Lars-Anders Wahlgren
Swedish tennis player
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| Intro | Swedish tennis player | |
| Places | Sweden | |
| is | Athlete Tennis player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 24 August 1966, Lund | |
| Age | 58 years |
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Biography
Lars-Anders Wahlgren (born 24 August 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
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.
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.
Grand Prix/ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 1989 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Ivan Lendl | 2–6, 2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 1993 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard | Jonas Björkman | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 5–7, 6–4, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 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 in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1986 | Athens, Greece | Hard | Hans-Dieter Beutel | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: (12)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Allgardh 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 |