Per Henrik ''Magnus'' Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional

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player from Sweden.

Playing career

Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at

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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

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, 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

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, 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

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and Alexander Volkov, as Sweden defeated

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, 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

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). He was also part of the Swedish team which won the

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. Larsson played in the final of the Davis Cup again in 1997. And again he won both his singles rubbers – against Pete Sampras and

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– and was on the winning team as Sweden thrashed the

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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

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. He retired from the professional tour in 2003. He has since played in the senior

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, winning the Stanford Championships in 2006.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

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

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larsson, Magnus People from Olofström Municipality Swedish male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Sweden Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Blekinge County 20th-century Swedish people