Erling Tveit

Erling L'Orsa Tveit

Country (sports)	Norway
Born	(1984-12-28) 28 December 1984 (age 40) Oslo, Norway
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Left-handed
College	University of Mississippi
Prize money	$26,235
Singles
Career record	9–10 (ATP Tour and Davis Cup)
Highest ranking	No. 484 (27 Sep 2010)
Doubles
Career record	7–7 (Davis Cup)
Highest ranking	No. 713 (22 Mar 2010)

Erling L'Orsa Tveit (born 28 December 1984) is a former tennis player from Norway.[1][2]

Tennis career

Tveit played collegiate tennis for the University of Mississippi before turning professional, earning All-American honours for singles and doubles in both 2006 and 2007.[3]

Tveit made his debut for the Norway Davis Cup team in 2003 against Luxembourg. He had a 10-year Davis Cup career and won 9 of the 18 singles matches and 7 of the 14 doubles matches that he played.[4] His one ATP tour main draw appearance was at the 2007 Swedish Open, when he lost in the first round to Fernando Verdasco.

Tveit mainly participated on the ATP Challenger Tour and the Futures circuit. He had a career best singles ranking of 484 on the professional tour and a best doubles ranking of 713, winning three ITF Futures doubles tournaments.

ITF Futures titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Jun 2007	Norway F1, Gausdal	Futures	Hard	Stian Boretti	Jacob Melskens Rasmus Nørby	6–4, 6–4
2.	Sep 2009	USA F23, Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Robbye Poole	Will Gray Blake Strode	6–2, 7–5
3.	Nov 2010	USA F29, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Robbye Poole	Andrea Collarini Denis Kudla	7–6^(7–4), 6–2

See also

• Norwegian Davis Cup players

References

1. "Erling Tveit | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
2. "College Tennis Teams - Ole Miss - Team Roster - Erling Tveit". www.collegetennisonline.com. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
3. "Tveit, Claesson Earn All-America Honors". Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
4. "Davis Cup - Players". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

External links

• Erling Tveit at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Erling Tveit at the Davis Cup
• Erling Tveit at the International Tennis Federation