Sever Dron
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Full name | Sever Constantin Dron |
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Country (sports) | File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania |
Born | Găieşti, Romania | 25 June 1944
Singles | |
Career record | 1–11 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1968) |
US Open | 1R (1969) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 4–9 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1971) |
US Open | 1R (1969) |
Sever Constantin Dron (born 25 June 1944) is a former professional tennis player and current coach. After winning several junior national championships, he played for the Romanian Davis Cup team in 1969 and 1971, along Ilie Nastase and Ion Tiriac, among others. A graduate of the Bucharest Sports Academy in 1966, he defected to France in 1972, requesting political asylum. There he became a coach, training among others, Virginia Ruzici, Henri Leconte and Julie Halard.[1] In 1989, he became a French citizen.[1] He is the founder of "Institut du Tennis Sever Dron" in France and "Tenis Club 2000 – Academia Sever Dron" in Romania.[2][3]
Awards and honors
Book
- Sever Dron, Am ales să fiu "nimeni" (I chose to be "nobody"), Pandora M, Bucharest, 2013
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Cînd "nimeni" e cineva – Povestea vieţii lui Sever Dron, component al echipei de Cupa Davis a României în anii '60". gsp.rolanguage=Romanian. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Interviu cu Sever Dron: "Cred că Simona are capacitatea de a juca o finală de Grand Slam, chiar să o câștige!"" (in Romanian). Retrieved May 27, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Viitoarele staruri ale tenisului au servit la București. Sever Dron: "În România se mai cumpără meciuri, dar cu banii nu poţi ajunge în vârf"" (in Romanian). February 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 "Propunere candidat" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Tennis Federation. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
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External links
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Categories:
- 1944 births
- Romanian male tennis players
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French tennis coaches
- Romanian tennis coaches
- Romanian defectors
- Romanian emigrants to France
- Living people
- French male tennis players
- Sportspeople from Melun
- Defecting sportspeople
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen