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Ilija "Ika" Panajotovic (25 April 1932 - 18 July 2001) was a Serbian film producer and tennis player.〔(ITF Pro Circuit: Ilia Panajotovic )〕 ==Tennis career== Panajotovic, who made the junior semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1948, won back to back Yugoslavian Junior Championship titles in 1948 and 1949. The Serbian competed in 12 Grand Slam tournaments during his career, all in the 1950s. He appeared at Wimbledon seven times and played in the French Championships on five occasions.〔(Tennis Archive: Iliya Panajatovic )〕 From 1953 to 1959, Panajotovic participated in Wimbledon every year and made the third round in the 1958 Championships.〔 He had a five set win over Akhtar Ali in the second round, before exiting to tournament with a loss to sixth seed Kurt Nielsen.〔 In the men's doubles he also had success, with Panajotovic and his partner Ivko Plecevic reaching the quarter-finals.〔 Panajotovic was the Yugoslavian national champion in 1958 and 1959. In Davis Cup tennis, Panajotovic took part in 11 ties, from 1953 to 1960.〔(Davis Cup: Ilia Panajotovic )〕 One of his three singles wins was over Denmark's Kurt Nielsen, in 1960.〔 He also won two doubles rubbers, one partnering Ivko Plecevic, against Egypt, the other with Boro Jovanović as his partner, against Denmark.〔 An injury, sustained in a car accident, ended his tennis career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ika Panajotovic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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