Morten Christensen
Morten Christensen | |||||||||||||
Nation: | Denmark | ||||||||||||
Birthday: | June 15, 1965 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 190 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 82 kg | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 1983 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 46,884 | ||||||||||||
singles | |||||||||||||
Career record: | 7:18 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 250 (April 18, 1988) | ||||||||||||
Double | |||||||||||||
Career record: | 15:20 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 104 (August 25 1986) | ||||||||||||
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Morten Christensen (born June 15, 1965 in Copenhagen ) is a former Danish tennis player .
Life
Christensen became a professional tennis player in 1983. He mainly played on the ATP Challenger Tour , where he won two double titles. In 1988 he won with Michael Tauson in Hanko and with Steve Guy in Thessaloniki . His best result on the ATP World Tour was a semi-final in doubles at the Swedish Open . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1988 with position 250 in singles and in 1986 position 104 in doubles.
He could never qualify for a Grand Slam tournament in singles , his best results in doubles were second round participation at the 1986 US Open and the 1987 French Open .
Christensen completed 17 singles and 14 doubles games for the Danish Davis Cup team between 1986 and 1995 . He achieved individual victories against Thomas Muster and Emilio Sánchez Vicario . His greatest success with the team was participation in the quarterfinals of the world group, which was lost 0-5 to Germany , where he gave both singles against Eric Jelen and Boris Becker . He appeared at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in both singles and doubles for Denmark. At the side of Michael Tauson he reached the quarter-finals, but they were defeated there by the later gold medalists Ken Flach and Robert Seguso from the United States . In the singles he was defeated in the first round against Slobodan Živojinović .
Web links
- ATP profile of Morten Christensen (English)
- ITF profile Morten Christensen (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Morten Christensen (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Christensen, Morten |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen , Denmark |