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Thomas Johansson (born March 24, 1975, in Linköping, Sweden) is a professional tennis player. He joined the pro tour for the first time in 1993 and has won 9 top-level singles titles and 1 doubles title, including the 1999 Canada Masters (df. Yevgeny Kafelnikov) and the 2002 Australian Open Grand Slam championship, which he unexpectedly won (on his 25th attempt at winning a Grand Slam title) after defeating his heavily favored opponent, Marat Safin, in four sets, 3–6 6–4 6–4 7–6. Johansson became the first Swedish player to win a Slam since Stefan Edberg won the 1992 U.S. Open title, and the first Swede to claim the Australian since Mats Wilander in 1988.
Johansson would later reach his career high ranking of World No. 7 in June of 2002 and finish the season with a career best year-end ranking of 14th in the ATP Champions Race, a feat he would later repeat in 2005.
A knee injury robbed Johansson of the latter half of the 2002 season and all of 2003, and Johansson was therefore unable to compete on the tour full-time until 2004. In 2005, he became the first Swedish player to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon since Stefan Edberg in 1993, losing to Andy Roddick in a tightly contested four set match, 7–6 2–6 6–7 6–7. At the end of the season, Johansson won his 9th, and until now, last ATP tournament in St. Petersburg, defeating Nicolas Kiefer 6–4 6–2.
In 2006, the Swede struggled through the season after suffering an eye injury early in the season. The highlights of the season were a 4th RD at the Australian Open (where he lost to Ivan Ljubičić), his first doubles title in Bastaad, Sweden with countryman Jonas Björkman and a final in St. Petersburg (lost to Mario Ancic), where he was the defending champion.
As of October 15th, 2007, he has an 15-13 career Davis Cup record (14-10 in singles) in 14 ties and an 342-273 career overall. He is currently 39th in the ATP rankings. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for racquets and apparel and adidas for shoes.
[edit] Junior career
Began playing tennis at age five with his father, Krister. In 1989, became European 14s singles champion and won doubles title (w/Magnus Norman). Injured his right elbow while playing Orange Bowl 16s in 1991, but still reached final, losing to Spain’s Gonzalo Corrales. Finished No. 10 in 1993 world junior rankings.
[edit] Personal
His idol whilst growing up was Mats Wilander, who is captain of Swedish Davis Cup team. He is a fan of popular culture, reading books by Swedish author Henning Mankell, National Geographic magazine and watching TV show Friends ( he owns almost every episode on DVD). His favorite actors are Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. Johansson is a fan of U2, Depeche Mode and Swedish band Kent, and is a keen player of golf and floorball. Johansson is a fan of ice hockey, frequently watching Linköpings HC and Djurgårdens IF. He scored two goals and assisted on another in 6–5 win by ATP Stars over NHL Players in annual street hockey challenge in Montreal in 2001. Johansson married Gisella on December 3, 2005.
[edit] Grand Slam singles finals
[edit] Wins (1)
[edit] ATP Masters Series singles finals
[edit] Wins (1)
[edit] Titles (15)
[edit] Singles (ATP : 9, ITF : 3)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (1) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (1) |
| ATP Tour (7) |
| Challengers (3) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (6) |
| Grass (2) |
| Clay (1) |
| Carpet (3) |
|
| No. (ATP) |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| - |
May 8, 1995 |
 Jerusalem |
Hard |
 Patrick Baur |
6–4 7–6 |
| - |
September 18, 1995 |
 Napoli |
Clay |
 Frederic Vitoux |
6–0 6–0 |
| 1. |
March 10, 1997 |
 Copenhagen |
