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Kent Carlsson

SWE Age 58 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1983–1989

Kent Carlsson represented Sweden on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 6. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 155–57 and 9 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

6 (Sep 19, 1988)

Elo peak

2107 (96th percentile)

Singles record

155–57 (73.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$998,956

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Kent Carlsson's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Christian Saceanu #135	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 3, 1989*	R32	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP 250	Clay
Diego Perez #124	7-5 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 2, 1989*	R64	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP 250	Clay
Paul Haarhuis #150	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 27, 1989*	R32	Dutch Open	ATP 250	Clay
Mark Koevermans #101	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 17, 1989*	R64	Italian Open	ATP 500	Clay
Goran Ivanisevic #71	5-7 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 11, 1989*	R32	Hamburg Open	ATP 250	Clay

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Kent Carlsson's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Emilio Sanchez	6	2	8	Aug 7, 1988	H2H
Andres Gomez	1	5	6	Jul 15, 1988	H2H
Ricki Osterthun	5	1	6	May 14, 1988	H2H
Miloslav Mecir	1	4	5	Feb 21, 1987	H2H
Diego Perez	3	1	4	Aug 2, 1989	H2H

Singles Titles (9)

Kent Carlsson singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1986	18	2	—	—	—	2	—	Barcelona Open, Bari
1987	19	2	—	—	—	2	—	Bologna, Nice
1988	20	5	—	—	—	5	—	Barcelona Open, Hamburg Open, Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Madrid, St. Vincent
Total		9	—	—	—	9	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Kent Carlsson career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1983	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1984	16	7	8	15	46.7%	793	138
1985	17	17	12	29	58.6%	139	50
1986	18	43	13	56	76.8%	50	13
1987	19	35	9	44	79.6%	13	12
1988	20	48	8	56	85.7%	12	6
1989	21	5	6	11	45.5%	6	309
Career		155	57	212	73.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kent Carlsson career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1983	15	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1984	16	—	—	—	—	7	8	15	46.7%	—	—	—	—	7	8	15	46.7%
1985	17	0	2	2	0.0%	17	10	27	63.0%	—	—	—	—	17	12	29	58.6%
1986	18	5	3	8	62.5%	38	10	48	79.2%	—	—	—	—	43	13	56	76.8%
1987	19	2	1	3	66.7%	33	8	41	80.5%	—	—	—	—	35	9	44	79.5%
1988	20	—	—	—	—	48	8	56	85.7%	—	—	—	—	48	8	56	85.7%
1989	21	—	—	—	—	5	6	11	45.5%	—	—	—	—	5	6	11	45.5%
Career	—	7	6	13	53.8%	148	51	199	74.4%	—	—	—	—	155	57	212	73.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kent Carlsson career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1983	15	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1984	16	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
1985	17	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	9	4	13	69.2%	16	12	28	57.1%
1986	18	1	4	5	20.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	18	3	21	85.7%	15	2	17	88.2%	38	13	51	74.5%
1987	19	1	5	6	16.7%	6	2	8	75.0%	15	1	16	93.8%	11	1	12	91.7%	33	9	42	78.6%
1988	20	1	2	3	33.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	17	3	20	85.0%	17	0	17	100.0%	42	8	50	84.0%
1989	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
Career		3	15	18	16.7%	19	15	34	55.9%	57	14	71	80.3%	59	12	71	83.1%	138	56	194	71.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 194/212 (91.5%) of Kent Carlsson's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kent Carlsson advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1983	15	1496	106.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	-0.15
1984	16	1584	137.8	—	—	—	—	—	+31	—	51.3%	+0.36	1–4 (20%)	1–2 (33%)	98.3	+0.34
1985	17	1673	137.3	—	—	—	—	—	+52	—	56.7%	+0.84	3–2 (60%)	2–5 (29%)	98.6	+1.52
1986	18	1906	160.4	—	—	—	—	-310	+91	—	73.1%	+1.93	6–5 (55%)	4–5 (44%)	101.2	+1.31
1987	19	1995	165.0	—	—	—	—	-367	+78	—	77.8%	+2.20	9–3 (75%)	6–4 (60%)	103.8	-0.64
1988	20	2087	164.2	—	—	—	—	—	+87	—	82.2%	+2.57	7–3 (70%)	5–1 (83%)	103.3	+0.02
1989	21	1924	110.7	—	—	—	—	—	+77	—	44.4%	-0.37	3–2 (60%)	1–0	—	+0.36
Career		2107	161.5	—	—	—	—	-326	+77	—	70.6%	+1.73	29–20 (59%)	19–17 (53%)	101.6	+1.32

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kent Carlsson Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	USO	W-L Win %
1984	16	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1985	17	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1986	18	R32	R128	2–2 (50%)
1987	19	R16	—	3–1 (75%)
1988	20	R16	—	3–1 (75%)
W-L		11–5 (69%)	0–1 (0%)	11–6 (65%)

