Kenneth Andersson (tennis)

Last updated
Kenneth Andersson
Country (sports) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Born (1945-03-27) 27 March 1945 (age 77)
Turned pro1961(amateur tour)
Retired1974
PlaysRight–handed
Singles
Career record1–8
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1967)
French Open 1R (1967)
Wimbledon 1R (1964)
Doubles
Career record0–3
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1967)
Wimbledon 1R (1964)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open QF (1967)
French Open 1R (1966)
Wimbledon 2R (1965)

Kenneth Andersson (born 27 March 1945) is a former Swedish tennis player who was active in the 1960s. [1]

Contents

Tennis career

Andersson competed on the amateur circuit during the 1960s and had some success during 1964 when he reached the semi-finals at the Scandinavian Indoor Championships in Copenhagen, before losing to Jørgen Ulrich and the semi-finals at the Knokke Le Zoute tournament, held in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, where he lost to Giordano Majoli of Italy. [2] He also qualified for his first Grand Slam tournament when he made the main draw, as a lucky loser at Wimbledon. [3]

Andersson's best results at a Grand Slam tournament were at the 1967 Australian Open where reached the second round in both singles and doubles and in partnership with Kay Rosser, reached the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event. In 1968 he won the men's doubles title, with Ove Bengtson, at the Scandinavian Indoor Championships. His final appearance in the main draw of a singles event was in 1972 at the Stockholm Open where, after receiving a bye in the first round, he lost to Ilie Năstase in the second round. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raemon Sluiter</span> Dutch tennis player

Raemon Sluiter is a Dutch former professional tennis player and current coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 46, achieved in February 2003. Though he achieved only limited success during his professional career, Sluiter reached four ATP finals in his native Netherlands, and also reached the semi-finals of the Davis Cup with the Dutch team in 2001.

Per Christian Bergström is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1985. He did not win any titles during his career, but reached three singles quarter-finals in Grand Slam tournaments: Wimbledon and Australian Open (1993). The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 27 January 1992, when he became World No. 32.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolas Mahut</span> French tennis player

Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matwé Middelkoop</span> Dutch tennis player

Matwé Middelkoop is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

John-Laffnie de Jager is a South African former tour professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, de Jager reached the semi-finals for three different grand slam tournaments three times in three different years partnering three different fellow South African players. de Jager is the current non-playing captain of the South Africa Davis Cup team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stéphane Robert</span> French tennis player

Stéphane Robert is a professional French tennis player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierre-Hugues Herbert</span> French tennis player

Pierre-Hugues Herbert is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open, the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open, the 2021 French Open, and the 2019 Australian Open partnering Nicolas Mahut. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 2 achieved on 11 July 2016. The pair have also claimed seven ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles and ATP Finals titles in 2019 and 2021. In singles, Herbert has reached four ATP career finals and achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 11 February 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Krawietz</span> German tennis player

Kevin Krawietz is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radu Albot</span> Moldovan professional tennis player

Radu Albot is a Moldovan professional tennis player. He is the first player from Moldova to win ATP singles and doubles titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mate Pavić</span> Croatian tennis player

Mate Pavić is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.

David DiLucia is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 ATP World Tour</span> Mens tennis circuit

The 2013 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the Davis Cup and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2013 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex Bolt</span> Australian professional tennis player

Alex Bolt is an inactive Australian professional tennis player. His career-high ranking is World No. 125 in singles and World No. 81 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Highlights of Bolt's career thus far include a quarterfinal appearance at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles, and also winning the China International Challenger with his partner Andrew Whittington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aslan Karatsev</span> Russian tennis player

Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ATP ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max Purcell</span> Australian tennis player (born 1998)

Max Purcell is an Australian professional tennis player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pedro Martínez (tennis)</span> Spanish tennis player

Pedro Martínez Portero is a Spanish professional tennis player. During his junior career, he won the junior Davis Cup 2013. Martínez has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 40 achieved on 9 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 53 achieved on 9 May 2022.

Emil Börje Fornstedt was a Swedish tennis player.

Jørgen Ulrich was a Danish tennis player.

Terje Larsen is a former Swedish tennis player who was active in the 1970s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 ATP Tour</span> Mens tennis circuit

The 2022 ATP Tour is the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2022 tennis season. The 2022 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Finals, the ATP Tour Masters 1000, the ATP Cup, the ATP 500 series and the ATP 250 series. Also included in the 2022 calendar are the Davis Cup, Wimbledon, the Next Gen ATP Finals, and Laver Cup, none of which distribute ranking points.

References

  1. ↑ "Kenneth Andersson| Player Stats | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. ↑ "player – Tennisarchives.com". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  3. ↑ "Wimbledon". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Kenneth Andersson | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.