Magnus Larsson

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Magnus Larsson (born March 25, 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. Aside from the main tour, Larsson was also part of the Swedish team which won the 1994 Davis Cup. He won singles rubbers in the 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 played in the senior Outback Champions Series, winning the Stanford Championships in 2006.

Contents 1 Career finals 1.1 Singles 1.1.1 Wins (7) 1.1.2 Runner-ups (8) 1.2 Doubles 1.2.1 Wins (6) 1.2.2 Runner-ups (2) 2 Senior Tour titles 3 External links

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1991	Florence, Italy	Clay	Ola Jonsson	Juan Carlos Baguena Carlos Costa	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
2.	1992	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	6–3, 6–4
3.	1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
4.	1995	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Stefan Edberg	Andrei Olhovskiy Jan Siemerink	7–6, 6–2
5.	1997	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Thomas Enqvist	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–3, 6–4
6.	1998	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Lan Bale Piet Norval	6–4, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1995	French Open, Paris	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
2.	1997	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6–0, 6–3

[edit] Senior Tour titles

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

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Magnus Larsson
• ITF profile for Magnus Larsson
• Davis Cup profile for Magnus Larsson