Michael Tauson

{{short description|Danish tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Michael Tauson

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| country = {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|06|25}}

| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

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| height = {{height|m=1.93}}

| turnedpro =

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney = $135,455

| singlesrecord = 27–26

| singlestitles = 0
2 Challenger

| highestsinglesranking = No. 101 (3 Mar 1990)

| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1990)

| FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1989)

| Wimbledonresult =

| USOpenresult =

| Othertournaments = Yes

| Olympicsresult = 1R (1988)

| doublesrecord = 9–10

| doublestitles = 0
1 Challenger

| highestdoublesranking = No. 118 (4 May 1987)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult =

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1987)

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| OthertournamentsDoubles = yes

| OlympicsDoublesresult = QF (1988)

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Michael Tauson (born 25 June 1966 in Copenhagen) is a former tennis player from Denmark, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by the number five seed from the United States, Brad Gilbert. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 5 March 1990, when he became the number 101 of the world.{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/michael-tauson/t010/overview|title=Michael Tauson {{!}} Rankings History {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis|website=ATP Tour|access-date=2020-04-14}} Nowadays Michael Tauson is working, among other things, as tennis commentator for the Danish television channels TV2 and TV2 Sport.

Personal life

His niece Clara Tauson is also a professional tennis player.{{Cite web|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/tennis/dansk-tennis-komet-har-slaaet-wozniacki-rekord-hun-spiller-som-en-dreng/6893771|title=Dansk tennis-komet har slået Wozniacki-rekord: 'Hun spiller som en dreng'|date=November 2017}}

Challenger titles

=Singles: (2)=

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1.

|Feb 1989

|Telford, Great Britain

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Nyborg

|6–4, 6–3

2.

|Feb 1989

|Croydon, Great Britain

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Bailey

|6–4, 7–6

=Doubles: (1)=

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1.

| Jul 1988

|Hanko, Finland

|Clay

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Morten Christensen

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Joakim Berner
{{flagicon|SWE}} Tomas Nydahl

|6–2, 6–1

See also

References

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