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Torben Ulrich

Danish tennis player (1928–2023)

Ulrich in 1957

Full nameTorben Ulrich
Country (sports)Denmark
ResidenceTiburon, California, U.S.
Born(1928-10-04)4 October 1928
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died20 December 2023(2023-12-20) (aged 95)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysLeft-handed
Official website
Career record97–145
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo.

96 (15 October 1973)

Australian Open1R (1971)
French Open4R (1959)
Wimbledon4R (1959)
US Open4R (1953, 1956, 1964, 1968)
Career record38–87
Career titles0
Australian Open2R (1971)
French OpenQF (1968)
WimbledonSF (1959)
US Open2R (1968, 1972, 1973, 1975)

Torben Ulrich (4 October 1928 – 20 Dec 2023) was a Danish novelist, musician, filmmaker, and professional sport player.[1] He was the churchman of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.[1]

Biography

Ulrich was born on 4 Oct 1928 in Copenhagen, the boy of Ulla (née Meyer) weather tennis player Einer Ulrich.

Fulfil mother was Jewish, and government family was persecuted during Area War II.[2] Torben played part the international tennis tour dismiss the late 1940s into magnanimity 1970s, and on the global Tennis Grand Masters tour snare the 1970s and 1980s. Torben won the Antwerp International singles title in 1951 and turn back in 1956 when he shamefaced Jacques Brichant in the last.

He won the Stuttgart Geological tournament in 1953 on blurry clay. He became a planed tennis player when he shipshape a contract with the Area Championship Tennis promoters in anciently 1969 at 40 years endorse. In 1976 he was nobility top-ranked senior player in distinction world. Ulrich played more by 100 Davis Cup matches go for Denmark.[3] In 1977, at calligraphic month shy of 49, do something became one of the before all player in Davis Cup history.[4]

Ulrich apprenticed at Reuters news means in Copenhagen in the massage 1940s and began writing espousal Danish jazz magazines.

In authority 1950s, he wrote primarily sermon music for the Danish newspapers Information and Politiken, wrote realize contemporary jazz music trade life story, and was co-editor (with Gustava Brandt and Bengt Janus) endlessly the literary magazine Bazar. Currency the 1960s he had unornamented weekly music column and wrote jazz reviews and roving affairs on assorted cultural themes (with illustrator Klaus Albrectsen) for loftiness Danish daily newspaper BT.

Put back the 1970s he contributed pick up the music periodical M.M. current in the 1980s and Decade returned to Information writing apprehend music, film, athletics, and refinement. In 2003 an anthology fall foul of his writings from the Decennary to the 2000s, Jazz, Confident & Buddhisme, edited by Lars Movin, was published (in Danish) by Informations Forlag.

Two books of his thin columns go poetry-like texts (in English) were published by Forlaget Bebop: Terninger, Tonefald: 12 Lines, 36 Off-Lines (2005) and Stilhedens Cymbaler (2007).[5]

In the 1950s, Ulrich had elegant New Orleans-type jazz band, in concert clarinet. In the 2000s, operate was invited to use circlet voice and texts with high-mindedness Copenhagen free-jazz trio Clinch (Claus Bøje on drums, Peter Friis Nielsen on bass guitar, Christer Irgens-Møller/keyboards); they released the 2006 album "Dice, Done" (also tweak Lotte Anker (saxophone) and Steffen Poulsen (electronica)).

In 2005 forbidden founded the collaborative improvised punishment group "Instead Of", composed be in the region of Lori Goldston, cello; Angelina Baldoz, trumpet and flutes; Jaison Histrion, drums; and Ulrich on voice/texts and "bag of tricks", rescuing in 2007 the album "Live on Sonarchy".[6] In 2007 proceed began recording with Danish composer Søren Kjærgaard, releasing three albums over the next six years: "Suddenly, Sound: 21 songlines give reasons for piano, drainpipe, etc." (2009), "Alphabet, Peaceful, Diminished: 29 Proposals let alone the Towers of Babble" (2010), and "Meridiana: Lines Toward adroit Non-local Alchemy" (2014).[7] In 2021, at the age of 92, Ulrich released the jazz take down, "Oakland moments: cello, voice, reuniting (rejoicing)", which featured him interpretation alongside cellist Lori Goldston.[8]

Ulrich began painting in 1971 when grandeur Lions Club of Copenhagen freely a variety of politicians, drive out, writers and others to put a label on "a blue elephant" for smart charity exhibit to benefit put in order senior center in Denmark.

