Dragutin Šurbek

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NEWS & ARTICLES ABOUT ŠURBEK

Dragutin Šurbek was born 8 August, 1946 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). He was one of the leading players of his generation, also known for his great longevity. He won his last European Championships medal at the age of 40 and six years later, Šurbek represented Croatia at the 1992 Olympics being 46 years old.
Šurbek won two World Championships titles in doubles event and was a 5-time European champion – 3 times in doubles, once in singles and team events. He was also a winner of two editions of Europe Top 16 tournament. On the professional tour circuit, Šurbek won 15 titles in singles and 20 titles in doubles event. On the club level, he won 5 Yugoslav Higher League titles, three ETTU Cup and two Champions League titles.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

1965 Ljubljana (Team)
1969 Munich (Team)
1971 Nagoya (Singles & Team)
1973 Sarajevo (Singles & Doubles)
1975 Kolkata (Doubles & Team)
1977 Birmingham (Doubles)
1979 Pyongyang (Doubles)
1981 Novi Sad (Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles)
1983 Tokyo (Doubles)

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

1964 Malmo (Team)
1966 London (Team)
1968 Lyon (Singles) (Team)
1970 Moscow (Doubles) (Team)
1972 Rotterdam (Team)
1974 Novi Sad (Singles & Doubles)
1976 Prague (Team) (Doubles)
1978 Duisburg (Doubles)
1980 Bern (Doubles)
1982 Budapest (Doubles) (Mixed Doubles) (Team)
1984 Moscow (Doubles) (Singles & Mixed Doubles)
1986 Prague (Doubles & Mixed Doubles)

EUROPE TOP 16

1971 Zadar
1972 Zagreb
1973 Böblingen
1976 Lübeck
1977 Sarajevo
1979 Kristianstad
1981 Miskolc

PROFESSIONAL TOUR SINGLES ACCOLADES

1965 German Open
1966 Austrian Open
1967 Yugoslav Open
1968 Netherlands Open Yugoslav Open Austrian Open Swiss Open
1969 English Open Belgian Open Hungarian Open Yugoslav Open Irish Open Luxembourg Open Welsh Open
1970 Scandinavian Open
1972 Czechoslovak Open English Open Belgian Open
1973 Czechoslovak Open Scandinavian Open English Open
1974 Czechoslovak Open Polish Open Scandinavian Open
1975 Czechoslovak Open USA Open Yugoslav Open Scandinavian Open
1976 German Open Yugoslav Open USA Open
1977 French Open
1979 Welsh Open
1980 German Open
1981 Czechoslovak Open Belgian Open Scandinavian Open
1982 German Open

PROFESSIONAL TOUR DOUBLES ACCOLADES

1963 Yugoslav Open French Open
1966 Netherlands Open
1967 Yugoslav Open Polish Open
1968 English Open Netherlands Open Yugoslav Open
1969 English Open Belgian Open Welsh Open
1971 English Open Scandinavian Open
1972 English Open German Open Belgian Open French Open
1973 Czechoslovak Open Scandinavian Open English Open
1974 Czechoslovak Open German Open Polish Open Hungarian Open English Open
1975 Czechoslovak Open USA Open Canada Open Yugoslav Open Scandinavian Open
1976 Welsh Open Yugoslav Open German Open
1977 French Open
1979 Hungarian Open
1980 Yugoslav Open Scandinavian Open
1981 Scandinavian Open
1982 Yugoslav Open French Open
1983 Czechoslovak Open

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

1969 ETTU Cup (GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb)
1970 ETTU Cup (GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb)
1972 Yugoslavia 1st ETTU Cup (GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb)
1973 Yugoslavia 1st Champions League (GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb)
1974 Yugoslavia 1st Champions League (GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb)
1975 Yugoslavia 1st Champions League (GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb)
1976 Yugoslavia 1st Champions League (GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb)
1978 Germany 1st (TTC Calw)
1981 ETTU Cup (ATSV Saarbrücken)
1982 ETTU Cup (ATSV Saarbrücken)
1985 Germany 2nd (TTC Esslingen)
1987 Germany 2nd (TTC Esslingen)
1988 Germany 2nd (TTC Esslingen)
1989 Germany 2nd (TTC Esslingen)
1992 Germany 2nd (TTC Esslingen)