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Per Henrik Magnus Larsson (born 25 March 1970 in Olofström, Blekinge, Sweden) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title was also won in Florence, in 1991.
Some of the most significant highlights of Larsson's career came in 1994. He won that year's Grand Slam Cup, defeating World No. 1 Pete Sampras in the final in four sets 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4. Larsson also reached the semi-finals of the 1994 French Open, and was part of the Swedish team which won the 1994 Davis Cup. He won singles rubbers in the Davis Cup final against both Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Alexander Volkov, as Sweden beat Russia 4–1.
In 1995, Larsson reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 and his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 26. He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the French Open that year (partnering Nicklas Kulti). He was also part of the Swedish team which won the World Team Cup.
Larsson played in the final of the Davis Cup again in 1997. And again he won both his singles rubbers – against Pete Sampras and Michael Chang – and was on the winning team as Sweden thrashed the United States 5–0.
Larsson won a total of seven singles and six doubles titles during his career. His last doubles title was won in 1998 in Båstad. His final singles title came in 2000 at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis. He retired from the professional tour in 2003. He has since played in the senior Outback Champions Series, winning the Stanford Championships in 2006.
Contents
Career finals
Singles
Wins (7)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 11 June 1990 Florence, Italy Clay Lawson Duncan 6–7, 7–5, 6–0 2. 2 March 1992 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Anders Järryd 6–4, 7–6 3. 27 April 1992 Munich, Germany Clay Petr Korda 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 4. 7 March 1994 Zaragoza, Spain Carpet Lars Rehmann 6–4, 6–4 5. 3 October 1994 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Jared Palmer 6–1, 6–3 6. 6 December 1994 Grand Slam Cup, Munich Carpet Pete Sampras 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 7. 14 February 2000 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Byron Black 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 Runner-ups (8)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 1990 Båstad, Sweden Clay Richard Fromberg 6–2, 7–6 2. 1994 Halle, Germany Grass Michael Stich 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 3. 1994 Antwerp, Belgium Carpet Pete Sampras 7–6, 6–4 4. 1995 Doha, Qatar Hard Stefan Edberg 7–6, 6–1 5. 1995 Barcelona, Spain Clay Thomas Muster 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 6. 1996 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Mark Philippoussis 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 7. 1998 Halle, Germany Grass Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–4 8. 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark Hard (i) Andreas Vinciguerra 6–3, 7–6 Doubles
Wins (6)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score 1. 1991 Florence, Italy Clay Ola Jonsson Juan Carlos Baguena
Carlos Costa3–6, 6–1, 6–1 2. 1992 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Nicklas Kulti Hendrik Jan Davids
Libor Pimek6–3, 6–4 3. 1994 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Nicklas Kulti Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek3–6, 7–6, 6–4 4. 1995 Doha, Qatar Hard Stefan Edberg Andrei Olhovskiy
Jan Siemerink7–6, 6–2 5. 1997 Marseille, France Hard (i) Thomas Enqvist Olivier Delaître
Fabrice Santoro6–3, 6–4 6. 1998 Båstad, Sweden Clay Magnus Gustafsson Lan Bale
Piet Norval6–4, 6–2 Runner-ups (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score 1. 1995 French Open, Paris Clay Nicklas Kulti Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis6–7, 6–4, 6–1 2. 1997 Båstad, Sweden Clay Magnus Gustafsson Nicklas Kulti
Mikael Tillström6–0, 6–3 Senior Tour titles
- 2006- defeated Wayne Ferreira 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 (TB) in the Stanford Championships
Singles performance timeline
Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Career SR Career Win-Loss Grand Slams Australian Open A 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 4R 3R 2R 1R A A A A 1R A 0 / 11 7–11 French Open A A A 3R 3R 3R SF 4R 1R 3R 1R 2R A 3R LQ A A 0 / 10 19–10 Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R A 2R A 4R 1R A 3R 1R A A 0 / 10 10–10 U.S. Open A A A 3R 2R QF 1R A 1R QF QF 3R A 1R LQ A A 0 / 9 17–9 Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 40 N/A Annual Win-Loss 0–0 0–1 1–2 5–4 5–4 8–4 5–4 5–2 3–4 7–3 7–4 3–3 0–0 4–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 N/A 53–40 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells NME A A A A A QF 1R 3R 1R A A A A A A 0 / 4 5–4 Miami NME A A A 2R A SF 2R 4R 2R A 1R A LQ LQ A 0 / 6 7–6 Monte Carlo NME A 3R 3R 3R 1R 2R 1R QF A A 1R A LQ A A 0 / 7 9–7 Rome NME A 1R 1R 1R A A A 3R A A A A LQ A A 0 / 4 2–4 Hamburg NME A 2R A 1R 2R A QF 1R A A A A LQ A A 0 / 5 5–5 Canada NME A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 Cincinnati NME A A A A A A 2R 1R SF 2R A LQ A A A 0 / 4 6–4 Madrid (Stuttgart) NME 2R 2R 2R 2R QF A A QF A 2R A A A A A 0 / 7 11–6 Paris NME A A 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R A A A LQ A A A 0 / 6 6–6 Masters Series SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 44 N/A Annual Win-Loss N/A 1–1 4–4 4–4 4–6 6–4 8–4 5–6 13–8 4–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 N/A 51–43 Year End Ranking 381 145 56 61 34 39 19 17 46 25 43 96 75 136 152 507 1422 N/A A = did not attend tournament
LQ = lost in the qualifying drawExternal links
- Magnus Larsson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Magnus Larsson at the International Tennis Federation
- Magnus Larsson at the Davis Cup
- Profile
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- Olympic tennis players of Sweden
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 1970 births
- Living people
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