Magnus Larsson

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Per Henrik Magnus Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Magnus Larsson

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1970-03-25) 25 March 1970 Olofström, Sweden
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Stefan Simonsson Carl-Axel Hageskog
Prize money	US$5,839,451
Singles
Career record	310–221
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 10 (17 April 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1995)
French Open	SF (1994)
Wimbledon	4R (1998)
US Open	QF (1993, 1997, 1998)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	W (1994)
Olympic Games	3R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	69–66
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 26 (9 January 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1990, 1995, 1996)
French Open	F (1995)
Wimbledon	2R (1994, 1996)
US Open	SF (1994)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1994, 1997)
Last updated on: 16 December 2021.

Playing career

Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title was also won in Florence, in 1991.

Some of the most significant highlights of Larsson's career came in 1994. He won that year's Grand Slam Cup, defeating World No. 1 Pete Sampras in the final in four sets 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4. Larsson also reached the semi-finals of the 1994 French Open, and was part of the Swedish team which won the 1994 Davis Cup. He won singles rubbers in the Davis Cup final in Moscow in December against both Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Alexander Volkov, as Sweden defeated Russia, 4–1.

In 1995, Larsson reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 and his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 26. He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the French Open that year (partnering Nicklas Kulti). He was also part of the Swedish team which won the World Team Cup.

Larsson played in the final of the Davis Cup again in 1997. And again he won both his singles rubbers – against Pete Sampras and Michael Chang – and was on the winning team as Sweden thrashed the United States 5–0.

Larsson won a total of seven singles and six doubles titles during his career. His last doubles title was won in 1998 in Båstad. His final singles title came in 2000 at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis. He retired from the professional tour in 2003. He has since played in the senior Outback Champions Series, winning the Stanford Championships in 2006.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1988	French Open	Clay	Nicolás Pereira	6–7, 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (1–1) ATP World Series (7–7)

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–2) Carpet (3–1)

Finals by setting Outdoors (2–5) Indoors (5–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 1990	Florence, Italy	World Series	Clay	Lawson Duncan	6–7, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Jul 1990	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Richard Fromberg	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–1	Mar 1992	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Anders Järryd	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3–1	May 1992	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Petr Korda	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win	4–1	Mar 1994	Zaragoza, Spain	World Series	Carpet	Lars Rehmann	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Jun 1994	Halle, Germany	World Series	Grass	Michael Stich	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	5–2	Oct 1994	Toulouse, France	World Series	Hard	Jared Palmer	6–1, 6–3
Loss	5–3	Nov 1994	Antwerp, Belgium	World Series	Carpet	Pete Sampras	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	6–3	Dec 1994	Munich, Germany	Grand Slam Cup	Carpet	Pete Sampras	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	6–4	Jan 1995	Doha, Qatar	World Series	Hard	Stefan Edberg	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss	6–5	Apr 1995	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	2–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	6–6	Oct 1996	Toulouse, France	World Series	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	6–7	Jun 1998	Halle, Germany	International Series	Grass	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–7	Feb 2000	Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Byron Black	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	7–8	Mar 2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	International Series	Hard	Andreas Vinciguerra	3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (1–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (5–1)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (4–2) Indoors (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 1991	Florence, Italy	World Series	Clay	Ola Jonsson	Juan Carlos Báguena Carlos Costa	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	2–0	Mar 1992	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–0	Apr 1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	4–0	Jan 1995	Doha, Qatar	World Series	Hard	Stefan Edberg	Andrei Olhovskiy Jan Siemerink	7–6, 6–2
Loss	4–1	Jun 1995	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	5–1	Feb 1997	Marseille, France	World Series	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–2	May 1997	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	0–6, 3–6
Win	6–2	Jul 1998	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Lan Bale Piet Norval	6–4, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–3) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1989	Pescara, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Massimo Cierro	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1989	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Bruce Derlin	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Sep 1989	Messina, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Marc Rosset	1–6, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 1990	Parioli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Fernando Luna	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	2–3	May 1990	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Diego Nargiso	7–5, 6–7, 7–6
Win	3–3	May 1992	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Tillström	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–3	Jan 2000	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Stephane Huet	6–3, 7–6(7–1)

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–3) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1989	Pescara, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Fredrik Nilsson David Engel	2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	1–1	Sep 1989	Messina, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Joakim Nyström	Massimo Cierro Alessandro de Minicis	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–1	Nov 1989	Copenhagen, Denmark	Challenger	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	Alex Antonitsch Ronnie Båthman	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Nov 1991	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jan Gunnarsson	Mark Keil Byron Talbot	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–2	May 1992	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–2	Apr 1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Challenger	Clay	Henrik Holm	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	7–6, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Jan 2000	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Fredrik Lovén	Jan Siemerink John Van Lottum	5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win	5–3	Feb 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Aleksandar Kitinov	Todd Perry Jim Thomas	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(12–10)

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	4R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 11	8–11	42%
French Open	A	A	3R	3R	3R	SF	4R	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	3R	Q2	A	0 / 10	19–10	66%
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	4R	1R	A	3R	1R	A	0 / 10	10–10	50%
US Open	A	A	3R	2R	QF	1R	A	1R	QF	QF	3R	A	1R	Q3	A	0 / 9	17–9	65%
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	5–4	5–4	8–4	5–4	6–2	3–4	7–3	7–4	3–3	0–0	4–3	0–1	0–1	0 / 40	54–40	57%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			3R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			0 / 1	2–1	67%
Year-end Championships
Grand Slam Cup	NH	Did not qualify			1R	W	Did not qualify					Not Held				1 / 2	4–1	80%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–4	56%
Miami	A	A	A	A	2R	A	SF	2R	4R	2R	A	1R	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 6	7–6	54%
Monte Carlo	A	A	3R	3R	3R	1R	2R	1R	QF	A	A	1R	A	Q2	A	0 / 8	9–8	53%
Hamburg	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	A	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Rome	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	2R	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 4	6–4	60%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Paris	A	A	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	2R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 6	6–6	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	3–3	3–3	3–5	3–3	8–4	5–6	13–8	4–3	2–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 40	44–40	52%

Doubles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
French Open	A	1R	A	A	2R	F	1R	A	0 / 4	6–4	60%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
US Open	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	0 / 1	4–1	80%
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	6–3	5–2	1–3	0–0	0 / 10	12–10	55%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	W	2R	A	Q2	1 / 2	5–1	83%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	8–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	1 / 7	10–6	63%

External links

• Magnus Larsson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Magnus Larsson at the International Tennis Federation
• Magnus Larsson at the Davis Cup
• Magnus Larsson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)