Per Henrik ''Magnus'' Larsson (; born 25 March 1970) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Sweden.
Playing career
Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at
Florence
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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
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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
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former professional tennis p ...
and
Alexander Volkov, as
Sweden
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defeated
Russia
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, 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
Nicklas Kulti (born 22 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He was born in Stockholm.
Tennis career
Juniors
Kulti was ranked No. 1 in the junior world singles rankings in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wi ...
). He was also part of the Swedish team which won the
World Team Cup
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.
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
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– and was on the winning team as Sweden thrashed the
United States
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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
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. 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
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, winning the
Stanford Championships in 2006.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP career finals
Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)
Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (4–3)
Doubles: 8 (5–3)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
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People from Olofström Municipality
Swedish male tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Sweden
Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Blekinge County
20th-century Swedish sportsmen