Nils Ingvar
Rohlsson
Male
Sweden
1916-03-31
Trelleborg, Sweden
Rohlsson was a Swedish right-handed tennis player known especially for his efforts in Davis Cup doubles player along with Kalle Schroeder.
Rohlsson was one of the Swedish elite in tennis from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. He won a total of 27 Swedish championship titles in the period 1937-1953, of which 5 in singles, 13 in doubles and 9 in mixed doubles.
Rohlsson played an offensive "sluggish" tennis based on a heavy serve and an effective volleyball game. His career coincided with the time of World War II, so his opportunities to compete internationally were limited. Among other Swedish top players during the 1930s are Kalle Schröder, Ingvar Garell and Curt Östberg, all of whom are older than Rohlsson. Together with them, Rohlsson participated in the first Swedish team in the 1936 newly started King's Cup tournament. Rohlsson continued to play at the top level throughout the 1940s, while younger players such as Torsten Johansson, Staffan Stockenberg and Lennart Bergelin took over in the Swedish elite. Their first double titles (1937-1943) won Rohlsson together with Garell and Östberg, and the last (1952-53) with Johansson.
During the 1930s, last year, in 1938 and 1939, did Rohlsson their first appearances as Davis Cup player. He then played 8 games of which four were in doubles along with Kalle Schroeder. The last meeting was played in May 1939 in Berlin between Sweden and Germany, only three months before the outbreak of war. Rohlsson and Schroeder managed to win the Swedish team's only win by the doubles defeat the German couple Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-3.
The season 1952 did Rohlsson his last two appearances in the Davis Cup, then only that doubles player along with Torsten Johansson. The pair won one of the two matches (victory over the Chilean pair Luis Ayala / Ricardo Balbiers 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4).
Total Rohlsson played 10 games in the Swedish DC team and won five of them.
1937 - 1958
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91
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1951 - Travemünde International (Amateur)
1945 - Swedish National Covered Courts Championships (Amateur)
1942 - Swedish National Championships (Open)
1941 - Swedish National Covered Courts Championships (Amateur)
1940 - Swedish National Championships (Open)
1938 - Swedish National Covered Courts Championships (Amateur)
Round 2
Warren W. Woodcock 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
w.o.
Round 1
Beppo Pottinger 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
3-6
5-7
6-4
6-2
3-0
ret.
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Mr. Jappila
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Reino Nyyssonen
6-3
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Sakari Salo 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
2-6
6-0
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Peter Schonstrom 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
6-3
Round 2
George A. Ball 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
8-6
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Jorgen Ulrich 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Armando Vieira 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 4
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Irvin Dorfman
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Billy Talbert 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Alfred (Freddie) Huber 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Jan Erik Lundquist
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Aake Eliason 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
3-6
3-6
6-2
4-2
ret.
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
R. Gejrot
8-6
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Rolf Pape
6-3
3-6
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Torsten Johansson 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-1
6-1
1-6
2-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Budge Patty 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Andrew J. (Andy) Stern
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Brendan Hubert (Bren) Macken 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Max Albrecht 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Philippe Washer
8-10
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Borje Fornstedt
6-3
3-6
7-5
Semifinals
Aake Eliason 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
3-6
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
C. Rosenbroijer
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Rolf Pape
11-9
6-3
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Kurt Nielsen 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-4
2-6
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Hans Plitt
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Final
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Herbert Tubben
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Sven Davidson 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Horst Schuldt
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Wolfram Bauer
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Roderich Menzel 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Mr. Ljunggren
9-7
12-10
Quarterfinals
Torsten Johansson 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
11-9
6-4
Quarterfinals
Pentti Forsman 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
4-6
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Werner Helmrich
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Erwin Blenk
6-2
4-6
6-1
Final
Horst Hermann 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-4
6-4
Preliminary Round
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
R. Bivort
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Aleco Noghès 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
4-6
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Lennart Bergelin 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Henry Foss
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Pentti Forsman
6-4
3-6
10-12
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Torsten Johansson 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
3-6
6-3
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Gustav Cavalli 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Marcel Schaff
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Josip Palada 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alfred (Freddie) Huber 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-8
7-5
7-5
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Frans Beernink
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Owen Gordon Williams
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Josip Palada 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Torsten Johansson 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Torsten Ornberg
6-4
5-7
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Budge Patty 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-4
4-6
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Sven Davidson 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
5-7
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Bent Poulsen
6-2
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Mr. Theilgaard
6-0
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Henry Billington
6-4
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Borje Fornstedt 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
5-7
6-3
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Jack Harper
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Enrique Jorge (Ricky) Morea 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-3
6-4
5-7
6-2
Quarterfinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Borje Fornstedt
6-4
9-7
Semifinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Torsten Johansson
6-3
5-7
8-6
1-6
6-4
Final
Lennart Bergelin 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-2
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
G. Cellesi
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Franz Weisz 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Bohuslav Hyks jr
2-6
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Jaroslav Drobny 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Constantin Tanacescu 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Jozsef Asboth 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Mr. Vrioni
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Mr. Vrioni
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Mr. Vrioni
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Mr. Vrioni
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Rolando Del Bello 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-3
9-7
Final
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Karl Schroeder
6-3
11-9
9-7
Final
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Folke Norlin
6-3
6-4
1-6
6-3
Round 2
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Johan Haanes
3-6
6-3
8-6
9-7
Round 3
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
6-1
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Joseph Bowden 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-3
8-6
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
D. Meyer
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Gerstel 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
8-6
2-6
6-3
Poule
Yvon Petra 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-1
6-4
6-2
Poule
Bernard Jean Yves Destremau 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
1-6
1-6
6-3
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
A. Grashoff
9-7
6-3
Final
Werner Beuthner 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
w.o.
Round 2
Alfred Gerstel 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-0
6-3
Poule
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Fritz Jensen
2-6
6-2
4-6
7-5
6-4
Poule
Johan Haanes 1 *
Nils Rohlsson
6-1
6-3
6-3