Ivko Plećević (1931 — 2021) was a Serbian tennis player.[1]

Ivko Plećević
Country (sports) Yugoslavia
Born1931
Died2021 (aged 90)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1956)
Wimbledon1R (1954, 1957, 1960)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQF (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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Preminuo čuveni srpski teniser". NOVA portal (in Serbian). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Preminuo Ivko Plećević, legenda srpskog tenisa". Nezavisne novine (in Serbian). 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ Spiridon, Codrin (29 August 2022). "The Rise and Fall of the "Phantom of Belgrade", That Won the Hearts of 10,000 People". Autoevolution.
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