Gunnar SETTERWALL

Gunnar Setterwall was a top Swedish player who played primarily in his home country. He was Swedish national champion in 1908, and indoors, won that title in 1900 and 1902. Setterwall also won the 1906 Stockholm Invitational and the 1907 Stockholm Covered Court Championship. He was runner-up at the Swedish International Covered Court Championships in 1900, 1902, and 1908. Setterwall competed at the 1904 European Championships, making the quarter-finals, and the 1913 World Covered Court Championships, losing in the semis.

Setterwall’s father, Carl, became a multimillionaire as an iron company agent during the heyday of railroads in Scandinavia. Gunnar later became director of the family firm.