Luke Jensen

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other Luke Jensen (born June 18, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion. Jensen won the 1993 French Open Doubles title with his younger brother Murphy Jensen.

He attended the University of Southern California from 1986–87 and earned singles All-American honors both years (doubles in 1987). He began working for ESPN as a tennis analyst in 1994. Jensen compiled a 106-57 record in seven and a half seasons as the head coach of the Syracuse Orange women's tennis team. Jensen worked with his brother as the touring pro, tennis director and tennis pro emeritus at the Sea Island Resort until 2016.

Tennis career

Jensen attended East Grand Rapids High School, winning the Michigan state singles championship in 1983, and graduating in 1985.

Juniors

As a junior Jensen reached the No. 1 junior world ranking in both singles and doubles in 1984.

Pro tour

Jensen turned professional in 1987. Jensen gained the nickname of "Dual Hand Luke" because he was an ambidextrous player able to serve at 130 mph with either hand. He now does on-court analysis for ESPN for their tennis coverage. He also travels the world as an instructor, motivational speaker, and ambassador for the game.

He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6 in November 1993. In that year, he won the men's doubles title at the French Open playing with his younger brother, Murphy Jensen. Jensen's career-high singles ranking was world No. 168, achieved in July 1988.

Career doubles finals

10 titles

Legend Grand Slam (1) ATP Masters Series (1) ATP Championship Series (1) ATP Tour (7)

Titles by surface Hard (5) Clay (4) Grass (1) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	February 1, 1988	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Acuña	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana Template:Flagicon Diego Pérez	6–1, 6–4
2.	November 20, 1989	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	Template:Flagicon Kelly Jones Template:Flagicon Joey Rive	6–0, 6–4
3.	April 8, 1991	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Melville	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Pereira Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
4.	April 29, 1991	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis Template:Flagicon Mark Koevermans	5–7, 7–6, 6–4
5.	May 27, 1991	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	Template:Flagicon Luiz Mattar Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	6–4, 7–6
6.	May 25, 1992	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez	6–2, 6–3
7.	June 7, 1993	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Marc-Kevin Goellner Template:Flagicon David Prinosil	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
8.	June 26, 1995	Nottingham, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
9.	August 26, 1996	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Hendrik Dreekmann Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov	6–3, 7–6
10.	July 21, 1997	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Neville Godwin Template:Flagicon Fernon Wibier	6–4, 6–4

14 runner-ups

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	May 20, 1991	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	Template:Flagicon Omar Camporese Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	2–6, 3–6
2.	October 7, 1991	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	4–6, 4–6
3.	April 6, 1992	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	Template:Flagicon Hendrik Jan Davids Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
4.	January 18, 1993	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle Template:Flagicon Jason Stoltenberg	3–6, 4–6
5.	March 1, 1993	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	Template:Flagicon Mark Keil Template:Flagicon Dave Randall	5–7, 4–6
6.	March 8, 1993	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Melville	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte	4–6, 5–7
7.	May 3, 1993	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Scott Melville	Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	6–7, 2–6
8.	May 24, 1993	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Danie Visser Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
9.	October 18, 1993	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Grant Connell Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 4–6
10.	February 28, 1994	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana Template:Flagicon Bryan Shelton	3–6, 4–6
11.	September 19, 1994	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor	4–6, 6–7
12.	April 24, 1995	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Wheaton	Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
13.	May 12, 1997	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Dave Randall Template:Flagicon Greg Van Emburgh	7–6, 2–6, 6–7
14.	May 26, 1997	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen	Template:Flagicon Kelly Jones Template:Flagicon Scott Melville	2–6, 6–7

External links

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