Magnus Larsson

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Magnus Larsson

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Växjö, Sweden
Born	(1970-03-25) 25 March 1970 (age 51) Olofström, Sweden
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Stefan Simonsson Carl-Axel Hageskog
Prize money	US$ 5,839,451
Singles
Career record	310–221
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 10 (17 April 1995)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1995)
French Open	SF (1994)
Wimbledon	4R (1998)
US Open	QF (1993, 1997, 1998)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	W (1994)
Olympic Games	3R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	69–66
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 26 (9 Jan 1995)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1995, 1996)
French Open	F (1995)
Wimbledon	2R (1994, 1996)
US Open	SF (1994)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1994, 1997)

Per Henrik Magnus Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Playing career[]

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 in Moscow in December against both Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Alexander Volkov, as Sweden defeated 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.

Career finals[]

Singles: 15 (7 wins - 8 losses)[]

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1990	Florence, Italy	Clay	Lawson Duncan	6–7, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	1.	1990	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Richard Fromberg	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2.	1992	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Anders Järryd	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3.	1992	Munich, Germany	Clay	Petr Korda	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	4.	1994	Zaragoza, Spain	Carpet	Lars Rehmann	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	1994	Halle, Germany	Grass	Michael Stich	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	5.	1994	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	1994	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Pete Sampras	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	6.	1994	Grand Slam Cup, Munich	Carpet	Pete Sampras	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	4.	1995	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Stefan Edberg	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss	5.	1995	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Thomas Muster	2–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	1996	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Mark Philippoussis	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	7.	1998	Halle, Germany	Grass	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4–6, 4–6
Win	7.	2000	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Byron Black	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	8.	2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Andreas Vinciguerra	3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 8 (6 wins - 2 losses)[]

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1991	Florence, Italy	Clay	Ola Jonsson	Juan Carlos Báguena Carlos Costa	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	2.	1992	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	4.	1995	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Stefan Edberg	Andrei Olhovskiy Jan Siemerink	7–6, 6–2
Loss	1.	1995	French Open, Paris	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	5.	1997	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Thomas Enqvist	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	1997	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	0–6, 3–6
Win	6.	1998	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Lan Bale Piet Norval	6–4, 6–2

Senior Tour titles[]

• 2006- defeated Wayne Ferreira 6–7, 6–4, 7–5 (TB) in the Stanford Championships

Singles performance timeline[]

External links[]

• Magnus Larsson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Magnus Larsson at the International Tennis Federation
• Magnus Larsson at the Davis Cup
• Magnus Larsson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)