Magnus Larsson

Magnus Larsson

Nation:

Sweden

Birthday:

March 25, 1970

Size:

193 cm

Weight:

93 kg

1st professional season:

1989

Resignation:

2003

Playing hand:

Right

Prize money:

$ 5,839,451

singles

Career record:

310: 221

Career title:

7th

Highest ranking:

10 (April 17 1995)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	AF (1995)
French Open	HF (1994)
Wimbledon	AF (1998)
US Open	VF (1993, 1997, 1998)

Double

Career record:

69:66

Career title:

6th

Highest ranking:

26 (January 9 1995)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	1R (1990, 1995, 1996)
French Open	F (1995)
Wimbledon	2R (1994, 1996)
US Open	HF (1994)

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

Per Henrik Magnus Larsson (born March 25, 1970 in Olofström ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

He was a professional tennis player from 1989 to 2003 and won seven individual titles in his career and the Grand Slam Cup in Munich in 1994 with a final victory over Pete Sampras . He reached his highest world ranking position in 1995 with tenth place. His best performance in Grand Slam tournaments was the semi-finals at the 1994 French Open . Against Alberto Berasategui he was then without a set win. In doubles he won six titles in his career and achieved his best placement with rank 26 in January 1995. At the French Open 1995 he reached the final with Nicklas Kulti that the two lost against Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis in three sets. In 1992 he took part in the Olympic Games in Barcelona , where he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Emilio Sánchez Vicario .

With the Swedish team he won the Davis Cup in 1994 , 1997 and 1998 . In the 1994 final, Sweden won 4-1 against Russia , Larsson won his games against Evgeni Kafelnikow and Alexander Volkov . In 1997, he also played two individual games in the 5-0 win against the United States . He initially benefited from Pete Sampras ' injury-related resignation before defeating Michael Chang in the last game . In 1998, after playing in the first round against Slovakia and in the quarter-finals against Germany , he was not used in the final.

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
Grand Slam Cup Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP International Series (10)

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

singles

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	1990	Italy Florence	sand	United States Lawson Duncan	6: 7, 7: 5, 6: 0
2.	1992	Denmark Copenhagen	carpet	Sweden Järryd is different	6: 4, 7: 6 ⁵
3.	1992	Germany Munich	sand	Czechoslovakia Petr Korda	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
4th	1994	Spain Zaragoza	carpet	Germany Lars Rehmann	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	1994	France Toulouse	Hard court (i)	United States Jared Palmer	6: 1, 6: 3
6th	1994	Germany Munich	carpet	United States Pete Sampras	7: 6 ⁶ , 4: 6, 7: 6 ⁵ , 6: 4
7th	2000	United States Memphis	Hard court (i)	Zimbabwe Byron Black	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 3

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1991	Italy Florence	sand	Sweden Ola Jonsson	Spain Juan Carlos Báguena Carlos Costa Spain	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
2.	1992	Denmark Copenhagen	carpet	Sweden Nickla's cult	Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek Belgium	6: 3, 6: 4
3.	1994	Monaco Monte Carlo	sand	Sweden Nickla's cult	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek Czech Republic	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
4th	1995	Qatar Doha	Hard court	Sweden Stefan Edberg	Russia Andrei Olchowski Jan Siemerink Netherlands	7: 6, 6: 2
5.	1997	France Marseille	Hard court (i)	Sweden Thomas Enqvist	France Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro France	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	1998	Sweden Båstad	sand	Sweden Magnus Gustafsson	South Africa Lan Bale Piet Norval South Africa	6: 4, 6: 2

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personal data
SURNAME	Larsson, Magnus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Larsson, Per Henrik Magnus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Olofström , Sweden