Michael Mortensen (born 12 March 1961) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Denmark.
Mortensen achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 34 in 1988 and a career-high singles ranking of world No. 301 in 1984. He won five
ATP doubles titles.
Mortensen participated in 22
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...
ties for
Denmark
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from 1979 to 1990, posting an 11–13 record in doubles and a 12–14 record in singles.
Mortensen later became a coach. He was the captain of the
Denmark Fed Cup team in 2011 competing for
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
Among players he coached was the
WTA top-5 player and Chinese No. 1
Li Na
Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association. Li won nine WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two Grand Slam (t ...
, who won the
2011 French Open Women's Singles title under Mortensen.
Career finals
Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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1961 births
Danish male tennis players
Sportspeople from Glostrup Municipality
Danish tennis coaches
Living people
Tennis players from the Capital Region of Denmark
20th-century Danish sportsmen