Kent Carlsson

Kent Carlsson

International tennis at Melkhuisje in Hilversum, 1985

Nation:

Sweden

Birthday:

3rd January 1968

Size:

180 cm

1st professional season:

1985

Resignation:

1989

Playing hand:

Right

Prize money:

$ 998,956

singles

Career record:

160: 54

Career title:

9

Highest ranking:

6 (September 19 1988)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	AF (1987, 1988)
Wimbledon	-
US Open	1R (1986)

Double

Career record:

2: 9

Highest ranking:

383 (July 13 1987)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	2R (1986)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Kent Carlsson (born January 3, 1968 in Eskilstuna ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

Carlsson won the junior tournament of the French Open in 1984 when he defeated, among others, Cyril Suk , Robbie Weiss and Luke Jensen as well as Mark Kratzmann in the final. He won nine individual titles in his career, all on clay. His greatest success was winning the title in 1988 at the International German Tennis Championships at Hamburg's Rothenbaum . He achieved his best placement in the ATP world rankings in the same year with 6th place.

His best result in a Grand Slam tournament was also at the French Open, where he reached the second round twice. In 1986, he was in the second round of the US Open in doubles .

Carlsson played four individual games between 1986 and 1988 for the Swedish Davis Cup team , all of which he won. He celebrated victories over Miloslav Mečíř , Henri Leconte and Thierry Tulasne , against whom he was twice successful. In the final of the world group in 1988 he should be used in the last individual; since Germany had already won the Davis Cup at this point, his game against Patrik Kühnen was no longer played.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold (3)
ATP International Series (5)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 13, 1986	Italy Bari	sand	Argentina Horacio de la Peña	7; 5, 6: 7, 7: 5
2.	September 28, 1986	Spain Barcelona	sand	Germany Andreas Maurer	6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 0
3.	April 19, 1987	France Nice	sand	Spain Emilio Sánchez	7: 6, 6: 3
4th	June 14, 1987	Italy Bologna	sand	Spain Emilio Sánchez	6: 2, 6: 1
5.	April 17, 1988	Spain Madrid	sand	Spain Fernando Luna	6: 2, 6: 1
6th	May 1, 1988	Germany Hamburg	sand	France Henri Leconte	6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 4
7th	August 7, 1988	Austria Kitzbühel	sand	Spain Emilio Sánchez	6: 1, 6: 1, 4: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3
8th.	August 14, 1988	Italy Saint Vincent	sand	France Thierry Champion	6-0, 6-2
9.	September 18, 1988	Spain Barcelona	sand	Austria Thomas Muster	6: 3, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1

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personal data
SURNAME	Carlsson, Kent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd January 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eskilstuna , Sweden