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)
Grand Slam record
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)