Full name | Thomas Larsen |
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Country (sports) | |
Born | Aarhus, Denmark | 15 July 1975
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $52,164 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–8 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 170 (21 September 1998) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 547 (12 August 1996) |
Thomas Larsen (born 15 July 1975) is a retired professional Danish tennis player.
Larsen, who was born in Aarhus, turned professional in 1995.
A right-handed player, he made his Davis Cup debut in a 1996 World Group qualifier against Spain, where he was beaten by Carlos Moya. [1]
In 1997 he appeared in the main draw of an ATP Tour tournament for the first time, as a wildcard at his home event, the Copenhagen Open.
Larsen had his best year on tour in 1998. Playing as a qualifier, he featured in the main draw of the 1998 Dutch Open and had a win over Dinu Pescariu, then fell in the second round to top seed Karol Kucera. Later in 1998 he finished runner-up in two Challenger tournaments in the space of a month, at Sopot and Brasov, after which his ranking rose to a career best 170 in the world. He took Stefan Koubek of Austria to five sets in a Davis Cup tie against Austria in Pörtschach. [2]
He received another wildcard into the Copenhagen Open in 1999 and won his only Davis Cup match that year, over Hungary's Zoltan Boroczky. [3]
In 2001 he made his final Davis Cup appearance for Denmark.
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