13 Facts About Kenneth Carlsen

Kenneth Carlsen was born on 17 April 1973 and is a Danish former professional tennis player, who was active between 1992 and 2007.

For most of his long career, Carlsen was Denmark's best tennis player, and consistently among the few Danish players playing at the highest international level.

Kenneth Carlsen was awarded as best Danish "Tennis Player of the Year" seven times by the Danish Tennis Federation.

Two times the award went to the Danish Davis Cup team, of which Kenneth Carlsen until 2003 was a central part.

Kenneth Carlsen began playing tennis at age nine, and in his teens became one of the best juniors in the world.

Kenneth Carlsen finished as No 3 in the world in 1991.

Kenneth Carlsen turned full-time professional in 1992, and his breakthrough as senior in a major tournament came at the Copenhagen Open where he beat top-20 player Alexander Volkov in the first round.

In 1999, Kenneth Carlsen reached the final in Newport, but lost to Chris Woodruff.

Kenneth Carlsen's recovery was relatively slow, and he could not return to professional tennis until June 2001.

Kenneth Carlsen's resurgence saw him in June 2005 become world No 50.

Kenneth Carlsen rarely played doubles, but reached three ATP doubles finals in his career: Copenhagen with Frederik Fetterlein in 1997, Tashkent, Uzbekistan with Sjeng Schalken in 1998, and Beijing with Michael Berrer in 2006.

Kenneth Carlsen played a total of 46 Grand Slam events during his career, and used to hold the record for most first-round exits for a long time: 30.

In November 2008, Kenneth Carlsen was appointed captain of the Denmark Davis Cup team.