Luke Jensen

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Luke Jensen

Nickname(s)	Dual Hand Luke
Country	United States
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Date of birth	June 18, 1966 (1966-06-18) (age 41)
Place of birth	Grayling, Michigan, U.S.
Height	6'3 (190 cm)
Weight	190 lbs (86 kg)
Turned pro	1987
Plays	-
Career prize money	US$1,314,855
Singles
Career record:	12-43
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	168 (25-Jul-88)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record:	252-297
Career titles:	10
Highest ranking:	6 (1-Nov-93)
Infobox last updated on: January 27, 2007.

Luke Jensen (born June 18, 1966 in Grayling, Michigan, U.S.) is a former professional male tennis player from the United States. He attended University of Southern California from 1986-87 and earned singles All-American honors both years (doubles in 87). He is now the head coach of the women's tennis team at Syracuse University. [1].

Jensen attended East Grand Rapids High School, winning the Michigan state singles championship in 1983, and graduating in 1985.^[1]

He reached his career high doubles ranking, World No. 6, on November 1, 1993.

Nicknamed "Dual Hand Luke" because he was an ambidextrous player able to serve at 130 MPH with either hand ^[2]. He now does on-court analysis for ESPN for their tennis coverage. He also travels the world as an instructor, motivational speaker, and ambassador for the game.

His younger brother is former professional male tennis player Murphy Jensen.

Contents 1 Doubles Titles (10) 1.1 Runner-ups (14) 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Doubles Titles (10)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (1) ATP Tour (8)

Titles by Surface Hard (5) Clay (4) Grass (1) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1 February 1988	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Ricardo Acuña	Javier Frana Diego Pérez	6–1, 6–4
2.	20 November 1989	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Richey Reneberg	Kelly Jones Joey Rive	6–0, 6–4
3.	8 April 1991	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Scott Melville	Nicolás Pereira Pete Sampras	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
4.	29 April 1991	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Laurie Warder	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	5–7, 7–6, 6–4
5.	27 May 1991	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Laurie Warder	Luiz Mattar Jaime Oncins	6–4, 7–6
6.	25 May 1992	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Laurie Warder	Javier Frana Javier Sánchez	6–2, 6–3
7.	7 June 1993	French Open, Paris	Clay	Murphy Jensen	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
8.	26 June 1995	Nottingham, England	Grass	Murphy Jensen	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
9.	26 August 1996	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Murphy Jensen	Hendrik Dreekmann Alexander Volkov	6–3, 7–6
10.	21 July 1997	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Murphy Jensen	Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	20 May 1991	Rome, Italy	Clay	Laurie Warder	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	6–2, 6–3
2.	7 October 1991	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Laurie Warder	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–4
3.	6 April 1992	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Laurie Warder	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
4.	18 January 1993	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Murphy Jensen	Sandon Stolle Jason Stoltenberg	6–3, 6–4
5.	1 March 1993	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Mark Keil Dave Randall	7–5, 6–4
6.	8 March 1993	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Scott Melville	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	6–4, 7–5
7.	3 May 1993	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Scott Melville	Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa	7–6, 6–2
8.	24 May 1993	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Murphy Jensen	Danie Visser Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
9.	18 October 1993	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Murphy Jensen	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–4
10.	28 February 1994	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Murphy Jensen	Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton	6–3, 6–4
11.	19 September 1994	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Murphy Jensen	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–6
12.	24 April 1995	Nice, France	Clay	David Wheaton	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
13.	12 May 1997	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Murphy Jensen	Dave Randall Greg Van Emburgh	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
14.	26 May 1997	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Murphy Jensen	Kelly Jones Scott Melville	6–2, 7–6

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• ATP Official Profile