Erling L'Orsa Tveit (born 28 December 1984) is a former
tennis
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player from Norway.
Tennis career
Tveit played collegiate tennis for the
University of Mississippi
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before turning professional, earning All-American honours for singles and doubles in both 2006 and 2007.
Tveit made his debut for the
Norway Davis Cup team in 2003 against
Luxembourg
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. He had a 10-year Davis Cup career and won 9 of the 18 singles matches and 7 of the 14 doubles matches that he played.
His one
ATP tour
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main draw appearance was at the
2007 Swedish Open, when he lost in the first round to
Fernando Verdasco
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.
Tveit mainly participated on the
ATP Challenger Tour
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and the
Futures
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circuit. He had a career best singles ranking of 484 on the professional tour and a best doubles ranking of 713, winning three
ITF Futures
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doubles tournaments.
ITF Futures titles
Doubles: (3)
See also
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Norwegian Davis Cup players
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Norwegian male tennis players
Ole Miss Rebels men's tennis players
Norwegian expatriate tennis players in the United States
Tennis players from Oslo
21st-century Norwegian sportsmen