Bent-Ove Pedersen


Bent-Ove Pedersen is a former tennis player from Norway, who turned professional in 1992.

Biography

He spent several years playing tennis at Berkeley in California. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Christian Ruud. The pair was defeated in the first round by South Africa's eventual runners-up Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval. Pedersen reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 13 September 1993, when he became the number 366 of the world. He was in quarterfinal in US Open doubles, 1991, partnering Matt Lucena from the US. He became the number 78 on the doubles ranking 30. August 1993.

Career finals

Doubles (1 win, 1 loss)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–01992Bolzano, ItalyCarpet Anders Järryd Tom Nijssen
Cyril Suk
6–1, 6–7, 6–3
Loss1–11993Kuala Lumpur-1, MalaysiaHard Henrik Holm Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
5–7, 3–6