ATP 500

Kent Carlsson ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	IW	ITA	W-L Win %
1984	16	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1985	17	—	—	R16	2–1 (67%)
1986	18	QF	—	R16	5–2 (71%)
1987	19	—	R16	QF	5–2 (71%)
1988	20	—	—	SF	4–1 (80%)
1989	21	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	12–6 (67%)	17–8 (68%)

ATP 250

Kent Carlsson ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	FLR	GEN	GST	HAM	AUS	MAD	MC	MUN	U.S	STO	STU	WAS	ATH	BAR	BOL	BOR	COL	DUT	NIC	PAL	ST.	U.S	W-L Win %
1983	15	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	16	R32	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1985	17	SF	QF	—	R16	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	F	—	R32	—	—	14–10 (58%)
1986	18	—	W	—	—	—	SF	—	F	R32	QF	—	QF	—	QF	—	W	SF	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	36–9 (80%)
1987	19	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	QF	F	27–6 (82%)
1988	20	—	W	—	F	—	W	W	W	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	F	W	—	41–6 (87%)
1989	21	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	15–2 (88%)	1–1 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	12–3 (80%)	10–2 (83%)	9–1 (90%)	4–3 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	5–1 (83%)	11–2 (85%)	6–2 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	6–3 (67%)	5–1 (83%)	4–3 (57%)	7–1 (88%)	7–2 (78%)	127–43 (75%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 19, 1988

First Top 100

Jul 29, 1985

First Top 50

Sep 30, 1985

First Top 20

Sep 22, 1986

First Top 10

Jun 15, 1987

Ranking History Matrix

Kent Carlsson ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	16	793	—	—	—	—	235	203	160	143	133	133	138
1985	17	136	136	140	139	136	148	81	70	48	49	51	50
1986	18	50	51	50	39	31	24	23	21	14	14	14	13
1987	19	14	16	14	13	11	10	8	10	11	10	12	12
1988	20	12	12	13	14	9	12	16	12	6	6	6	6
1989	21	6	7	7	6	12	16	13	37	148	316	323	309
1990	22	300	305	309	604	624	631	625	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Kent Carlsson's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Eliot Teltscher	USA	#6	2,093	599	392	207	65.4%	$1,653,997	10	0	1976–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Henrik Sundstrom	SWE	#6	1,993	249	143	106	57.4%	$819,393	5	0	1981–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Aaron Krickstein	USA	#6	2,043	633	381	252	60.2%	$3,709,772	9	0	1983–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Joakim Nystrom	SWE	#7	2,121	393	257	136	65.4%	$2,067,447	13	0	1980–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Tim Mayotte	USA	#7	2,049	533	338	195	63.4%	$2,663,672	12	0	1979–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Anders Jarryd	SWE	#5	2,061	625	373	252	59.7%	$5,371,067	8	0	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Johan Kriek	USA	#7	2,053	603	380	223	63.0%	$2,383,794	14	2	1977–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Miloslav Mecir	SVK	#4	2,180	346	238	108	68.8%	$2,632,538	11	0	1983–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Henri Leconte	FRA	#5	2,064	590	346	244	58.6%	$3,917,596	9	0	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Kevin Curren	USA	#5	2,088	577	339	238	58.8%	$3,054,423	5	0	1978–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Jose Higueras	ESP	#6	2,101	644	424	220	65.8%	$1,406,355	16	0	1968–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Jay Berger	USA	#7	1,947	221	141	80	63.8%	$992,136	3	0	1985–1991	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kent Carlsson?: Kent Carlsson is 58 years old, born on January 3, 1968.
Which country does Kent Carlsson represent?: Kent Carlsson represents Sweden in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Kent Carlsson?: Kent Carlsson is 180 cm / 5'11".
Does Kent Carlsson use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Kent Carlsson uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Kent Carlsson left-handed or right-handed?: Kent Carlsson plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Kent Carlsson won?: Kent Carlsson has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Kent Carlsson won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kent Carlsson's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Kent Carlsson won?: Kent Carlsson has won 9 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was St. Vincent in 1988.
What is Kent Carlsson's highest ATP ranking?: Kent Carlsson's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 6, first achieved on September 19, 1988.
What is Kent Carlsson's career win-loss record?: Kent Carlsson has a career ATP singles record of 155 wins and 57 losses (73.1%).
How much career prize money has Kent Carlsson earned?: Kent Carlsson has earned at least $998,956 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kent Carlsson's career appear in TennisDB?: Kent Carlsson appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1983 through 1989.
On which surface does Kent Carlsson have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kent Carlsson's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 74.4% (148–51).
Who has Kent Carlsson faced most often?: Kent Carlsson's most frequent opponent is Emilio Sanchez, with a head-to-head record of 6–2 across 8 meetings.