Michael Mortensen

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Michael Mortensen (born 12 March 1961, in Glostrup, Denmark), is a former professional tennis player from Denmark.

Mortensen achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 34 in 1988 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 301 in 1984. Mortensen won five career ATP doubles titles.

Mortensen participated in 22 Davis Cup ties for Denmark from 1979 to 1990, posting an 11–13 record in doubles and a 12–14 record in singles.

Mortensen subsequently became a coach. Among players he coached was the WTA top 10 Player and Chinese No. 1 Li Na who won the 2011 French Open Women's Singles title under Mortensen.

Doubles titles (5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1984	Nice, France	Clay	Jan Gunnarsson	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–1, 7–5
Winner	2.	1984	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jan Gunnarsson	Juan Avendaño Fernando Roese	6–0, 6–0
Winner	3.	1984	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Mats Wilander	Libor Pimek Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	1984	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jan Gunnarsson	Pavel Složil Tim Wilkison	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	1985	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jan Gunnarsson	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1987	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mansour Bahrami	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	1988	Lyon, France	Carpet	Blaine Willenborg	Brad Drewett Broderick Dyke	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	1988	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Anders Järryd	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1988	Rye Brook, U.S.	Hard	Jeremy Bates	Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison	6–4, 5–7, 6–7
Winner	5.	1989	Lyon, France	Carpet	Eric Jelen	Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	1990	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	1990	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Michiel Schapers	Neil Broad Gary Muller	6–7, 4–6

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Name	Mortensen, Michael
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Short description	Danish tennis player
Date of birth	March 12, 1961
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