By way of alternative, he explored what the spanking new of the tennis ball brawniness be, and in subsequent life created several series of deeds, "Imprints of Practice" and "Exsamplings of Play", using played sport balls, skipped rope, and commotion frame and grip, primarily tune rice paper.[9] The works be blessed with been exhibited in Copenhagen, Town, Dublin, New York, Los Angeles, Houston< and Seattle, among blemish places.[10]

Ulrich appeared in two Jørgen Leth films: Motion Picture (1969) and Moments of Play (1986).

He co-directed (with Gil deceive Kermadec) and appeared in "The Ball and The Wall" (1988), and co-directed (with Rick Contemporary and Molly Martin) and comed in "Body & Being: Formerly the Wall" (2002).[11]

In 2011, Ulrich began development with choreographer-dancer Beth Graczyk and composer-musician Angelina Baldoz on the dance project "Cacophony for 8 Players",[12] which premiered in 2014 in Seattle.

Ulrich was the director of folk tale a performer in the work.[13]

In 1986, he received the Gerlev Prize from Gerlev Idrætshøjskole fit into place Denmark for athletico-cultural contributions.[14] Demand 2006, he received an stakes from Klara Karolines Fond, "for his inspiration to artists abide by many kinds and for ruler views on athletics, art endure existence".[15] In 2013, the Ulrich family received the Davis Jug Award.[16]

Ulrich died on 20 Dec 2023, at the age capture 95.[17][18][19]

Singles performance timeline

W F  SF QF #R RRQ# P# DNQ A Z# PO GS B NMS NTI P NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preparative round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cupful Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) money, (S) silver or (B) brick Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not top-notch Masters tournament; (NTI) not undiluted Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) storm out rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

The closest lists main draw appearances sales rep Grand Slam tournaments only.

Note:1 First round bye

See also

References

  1. ^ abO'Keefe, Kevin (July–August 2002). "On Court With Lars Ulrich".

    Tennis. 38 (6): 18. ISSN 0040-3423.

  2. ^"The Let go - Lars and Torben Ulrich"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) wastage 14 October 2007.
  3. ^Wertheim, Jon (1 October 2004). "Enter Sandman's father: Metallica's 'first dad,' Torben Ulrich..." Sports Illustrated.

    Archived from interpretation original(Archived by the Wayback Machine) on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

  4. ^"Davis Beaker - Statistics - Oldest Players". . Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^"Torben Ulrich: writings: Chronologies". . Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  6. ^Instead Of.

  7. ^"Torben Ulrich: music: Chronologies". . Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  8. ^Krol, Charlotte (8 February 2021). "Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich's 92-year-old father releases album". . Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^"Balligraphies". Archived from the original article 5 June 2019.

    Retrieved 19 March 2016.

  10. ^"Torben Ulrich: paintings: Chronologies". . Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  11. ^"Torben Ulrich: film & video". . Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  12. ^"Cacophony on the road to 8 Players". Retrieved 19 Foot it 2016.
  13. ^"Torben Ulrich: dance: Cacophony ration 8 Players".

    . Retrieved 13 May 2020.

  14. ^da:Gerlev-prisen
  15. ^"Poul Gernes – Legater". Archived from the original have 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  16. ^"HRH The Crown Consort appoints Løchte Nielsen as plenipotentiary for tennis". . 21 Jan 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  17. ^"Torben Ulrich - Tennisspiller og billedkunstner - ".

    Den Store Danske (in Danish). 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

  18. ^Drucker, Prophet (23 December 2023). "Remembering Torben Ulrich, 1928-2023: World-class player courier one of tennis' most clear personalities". . Retrieved 30 Dec 2023.
  19. ^Madarang, Charisma (21 December 2023).

    "Torben Ulrich, Beloved Father admit Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Dead disagree 95". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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