Bent-Ove Pedersen (born 11 July 1967, in

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) is a former

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from

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, who turned professional in 1992.

Biography

He spent several years playing tennis at Berkeley in California. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the

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, where he partnered

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. The pair was defeated in the first round by

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's eventual runners-up Wayne Ferreira and

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. Pedersen reached his highest singles

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-ranking on 13 September 1993, when he became the number 366 of the world. He was in quarterfinal in US Open doubles, 1991, partnering

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from the US. He became the number 78 on the doubles ranking 30. August 1993.

Career finals

Doubles (1 win, 1 loss)

References

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* * 1967 births Living people Norwegian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Norway California Golden Bears men's tennis players Sportspeople from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-tennis-bio-stub