Luke Jensen

Luke Jensen
Nickname:	Dual hand hatch
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	June 18, 1966
Size:	190 cm
Weight:	86 kg
1st professional season:	1987
Playing hand:	Ambidextrous
Trainer:	Brian Gottfried
Prize money:	$ 1,313,255
singles
Career record:	12:43
Highest ranking:	168 (July 25 1988)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	252: 297
Career title:	10
Highest ranking:	6 (November 1 1993)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Luke Jensen (born June 18, 1966 in Grayling , Michigan ) is a retired American tennis player .

Life

Jensen attended the University of Southern California and became a professional tennis player in 1987. He specialized in doubles , and played with his brother Murphy for several years . He was able to win ten doubles tournaments on the ATP World Tour , and a further 14 doubles. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1988 with position 168 in singles and 1993 with position 6 in doubles.

His best single result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round of the US Open in 1985 and 1986. In doubles, he won alongside his brother Murphy at the French Open in 1993 against the German doubles made up of Marc-Kevin Goellner and David Prinosil . Jensen was one of the few two-handed players on the ATP World Tour, he could also change hands during a match. Hence his nickname Dual Hand Luke resulted .

In 2006 he became the head coach at Syracuse University .

successes

Legend (number of titles) Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series (1) ATP International Series Gold (1) ATP International Series (7)

Title after covering Hard Court (5) Sand (4) Grass (1) Carpet (0)

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	February 1, 1988	Guarujá	Hard court	Ricardo Acuña	Javier Frana Diego Pérez	6: 1, 6: 4
2.	November 20, 1989	Johannesburg	Hard court	Richey Reneberg	Kelly Jones Joey Rive	6-0, 6-4
3.	April 8, 1991	Orlando	Hard court	Scott Melville	Nicolás Pereira Pete Sampras	6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 3
4th	April 29, 1991	Monte Carlo	sand	Laurie Warder	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	5: 7, 7: 6, 6: 4
5.	May 27, 1991	Bologna (1)	sand	Laurie Warder	Luiz Mattar Jaime Oncins	6: 4, 7: 6
6th	May 25, 1992	Bologna (2)	sand	Laurie Warder	Javier Frana Javier Sánchez	6: 2, 6: 3
7th	June 7, 1993	French Open	sand	Murphy Jensen	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 4
8th.	June 26, 1995	Nottingham	race	Murphy Jensen	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4
9.	August 26, 1996	long Island	Hard court	Murphy Jensen	Hendrik Dreekmann Alexander Volkov	6: 3, 7: 6
10.	July 21, 1997	Washington, DC	Hard court	Murphy Jensen	Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier	6: 4, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	May 20, 1991	Rome	sand	Laurie Warder	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	2: 6, 3: 6
2.	October 7, 1991	Sydney Indoor	Hard court (i)	Laurie Warder	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	4: 6, 4: 6
3.	April 6, 1992	Estoril	sand	Laurie Warder	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	6: 3, 3: 6, 5: 7
4th	January 18, 1993	Sydney	Hard court	Murphy Jensen	Sandon Stolle Jason Stoltenberg	3: 6, 4: 6
5.	March 1, 1993	Scottsdale	Hard court	Sandon Stolle	Mark Wedge Dave Randall	5: 7, 4: 6
6th	March 8, 1993	Indian Wells	Hard court	Scott Melville	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	4: 6, 5: 7
7th	May 3, 1993	Madrid	sand	Scott Melville	Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa	6: 7, 2: 6
8th.	May 24, 1993	Bologna	sand	Murphy Jensen	Danie Visser Laurie Warder	6: 4, 4: 6, 4: 6
9.	October 18, 1993	Tokyo	carpet	Murphy Jensen	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	3: 6, 4: 6
10.	February 28, 1994	Mexico city	sand	Murphy Jensen	Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton	3: 6, 4: 6
11.	September 19, 1994	Bogotá	sand	Murphy Jensen	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4: 6, 6: 7
12.	April 24, 1995	Nice	sand	David Wheaton	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 7
13.	May 12, 1997	Coral Springs	sand	Murphy Jensen	Dave Randall Greg Van Emburgh	7: 6, 2: 6, 6: 7
14th	May 26, 1997	St. Polten	sand	Murphy Jensen	Kelly Jones Scott Melville	2: 6, 6: 7

Web links

Commons : Luke Jensen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Luke Jensen (English)
• ITF profile Luke Jensen (English)

Individual evidence

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