Mikael Torpegaard


Mikael Torpegaard is a Danish professional tennis player, who as of January 2019 is the highest ranked male tennis player from Denmark. Mikael Torpegaard is a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team.

Professional career

Torpegaard won his first career ATP Challenger $75,000 title at the 2016 Columbus Challenger, which is played at Ohio State, where Mikael went to college and became a five time All-American and a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year, an achievement that brings him up between the most successful tennis players in Ohio State history. On September 22, 2015, Torpegaard, representing host Denmark for the third time in Davis Cup play, played and hung even with Rafael Nadal for much of the match, eventually losing 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to the former Number 1 player.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1USA F20, PittsburghFuturesClay Emilio Gómez4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Finland F1, KaarinaFuturesClay Casper Ruud3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win1–2Finland F3, HelsinkiFuturesClay Peter Goldsteiner6–0, 7–5
Win2–22016 Columbus Challenger 1 – Singles|Columbus, USAChallengerHard Benjamin Becker6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Win3–2USA F20, RochesterFuturesClay Samuel Monette6–2, 6–4
Loss3–32019 Columbus Challenger – Singles|Columbus, USAChallengerHard Jeffrey John Wolf7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss3–42019 Cleveland Challenger – Singles|Cleveland, USAChallengerHard Maxime Cressy7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win4–42019 Columbus Challenger II – Singles|Columbus, USAChallengerHard Nam Ji-sung6–1, 7–5
Win5–42020 Cleveland Challenger – Singles|Cleveland, USAChallengerHard Yosuke Watanuki6–3, 1–6, 6–1

Doubles: 7 (6–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Finland F1, VierumäkiFuturesClay Herkko Pöllänen Bobbie De Goeijen
Tallon Griekspoor		4–6, 6–7
Win1–1Finland F2, HyvinkääFuturesClay Lloyd Glasspool Romain Arneodo
Maxime Janvier		7–6, 6–2
Win2–1Finland F3, HelsinkiFuturesClay Herkko Pöllänen Demian Raab
Lennert van der Linden		6–3, 6–0
Win3–1Finland F1, KaarinaFuturesClay Herkko Pöllänen Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Jose Statham		6–7, 6–3,
Win4–1Finland F3, HelsinkiFuturesClay Herkko Pöllänen Daniel Appelgren
Patrik Rosenholm		7–6, 6–3
Win5–1USA F20, RochesterFuturesClay Hugo Di Feo Luca Corinteli
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski		7–6, 6–4
Win6–1USA F22, PittsburghFuturesClay Hugo Di Feo Farris Fathi Gosea
Nathan Pasha		6–3, 6–4

Davis Cup matches