Michael Mortensen (born 12 March 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Denmark.

Mortensen achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 34 in 1988 and a career-high singles ranking of world No. 301 in 1984. He won five ATP doubles titles.

Mortensen participated in 22 Davis Cup ties for Denmark from 1979 to 1990, posting an 11–13 record in doubles and a 12–14 record in singles.

Mortensen later became a coach. He was the captain of the Denmark Fed Cup team in 2011 competing for 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Among players he coached was the WTA top-5 player and Chinese No. 1 Li Na, who won the 2011 French Open Women's Singles title under Mortensen.

Career finals

Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1984Nice, FranceClaySweden Jan GunnarssonChile Hans Gildemeister Ecuador Andrés Gómez6–1, 7–5
Win2.1984Båstad, SwedenClaySweden Jan GunnarssonSpain Juan Avendaño Brazil Fernando Roese6–0, 6–0
Win3.1984Geneva, SwitzerlandClaySweden Mats WilanderBelgium Libor Pimek Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Win4.1984Toulouse, FranceHard (i)Sweden Jan GunnarssonCzech Republic Pavel Složil United States Tim Wilkison6–4, 6–2
Loss1.1985Barcelona, SpainClaySweden Jan GunnarssonSpain Sergio Casal Spain Emilio Sánchez3–6, 3–6
Loss2.1987Monte Carlo, MonacoClayIran Mansour BahramiChile Hans Gildemeister Ecuador Andrés Gómez2–6, 4–6
Loss3.1988Lyon, FranceCarpet (i)United States Blaine WillenborgAustralia Brad Drewett Australia Broderick Dyke6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss4.1988Stuttgart Outdoor, GermanyClaySweden Anders JärrydSpain Sergio Casal Spain Emilio Sánchez6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss5.1988Rye Brook, United StatesHardUnited Kingdom Jeremy BatesUnited Kingdom Andrew Castle United States Tim Wilkison6–4, 5–7, 6–7
Win5.1989Lyon, FranceCarpet (i)Germany Eric JelenSwitzerland Jakob Hlasek United States John McEnroe6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss6.1990Stuttgart Indoor, GermanyCarpet (i)Netherlands Tom NijssenSwitzerland Jakob Hlasek France Guy Forget3–6, 2–6
Loss7.1990Toulouse, FranceHard (i)Netherlands Michiel SchapersUnited Kingdom Neil Broad South Africa Gary Muller6–7, 4–6

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