Ivko Plećević (1931 — 2021) was a Serbian tennis player.[1]
| Country (sports) |  Yugoslavia |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931 |
| Died | 2021 (aged 90) |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 3R (1956) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1954, 1957, 1960) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1958) |
Plećević, who worked at the ticket office of Belgrade's Tašmajdan tennis club as a teenager, competed for the Yugoslavia Davis Cup team from 1952 to 1958. He was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Davis Cup teammate Ika Panajotovic. A 10-time Yugoslav national champion, Plećević moved to West Germany in the 1960s, but spent the later years of his life back in Belgrade.[2]
The stolen Porsche car that was the focus of the 2009 film The Belgrade Phantom was owned by Plećević.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Preminuo čuveni srpski teniser". NOVA portal (in Serbian). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Preminuo Ivko Plećević, legenda srpskog tenisa". Nezavisne novine (in Serbian). 9 August 2021.
- ^ Spiridon, Codrin (29 August 2022). "The Rise and Fall of the "Phantom of Belgrade", That Won the Hearts of 10,000 People". Autoevolution.