Lars-Anders Wahlgren

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

Lars-Anders Wahlgren
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceAngelholm, Sweden
Born (1966-08-24) 24 August 1966
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 Open3R (1990, 1992)
French Open2R (1987)
Wimbledon1R (1990)
US Open1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record41–69
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 86 (31 July 1995)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (1995)
French Open1R (1987, 1989, 1994, 1995)
Wimbledon1R (1995)
US Open2R (1994)

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)
Result No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 1989 Sydney, Australia Hard Ivan Lendl 2–6, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (0–2)
Result No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis		 5–7, 6–4, 6–7
Loss 2. 1994 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Carpet Nicklas Kulti Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis		 0–6, 5–7

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)
No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1986 Athens, Greece Hard Hans-Dieter Beutel 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: (12)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1987 Martinique, French West Indies Hard Morten Christensen Jeremy Bates
Nick Fulwood		 7–6, 6–3
2. 1988 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Clay Peter Svensson Conny Falk
Stefan Svensson		 6–4, 6–4
3. 1988 Genova, Italy Clay Peter Svensson Per Henricsson
Nicklas Utgren		 7–5, 2–6, 6–1
4. 1989 Clermont-Ferrand, France Clay Peter Svensson Marcelo Ingaramo
Gustavo Luza		 7–5, 6–3
5. 1989 Tampere, Finland Clay Peter Svensson Christer Allgårdh
Tobias Svantesson		 7–5, 6–7, 6–3
6. 1990 Hanko, Finland Clay Johan Anderson Tomas Nydahl
Peter Svensson		 6–3, 7–6
7. 1992 Oberstaufen, Germany Clay Johan Anderson Filip Dewulf
Tom Vanhoudt		 2–6, 7–6, 6–4
8. 1993 Bruck, Austria Clay Nils Holm Ellis Ferreira
Alexis Hombrecher		 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
9. 1993 Fürth, Germany Clay Nils Holm Ģirts Dzelde
Vladimir Gabrichidze		 W/O
10. 1993 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Nils Holm Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis		 6–1, 6–2
11. 1994 Bronx, United States Hard Chris Bailey Pan Bing
Xia Jiaping		 6–3, 7–5
12. 1995 Lillehammer, Norway Clay Thomas Johansson Andrew Ilie
Todd Larkham		 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
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References
  1. ITF Tennis Profile
  2. ATP World Tour Profile


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