Christer Allgårdh (born 20 February 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Christer Allgårdh
Country (sports)Sweden Sweden
ResidenceVästerås, Sweden
Born (1967-02-20) 20 February 1967 (age 57)
Borås, Sweden
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1983
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$231,280
Singles
Career record14–24
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 101 (3 October 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ3 (1993)
Doubles
Career record30–39
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 91 (19 July 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1993)
Wimbledon1R (1993)

Career edit

Allgårdh won the doubles event at the 1982 Junior Orange Bowl, with Bruno Orešar of Yugoslavia. Back home in Sweden he was a national junior champion in 1979, 1981 and 1985.[1]

On the ATP Tour, Allgårdh was most prominent as a doubles player and won a tournament in his first ever Grand Prix appearance, at Bari in 1987. He won his second title in 1992, teaming up with Carl Limberger in the Guarujá Open. The Swede was also a finalist in two other events, but was unable to add any more titles.

As a singles player he had his best result in the 1988 Athens Open, where he reached the semi-finals.

He took part in the main draw of two Grand Slams during his career, both in 1993 and in doubles. At the French Open that year, Allgårdh played beside Sander Groen and they lost in the opening round. Although he also failed to get past the first round in the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, this time partnering Maurice Ruah, the pair were able to push third seeds Patrick McEnroe and Jonathan Stark to five sets, eventually losing 8–10 in the decider.[2]

Grand Prix/ATP career finals edit

Doubles: 4 (2–2) edit

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 1987 Bari, Italy Clay   Ulf Stenlund   Roberto Azar
  Marcelo Ingaramo
6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 1992 Guarujá, Brazil Hard   Carl Limberger   Diego Pérez
  Francisco Roig
6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–1 1992 São Paulo, Brazil Hard   Carl Limberger   Diego Pérez
  Francisco Roig
2–6, 6–7
Loss 2–2 1993 Santiago, Chile Clay   Brian Devening   Mike Bauer
  David Rikl
6–7, 4–6

Challenger titles edit

Singles: (1) edit

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1990 Pescara, Italy Clay   Germán López 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: (7) edit

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1986 Bergen, Norway Clay   Gilad Bloom   Stephan Medem
  Harald Rittersbacher
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2. 1988 Marrakech, Morocco Clay   Conny Falk   Lawson Duncan
  Hans Schwaier
6–3, 6–2
3. 1988 San Marino, San Marino Clay   Josef Čihák   João Cunha-Silva
  Jörgen Windahl
6–4, 6–2
4. 1992 Santiago, Chile Clay   Jacco Van Duyn   Luis Lobo
  Martin Stringari
4–6, 7–6, 7–5
5. 1992 Sevilla, Spain Clay   Tomas Nydahl   Sergio Cortés
  César Kist
6–3, 6–2
6. 1992 Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Clay   Maurice Ruah   Lan Bale
  Brendan Curry
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
7. 1993 Eisenach, Germany Clay   Dimitri Poliakov   Vladimir Gabrichidze
  Andrei Merinov
6–7, 6–4, 6–4

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