That was his first appearance in national team colours since Sweden qualified for a 10th World Cup late last year.

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The Irish also qualify as the most cosmopolitan with none of their players earning a living in their own country, although maybe this is a bit spurious, since they all play in England, and most of them could probably have qualified to play for England had they wanted to.

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Tilden won his six straight U.S. Open titles from 1920-1925 - a record since the tournament abolished the challenge system - where the champion automatically qualified for the final - in 1911.

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