Per Henrik Magnus Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Magnus Larsson
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1970-03-25) 25 March 1970 (age 54)
Olofström, Sweden
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachStefan Simonsson
Carl-Axel Hageskog
Prize moneyUS$5,839,451
Singles
Career record310–221
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 10 (17 April 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1995)
French OpenSF (1994)
Wimbledon4R (1998)
US OpenQF (1993, 1997, 1998)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam CupW (1994)
Olympic Games3R (1992)
Doubles
Career record69–66
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 26 (9 January 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1990, 1995, 1996)
French OpenF (1995)
Wimbledon2R (1994, 1996)
US OpenSF (1994)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1994, 1997)
Last updated on: 16 December 2021.

Playing career

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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 in Moscow in December against both Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Alexander Volkov, as Sweden defeated 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.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1988 French Open Clay   Nicolás Pereira 6–7, 3–6

ATP career finals

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

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–1)
ATP World Series (7–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (3–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–5)
Indoors (5–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1990 Florence, Italy World Series Clay   Lawson Duncan 6–7, 7–5, 6–0
Loss 1–1 Jul 1990 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Richard Fromberg 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2–1 Mar 1992 Copenhagen, Denmark World Series Carpet   Anders Järryd 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–1 May 1992 Munich, Germany World Series Clay   Petr Korda 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win 4–1 Mar 1994 Zaragoza, Spain World Series Carpet   Lars Rehmann 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Jun 1994 Halle, Germany World Series Grass   Michael Stich 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 5–2 Oct 1994 Toulouse, France World Series Hard   Jared Palmer 6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–3 Nov 1994 Antwerp, Belgium World Series Carpet   Pete Sampras 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 6–3 Dec 1994 Munich, Germany Grand Slam Cup Carpet   Pete Sampras 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 6–4 Jan 1995 Doha, Qatar World Series Hard   Stefan Edberg 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss 6–5 Apr 1995 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay   Thomas Muster 2–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 6–6 Oct 1996 Toulouse, France World Series Hard   Mark Philippoussis 1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 6–7 Jun 1998 Halle, Germany International Series Grass   Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4–6, 4–6
Win 7–7 Feb 2000 Memphis, United States Championship Series Hard   Byron Black 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 7–8 Mar 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark International Series Hard   Andreas Vinciguerra 3–6, 6–7(5–7)

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

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–2)
Indoors (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1991 Florence, Italy World Series Clay   Ola Jonsson   Juan Carlos Báguena
  Carlos Costa
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 2–0 Mar 1992 Copenhagen, Denmark World Series Carpet   Nicklas Kulti   Hendrik Jan Davids
  Libor Pimek
6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 Apr 1994 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Daniel Vacek
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win 4–0 Jan 1995 Doha, Qatar World Series Hard   Stefan Edberg   Andrei Olhovskiy
  Jan Siemerink
7–6, 6–2
Loss 4–1 Jun 1995 Paris, France Grand Slam Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win 5–1 Feb 1997 Marseille, France World Series Hard   Thomas Enqvist   Olivier Delaître
  Fabrice Santoro
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–2 May 1997 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Magnus Gustafsson   Nicklas Kulti
  Mikael Tillström
0–6, 3–6
Win 6–2 Jul 1998 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Magnus Gustafsson   Lan Bale
  Piet Norval
6–4, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (4–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1989 Pescara, Italy Challenger Clay   Massimo Cierro 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 1989 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay   Bruce Derlin 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Sep 1989 Messina, Italy Challenger Clay   Marc Rosset 1–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 1990 Parioli, Italy Challenger Clay   Fernando Luna 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 2–3 May 1990 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Diego Nargiso 7–5, 6–7, 7–6
Win 3–3 May 1992 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Mikael Tillström 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–3 Jan 2000 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Stephane Huet 6–3, 7–6(7–1)

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1989 Pescara, Italy Challenger Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Fredrik Nilsson
  David Engel
2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win 1–1 Sep 1989 Messina, Italy Challenger Clay   Joakim Nyström   Massimo Cierro
  Alessandro de Minicis
6–1, 6–1
Win 2–1 Nov 1989 Copenhagen, Denmark Challenger Carpet   Nicklas Kulti   Alex Antonitsch
  Ronnie Båthman
6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Nov 1991 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet   Jan Gunnarsson   Mark Keil
  Byron Talbot
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 3–2 May 1992 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Mikael Tillström   Cristian Brandi
  Federico Mordegan
6–3, 6–2
Win 4–2 Apr 1994 Monte Carlo, Monaco Challenger Clay   Henrik Holm   Cristian Brandi
  Federico Mordegan
7–6, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Jan 2000 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Fredrik Lovén   Jan Siemerink
  John Van Lottum
5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win 5–3 Feb 2003 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Aleksandar Kitinov   Todd Perry
  Jim Thomas
4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(12–10)

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 4R 3R 2R 1R A A A A 1R 0 / 11 8–11 42%
French Open A A 3R 3R 3R SF 4R 1R 3R 1R 2R A 3R Q2 A 0 / 10 19–10 66%
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R A 2R A 4R 1R A 3R 1R A 0 / 10 10–10 50%
US Open A A 3R 2R QF 1R A 1R QF QF 3R A 1R Q3 A 0 / 9 17–9 65%
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 5–4 5–4 8–4 5–4 6–2 3–4 7–3 7–4 3–3 0–0 4–3 0–1 0–1 0 / 40 54–40 57%
National Representation
Summer Olympics Not Held 3R Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Year-end Championships
Grand Slam Cup NH Did not qualify 1R W Did not qualify Not Held 1 / 2 4–1 80%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A QF 1R 3R 1R A A A A A 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Miami A A A A 2R A SF 2R 4R 2R A 1R A Q1 Q1 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Monte Carlo A A 3R 3R 3R 1R 2R 1R QF A A 1R A Q2 A 0 / 8 9–8 53%
Hamburg A A 2R A 1R 2R A QF 1R A A A A Q2 A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Rome A A 1R 1R 1R A A A 3R A A A A Q1 A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Canada A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A 2R 1R SF 2R A Q2 A A 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Stuttgart A A A A A A A A QF A 2R A A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Paris A A A 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R A A A Q1 A A 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 3–3 3–3 3–5 3–3 8–4 5–6 13–8 4–3 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 40 44–40 52%

Doubles

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Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open A 1R A A 2R F 1R A 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Wimbledon A A A A 2R A 2R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open A A A A SF A A A 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 6–3 5–2 1–3 0–0 0 / 10 12–10 55%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami A A A A A 2R 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Monte Carlo A A A A W 2R A Q2 1 / 2 5–1 83%
Hamburg A A A A QF A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Stuttgart A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris A A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 8–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1 / 7 10–6 63%
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