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Country (sports)
  
Name
  
Ika Panajotovic

Wimbledon
  
QF (1958)


Wimbledon
  
3R (1958)

French Open
  
2R (1954)

Role
  
Ika Panajotovic miroslavavukelichcomwpimageswpfa828c380fjpg

Born
  
25 April 1932Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (
1932-04-25
)

Died
  
July 18, 2001, Los Angeles, California, United States

Spouse
  
Elena Panajotovic (m. ?–2001)

Education
  
Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade

Movies
  
Tactical Guerilla, Day of the Assassin, Missile X: The Neutron

Similar People
  
Brian Trenchard‑Smith, Cesare Canevari, Kurt Raab, Ted V Mikels

Ilija "Ika" Panajotovic (Serbian: Илија Панајотовић, Ilija Panajotović; 25 April 1932 – 18 July 2001) was a Serbian-American film producer and tennis player.

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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. 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 Plećević 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. One of his three singles wins was over Denmark's Kurt Nielsen, in 1960. He also won two doubles rubbers, one partnering Ivko Plećević, against Egypt, the other with Boro Jovanović as his partner, against Denmark.

An injury, sustained in a car accident, ended his tennis career.

Education and early work

In 1957, Panajotovic graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School and has worked in Belgrade as an attorney over the next five years. During this time he also found work as a newspaper journalist. He then moved to Los Angeles and earned a BA in political science from UCLA.

Film career

Panajotovic was the producer of several films, including Day of the Assassin, Hell River, and Missile X – Geheimauftrag Neutronenbombe. He also served as the Yugoslavian coordinator for the Kirk Douglas film Scalawag, which was shot in his native country.

He was a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Motion Picture Academy.

Death

On 18 July 2001, Panajotovic died of a cardiac arrest, during surgery.

References

Ika Panajotovic Wikipedia


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