Torsten Johansson

The Herald › July 01, 2004

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Swedish tennis star Torsten Johansson, whose consecutive double- bagels in the 1946 Wimbledon tournament are still a record, has died. He was 84.

In tennis parlance, a double-bagel - winning 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 - is rare. Johansson had two straight at Wimbledon 58 years ago, shutting out two opponents in a row.

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Torsten Johansson

Johansson broke through in Sw...

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