Lars-Anders Wahlgren (born 24 August 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Career Wahlgren was a top 100 player in both the singles and doubles.
He won his first Grand Slam match at the 1987 French Open, beating Guy Forget.
In 1989 he had his best singles performance in an ATP Tour event, reaching the final of the Australian Indoor Championships. He defeated defending champion Slobodan Živojinović en route to the final, where he lost to Ivan Lendl.
He reached the quarter-finals of Wellington's BP National Championship – Singles in 1990 and also made the third round of the Men's Singles at the Australian Open that year.ITF Tennis Profile
Wahlgren upset 15th Marc Rosset in the opening round of the 1991 Australian Open but didn't progress any further. He won the match 9–7 in the fifth set.
The following year he equaled his effort from 1990, again reaching third round in Australia. On this occasion he beat world number 20 Brad Gilbert and 12th seed Derrick Rostagno.
Wahlgren was a quarter-finalist at the 1992 Brisbane Indoor Championships. Over the next two years, he twice finished runner-up in doubles at the Kuala Lumpur Open.
The further he got in the Men's Doubles at a Grand Slam was at the 1995 Australian Open, when he and partner Ola Kristiansson made it into the third round, defeating sixth seeds David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy along the way.ATP World Tour Profile
Grand Prix/ATP career finals Singles: 1 (0–1) ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1.1989Sydney, AustraliaHard Ivan Lendl2–6, 2–6, 1–6
Doubles: 2 (0–2) ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1.1993Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHard Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis5–7, 6–4, 6–7Loss2.1994Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCarpet Nicklas Kulti Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis0–6, 5–7
Challenger titles Singles: (1) No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.1986Athens, GreeceHard Hans-Dieter Beutel6–4, 6–3
Doubles: (12) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.1987Martinique, French West IndiesHard Morten Christensen Jeremy Bates Nick Fulwood7–6, 6–32.1988Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandClay Peter Svensson Conny Falk Stefan Svensson6–4, 6–43.1988Genova, ItalyClay Peter Svensson Per Henricsson Nicklas Utgren7–5, 2–6, 6–14.1989Clermont-Ferrand, FranceClay Peter Svensson Marcelo Ingaramo Gustavo Luza7–5, 6–35.1989Tampere, FinlandClay Peter Svensson Christer Allgårdh Tobias Svantesson7–5, 6–7, 6–36.1990Hanko, FinlandClay Johan Anderson Tomas Nydahl Peter Svensson6–3, 7–67.1992Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Johan Anderson Filip Dewulf Tom Vanhoudt2–6, 7–6, 6–48.1993Bruck, AustriaClay Nils Holm Ellis Ferreira Alexis Hombrecher0–6, 6–4, 6–49.1993Fürth, GermanyClay Nils Holm Ģirts Dzelde Vladimir GabrichidzeW/O10.1993Scheveningen, NetherlandsClay Nils Holm Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis6–1, 6–211.1994Bronx, United StatesHard Chris Bailey Pan Bing Xia Jiaping6–3, 7–512.1995Lillehammer, NorwayClay Thomas Johansson Andrew Ilie Todd Larkham2–6, 6–3, 6–3
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