Bent-Ove Pedersen

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Bent-Ove Pedersen
Country (sports)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Residence Oslo, Norway
Born (1967-07-11) 11 July 1967 (age 57)
Oslo, Norway
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1992
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$134,339
Singles
Career record3–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 366 (13 Sep 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open 1R (1993)
Doubles
Career record34–40
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 78 (30 Aug 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1993)
French Open 1R (1993)
Wimbledon 1R (1993)
US Open QF (1991)

Bent-Ove Pedersen (born 11 July 1967, in Oslo) is a former tennis player from Norway, who turned professional in 1992. [1]

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Biography

He spent several years playing tennis at Berkeley in California. [2] The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Christian Ruud. The pair was defeated in the first round by South Africa's eventual runners-up Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval. [3] 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 Matt Lucena from the US. He became the number 78 on the doubles ranking 30. August 1993. [4]

Career finals

Doubles (1 win, 1 loss)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 1992 Bolzano, ItalyCarpet (i) Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Nijssen
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk 		6–1, 6–7, 6–3
Loss1–1Jan 1993 Kuala Lumpur-1, MalaysiaHard Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Holm Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis 		5–7, 3–6

References

  1. ↑ "Bent-Ove Pedersen | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Men's Tennis Archives". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Bent-Ove PEDERSEN - Olympic Tennis | Norway". International Olympic Committee. 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  4. ↑ "Bent-Ove Pedersen | Bio | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-07-28.


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