Lars-Anders Wahlgren

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Lars-Anders Wahlgren
Country (sports) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
ResidenceAngelholm, Sweden
Born (1966-08-24) 24 August 1966 (age 57)
Lund, Sweden
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1985
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$464,310
Singles
Career record23–50
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 66 (29 January 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1990, 1992)
French Open 2R (1987)
Wimbledon 1R (1990)
US Open 1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record41–69
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 86 (31 July 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1995)
French Open 1R (1987, 1989, 1994, 1995)
Wimbledon 1R (1995)
US Open 2R (1994)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 1R (1994, 1995)
Wimbledon 1R (1995)

Lars-Anders Wahlgren (born 24 August 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

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Career

Wahlgren was a top 100 player in both the singles and doubles.

He won his first Grand Slam match at the 1987 French Open, beating Guy Forget.

In 1989 he had his best singles performance in an ATP Tour event, reaching the final of the Australian Indoor Championships. He defeated defending champion Slobodan Živojinović en route to the final, where he lost to Ivan Lendl.

He reached the quarter-finals of Wellington's BP National Championship – Singles in 1990 and also made the third round of the Men's Singles at the Australian Open that year. [1]

Wahlgren upset 15th Marc Rosset in the opening round of the 1991 Australian Open but didn't progress any further. He won the match 9–7 in the fifth set.

The following year he equaled his effort from 1990, again reaching third round in Australia. On this occasion he beat world number 20 Brad Gilbert and 12th seed Derrick Rostagno.

Wahlgren was a quarter-finalist at the 1992 Brisbane Indoor Championships. Over the next two years, he twice finished runner-up in doubles at the Kuala Lumpur Open.

The further he got in the Men's Doubles at a Grand Slam was at the 1995 Australian Open, when he and partner Ola Kristiansson made it into the third round, defeating sixth seeds David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy along the way. [2]

Grand Prix/ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.1989 Sydney, AustraliaHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Lendl 2–6, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.1993 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Loss2.1994 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Kulti Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
0–6, 5–7

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1986 Athens, GreeceHard Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Dieter Beutel 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: (12)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1987 Martinique, French West Indies Hard Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Christensen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeremy Bates
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Fulwood
7–6, 6–3
2.1988 Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg Conny Falk
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Svensson
6–4, 6–4
3.1988 Genova, ItalyClay Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg Per Henricsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Utgren
7–5, 2–6, 6–1
4.1989 Clermont-Ferrand, FranceClay Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Svensson Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Ingaramo
Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Luza
7–5, 6–3
5.1989 Tampere, FinlandClay Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Allgårdh
Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Svantesson
7–5, 6–7, 6–3
6.1990 Hanko, FinlandClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johan Anderson Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Nydahl
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Svensson
6–3, 7–6
7.1992 Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johan Anderson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Filip Dewulf
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt
2–6, 7–6, 6–4
8.1993Bruck, Austria Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Holm Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ellis Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg Alexis Hombrecher
0–6, 6–4, 6–4
9.1993 Fürth, GermanyClay Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Holm Flag of Latvia.svg Ģirts Dzelde
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Vladimir Gabrichidze
W/O
10.1993 Scheveningen, NetherlandsClay Flag of Sweden.svg Nils Holm Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
6–1, 6–2
11.1994 Bronx, United StatesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Bailey Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pan Bing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xia Jiaping
6–3, 7–5
12.1995 Lillehammer, NorwayClay Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Ilie
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Larkham
2–6, 6–3, 6–3

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References

  1. ITF Tennis Profile
  2. ATP World Tour Profile