Kenneth Carlsen

Kenneth Carlsen was a Danish tennis player who played professionally from 1992 to 2007. Carlsen achieved a career-best singles ranking of 41 in the world in June 1993. Regarded as Denmark’s best tennis player, Carlsen was named the Danish Tennis Player of the Year seven times.

Carlsen played in at least one Grand Slam tournament each year from 1993 to 2006, apart from 2000 when he underwent surgery for a shoulder injury. Carlsen’s best performance was when he reached the fourth round of the 1993 Australian Open. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics he competed in both the singles and doubles tournaments.

A year after his retirement, Carlsen was named the captain of Denmark’s Davis Cup team.