Bent-Ove Pedersen (born 11 July 1967, in

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) is a former

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from

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, who turned professional in 1992.

Biography

He spent several years playing tennis at Berkeley in California. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the

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, where he partnered

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. The pair was defeated in the first round by

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's eventual runners-up

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and

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. Pedersen reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 13 September 1993, when he became the number 366 of the world. He was in quarterfinal in US Open doubles, 1991, partnering

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from the US. He became the number 78 on the doubles ranking 30. August 1993.

Career finals

Doubles (1 win, 1 loss)

References

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* * 1967 births Living people Norwegian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Norway California Golden Bears men's tennis players Norwegian expatriate tennis players in the United States Tennis players from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-tennis-bio-stub