Kungliga tennishallen

Kungliga tennishallen
Location Stockholm, Sweden
Capacity 5,000 tennis
Surface carpet court
Opened 1945
Tenants
Stockholm Open (Tennis) (1969-present)
Davis Cup (Sweden vs Czechoslovakia) (Dec 1975)
Davis Cup (Sweden vs Argentina) (March 2010)
Indoor view

Kungliga tennishallen is a tennis venue in Stockholm, Sweden. The stadium was built in 1943 and has a capacity of 5,000. It was the site on April 15, 1962 of the fight between former world heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson and Dutch champion Wim Snoek.

Kungliga tennishallen, now a hard-court surface, remains the venue for the Stockholm Open tournament. In 1975 the venue was the host of the year end Masters tennis tournament.

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Coordinates: 59°21′01″N 18°05′43″E / 59.35028°N 18.09528°E / 59.35028; 18.09528

Preceded by
Kooyong Stadium
Melbourne
Masters Cup
Venue

1976
Succeeded by
The Summit
Houston
Preceded by
Public Auditorium
Cleveland
Davis Cup
Final Venue

1975
Succeeded by
Estadio Nacional
Santiago
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