Roger Pettersson (born 5 April 1972) is a former Swedish tennis player.

Biography

Pettersson, in partnership with fellow Swede

Mårten Renström Mårten Renström (born 3 February 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Renström, with partner Roger Pettersson, was the boys' doubles champion at the 1990 Australian Open. He was also a boys' doubles winner at the ...

, won the Boys' Doubles title at the

1990 Australian Open The 1990 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 78th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1990. Seniors Men's ...

. His only appearance in the main draw of an ATP event was at the

1990 Swedish Open The 1990 Swedish Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden. It was part of the World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour and of the Tier V category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 43rd ed ...

, where he and partner Douglas Geiwald lost in the first round of the doubles to their compatriots,

Rikard Bergh Rikard Bergh (born 14 June 1966) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a ten ...

and

Ronnie Båthman Ronnie Båthman (born 24 April 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles and finished as a runner-up four times. He achiev ...

. Pettersson attended college in the United States and played collegiate tennis with the UNLV Rebels and earned All-American honours in 1994 in singles and in 1996, for both singles and doubles. He graduated in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in hotel administration after which the retired from competitive tennis. Pettersson was inducted into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.

Junior Grand Slam titles

Doubles: 1

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pettersson, Roger 1972 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Sportspeople from Henderson, Nevada 20th-century Swedish people