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Mar 25, 1970 Olofström Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden 54 years old
Swedish tennis player
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About Magnus Larsson
- Per Henrik Magnus Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence 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 Grand Slam Cup, 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 1994 French Open, and was part of the Swedish team which won the 1994 Davis Cup.
- He won singles rubbers in the Davis Cup final against both Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Alexander Volkov, as Sweden beat Russia 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 Nicklas Kulti).
- He was also part of the Swedish team which won the World Team Cup. Larsson played in the final of the Davis Cup again in 1997.
- And again he won both his singles rubbers – against Pete Sampras and Michael Chang – and was on the winning team as Sweden thrashed the United States 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 Memphis.
- He retired from the professional tour in 2003.
- He has since played in the senior Outback Champions Series, winning the Stanford Championships in 2006.
