Erling Tveit

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Erling L'Orsa Tveit
Country (sports)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Born (1984-12-28) 28 December 1984 (age 37)
Oslo, Norway
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Turned pro2009
PlaysLeft-handed
College University of Mississippi
Prize money$26,235
Singles
Career record9–10 (ATP Tour and Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 484 (27 Sep 2010)
Doubles
Career record7–7 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 713 (22 Mar 2010)

Erling L'Orsa Tveit (born 28 December 1984) is a former tennis player from Norway. [1] [2]

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Tennis career

Tveit played collegiate tennis for the University of Mississippi before turning professional, earning All-American honours for singles and doubles in both 2006 and 2007. [3]

Tveit made his debut for the Norway Davis Cup team in 2003 against Luxembourg. 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. [4] His one ATP tour main draw appearance was at the 2007 Swedish Open, when he lost in the first round to Fernando Verdasco.

Tveit mainly participated on the ATP Challenger Tour and the Futures 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 doubles tournaments.

ITF Futures titles

Doubles: (3)

No.DateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.Jun 2007Norway F1, Gausdal FuturesHard Flag of Norway.svg Stian Boretti Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Melskens
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Nørby
6–4, 6–4
2.Sep 2009USA F23, Costa Mesa FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Robbye Poole Flag of the United States.svg Will Gray
Flag of the United States.svg Blake Strode
6–2, 7–5
3.Nov 2010USA F29, Niceville FuturesClay Flag of the United States.svg Robbye Poole Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Collarini
Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla
7–6(7–4), 6–2

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References

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  4. "Davis Cup - Players". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 2021-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)