Carpet |
 Martin Damm |
6–4 3–6 6–2 |
| 2. |
March 17, 1997 |
 St. Petersburg |
Carpet |
Renzo Furlan |
6–3 6–4 |
| 3. |
August 2, 1999 |
 Montreal |
Hard |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
1–6 6–3 6–3 |
| 4. |
November 20, 2000 |
 Stockholm |
Hard (I) |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
6–2 6–4 6–4 |
| 5. |
June 11, 2001 |
Halle |
Grass |
Fabrice Santoro |
6–3 6–7 6–2 |
| 6. |
June 18, 2001 |
 Nottingham |
Grass |
Harel Levy |
7–5 6–3 |
| 7. |
January 14, 2002 |
 Australian Open |
Hard |
Marat Safin |
3–6 6–4 6–4 7–6 |
| 8. |
October 25, 2004 |
Stockholm |
Hard (I) |
 Andre Agassi |
3–6 6–3 7–6 |
| 9. |
October 24, 2005 |
St. Petersburg |
Carpet |
Nicolas Kiefer |
6–4 6–2 |
| - |
August 6, 2007 |
Binghamton |
Hard |
 Dušan Vemić |
6–4 7–6 |
[edit] Doubles (ATP : 1, ITF : 2)
| Legend (Doubles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (1) |
| Challengers (2) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (0) |
| Grass (0) |
| Clay (3) |
| Carpet (0) |
|
[edit] Finals (7)
[edit] Singles (ATP : 5, ITF : 1)
| Legend (Doubles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (5) |
| Challengers (1) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (2) |
| Grass (1) |
| Clay (0) |
| Carpet (3) |
|
[edit] Doubles (ATP : 0, ITF : 1)
| Legend (Doubles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (1) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (1) |
| Grass (0) |
| Clay (0) |
| Carpet (0) |
|
[edit] Singles performance timeline
As of October 14, 2007. To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is only updated once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics.
| Tournament |
Career |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
| Australian Open |
1 |
2r |
4r |
4r |
1r |
- |
W |
3r |
2r |
1r |
1r |
2r |
2r |
- |
1r |
- |
| French Open |
0 |
1r |
1r |
2r |
- |
- |
2r |
1r |
2r |
- |
1r |
1r |
2r |
1r |
- |
- |
| Wimbledon |
0 |
1r |
1r |
SF |
3r |
- |
1r |
2r |
4r |
2r |
3r |
2r |
4r |
- |
- |
- |
| US Open |
0 |
3r |
1r |
2r |
3r |
- |
- |
4r |
QF |
- |
QF |
1r |
2r |
- |
- |
- |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss |
58-41 |
3–4 |
3–4 |
10-4 |
4–3 |
0–0 |
8–2 |
6–4 |
9–4 |
1–2 |
6–4 |
2–4 |
6–4 |
0–1 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
| Tennis Masters Cup |
0 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
RR |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Finals reached |
14 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ATP Tournaments Won |
9 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hardcourt Win-Loss |
197-146 |
19-14 |
9–8 |
19-14 |
19-13 |
0–0 |
17-12 |
26-16 |
17-17 |
16-13 |
27-14 |
15-13 |
13-10 |
0–1 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
| Clay Win-Loss |
34-62 |
4–5 |
1–6 |
8–6 |
1–2 |
0–0 |
7–7 |
4–5 |
1–5 |
1–7 |
2–6 |
1–6 |
4–5 |
0–1 |
0–1 |
0–0 |
| Grass Win-Loss |
44-27 |
0–3 |
0–3 |
12-3 |
6–3 |
0–0 |
2–2 |
11-1 |
3–3 |
1–1 |
4–3 |
1–3 |
4–2 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–0 |
| Carpet Win-Loss |
67-38 |
4–2 |
1–1 |
9–2 |
3–3 |
0–0 |
3–3 |
5–3 |
1–1 |
4–4 |
12-8 |
15-5 |
7–4 |
1–1 |
0–0 |
2–1 |
| Overall Win-Loss |
342-273 |
27-24 |
11-18 |
48-25 |
29-21 |
0-0 |
29-24 |
46-25 |
22-26 |
22-25 |
45-31 |
32-27 |
28-21 |
1-3 |
0-2 |
2-1 |
| Year End Ranking |
N/A |
|
71 |
14 |
30 |
N/A |
14 |
18 |
39 |
43 |
17 |
39 |
60 |
117 |
486 |
422 |
Green background for wins. Yellow background from quarter finals up to finals.
[edit] Trivia
- He has no relation to Joachim Johansson, another Swedish tennis player.
- He is coached by fellow Swede and former French Open Finalist and Australian Open Semi Finalist Magnus Norman.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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