Per Hjertquist

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Per Hjertquist
Country (sports)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Born (1960-04-06) 6 April 1960 (age 63)
Bodafors, Sweden
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Singles
Career record59–73
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 68 (22 December 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 3R (1981)
Wimbledon 1R (1980, 1983)
US Open 1R (1981, 1982)
Doubles
Career record54–85
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 106 (25 August 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 3R (1981)
Wimbledon 1R (1986)
US Open 1R (1981, 1982, 1985)

Per Hjertquist (born 6 April 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won one singles title and one doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in 1980 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 106 in 1985. As a junior, he was ranked 2nd after Ivan Lendl, and in 1978, became the US Open boys' singles champion.

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Career finals

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 1979 Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Okker 4–6, 3–6
Win1–1Dec 1980 Sofia, BulgariaCarpet Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vadim Borisov 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Loss1–2Oct 1981 Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Flag of the United States.svg Mel Purcell 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (1 title)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 1980 Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Flag of the United States.svg Steve Krulevitz Flag of the United States.svg Eric Fromm
Flag of the United States.svg Cary Leeds
7–6, 6–3


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