Arne Grahn

Arne Grahn
Full name	Arne Wilhelm Grahn
Country (sports)	FIN
Born	22 January 1902; Helsinki, Finland
Died	21 November 1989 (aged 87); Helsinki, Finland
Turned pro	1923 (amateur tour)
Retired	1939
Singles
Career titles	19
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1926)

Arne Wilhelm Grahn (22 January 1902 – 21 November 1989) was a Finnish tennis player. He competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[1] He won more than 40 Finnish championships between 1920 and 1947.^[2]

Career[edit]

Grahan played his first tournament in 1923 at the Götheborg Games, the same year won his first singles title at the Finland National Championships an event he would win nine times. he also won the Finland Indoor Championships eight times. He also won the Aix-Les-Bains International in 1926 against Monaco player Rene Gallepe^[3] and the St. Raphael International the same year against British player Jack Olmsted.^[4]

He played the French championships one time at the 1926 French Championships, but lost in the second round to Belgium's Jean Washer. In 1930 he reached the quarter-finals of the Cannes New Courts Club tournament losing to Bill Tilden. In addition he was also a finalist at the Torneo Circolo Canottieri Roma in 1924. In 1938 he was a losing finalist at the Monte Carlo Championships Consolation tournament. In 1939 he played his final singles tournament at the Monte Carlo Championships.

References[edit]

^ "Arne Grahn". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "Suomen mestarit". Suomen Tennisliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
^ "Rene Gallepe: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
^ "Jack Olmsted: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 11 April 2023.