Kenneth Carlsen

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Kenneth Carlsen Tennis player
Kenneth Carlsen
Nation: DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Birthday: April 17th 1973
Size: 190 cm
Weight: 88 kg
1st professional season: 1992
Resignation: 2007
Playing hand: Left
Prize money: $ 2,990,980
singles
Career record: 266: 288
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 41 (June 7 1993)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 40:62
Highest ranking: 134 (April 5, 2004)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Kenneth Carlsen (born April 17, 1973 in Copenhagen ) is a former Danish tennis player .

Life

In his career, Carlsen won three ATP titles, in 1998 in Hong Kong , in 2002 in Tokyo and in 2005 in Memphis . He also reached four other finals; in doubles he was in two finals. The left-hander achieved his best result in a Grand Slam tournament in 1993 at the Australian Open , when he made it to the round of 16 and lost to Michael Stich . In his career, which lasted from 1991 to 2007, the Dane received almost $ 2.9 million in prize money. He reached his best world ranking position at a young age, in June 1993 when he was listed at position 41. His individual record at the end of his career: 266 wins out of 288 defeats.

Kenneth Carlsen also holds a record in Grand Slam tournaments; he was eliminated there 29 times in the first round. Neither an active nor a former tennis professional has come across such a number.

Carlsen's career ended with the ATP Challenger in Kolding 2007. He lost his last game there in round one 6-7 and 4-6 against the German Björn Phau.

Since 2013 he has been the team principal of the Danish Fed Cup team .

successes

Legend (victories in brackets)
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP World Tour /
ATP International Series (2)

singles

Victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. April 6, 1998 Hong Kong Hong Kong Hard court ZimbabweZimbabwe Byron Black 6: 2, 6: 0
2. September 30, 2002 JapanJapan Tokyo Hard court SwedenSweden Magnus Norman 7: 6 6 , 6: 3
3. February 14, 2005 United StatesUnited States Memphis Hard court (i) BelarusBelarus Max Mirny 7: 5, 7: 5

Final participation

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. September 28, 1992 AustraliaAustralia Brisbane Hard court FranceFrance Guillaume Raoux 4: 6, 6: 7 10
2. March 11, 1996 DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen Carpet (i) FranceFrance Cédric Pioline 2: 6, 6: 7 7
3. January 6, 1997 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court SwedenSweden Jonas Björkman 6: 7 7 , 0: 6
4th July 5, 1999 United StatesUnited States Newport race United StatesUnited States Chris Woodruff 7: 6 5 , 4: 6, 4: 6

Web links

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