". Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål). 23 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Key Statistics". daviscup.com.
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