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

Lars-Anders Wahlgren
Country (sports)Sweden Sweden
ResidenceAngelholm, Sweden
Born (1966-08-24) 24 August 1966 (age 58)
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)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1994, 1995)
Wimbledon1R (1995)

Career

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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

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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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)

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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

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Singles: (1)

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

Doubles: (12)

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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

References

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