Christer Allgardh

Christer Allgårdh

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Västerås, Sweden
Born	(1967-02-20) 20 February 1967 Borås, Sweden
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1983
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$231,280
Singles
Career record	14–24
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 101 (3 October 1988)
Doubles
Career record	30–39
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 91 (19 July 1993)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (1993)
Wimbledon	1R (1993)

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

Career

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, Allgardh 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

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1987	Bari, Italy	Clay	Ulf Stenlund	Roberto Azar Marcelo Ingaramo	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	1992	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Carl Limberger	Diego Pérez Francisco Roig	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	1992	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Carl Limberger	Diego Pérez Francisco Roig	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	4.	1993	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Brian Devening	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–7, 4–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1990	Pescara, Italy	Clay	German Lopez	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: (7)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
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	Joao 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 Cortes Cesar 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

References