Lars Hugo Elvstrøm (born 18 August 1949) is a former
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 tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from Denmark.
Career
Elvstrøm was a regular member of the
Danish Davis Cup team for 1973 to 1980 and played a total of 29 matches in 9 ties for his country.
His best result on the
ATP Tour was winning the singles title at the
Copenhagen Open
The Copenhagen Open was a men's tennis tournament on the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit and ATP Tour held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first held in February 1973 as part of the WCT tour and featured renowned players such as Ken Rosewal ...
, in 1976, beating
Jean-François Caujolle
Jean-François Caujolle (born 3 March 1952, in Marseille, France) is a left-handed former professional tennis player from France. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 59 in singles on 31 September 1977.
Caujolle retired from tennis in 1981 an ...
in the final.
ATP Career Finals
Singles: 1 (1 win)
See also
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List of Denmark Davis Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1949 births
Living people
Danish male tennis players
Sportspeople from Copenhagen
20th-century Danish people