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Jonas Svensson (tennis)
Swedish tennis player
Swedish tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jonas Bengt Svensson |
| country | |
| residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| height | |
| turnedpro | 1985 |
| retired | 1995 |
| plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| coach | Tim Klein |
| careerprizemoney | $2,439,702 |
| singlesrecord | 258–204 |
| singlestitles | 5 |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 10 (25 March 1991) |
| AustralianOpenresult | QF (1989) |
| FrenchOpenresult | SF (1988, 1990) |
| Wimbledonresult | 3R (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) |
| USOpenresult | 4R (1987) |
| Othertournaments | yes |
| GrandSlamCupresult | 1R (1990) |
| doublesrecord | 55–101 |
| doublestitles | 0 |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 49 (6 April 1987) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | QF (1988) |
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult | 2R (1987) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | 1R (1986, 1987, 1988) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | 2R (1991) |
| Mixed | yes |
| mixedrecord | 1–1 |
| mixedtitles | 0 |
| FrenchOpenMixedresult | 2R (1987) |
Jonas Bengt Svensson (; born 21 October 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
During his career, Svensson was a French Open semi-finalist twice (in 1988 and 1990) both times as unseeded player. In the 1988 French Open he defeated Ivan Lendl in the quarters and lost to Henri Leconte in the semis. In the 1990 French Open he defeated Sergi Bruguera in 5 sets in the 2nd round, who had earlier defeated Stefan Edberg, the top seed in the 1st round. He lost to Andre Agassi in the semis. In the 1989 Australian Open he defeated Boris Becker in the 4th round.
He won five top-level singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10.
He later married Swedish hurdler Frida Svensson.
Career finals
Singles: 14 (5 wins, 9 losses)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–1) |
| ATP Tour (5–8) |
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | 1986 | Cologne, West Germany | Hard (i) | SWE Stefan Eriksson | 6–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | 1986 | Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany | Clay | ARG Martín Jaite | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | 1986 | Wembley, U.K. | Carpet | FRA Yannick Noah | 2–6, 3–6, 7–6(14–12), 6–4, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–2 | 1987 | Vienna, Austria | Hard (i) | ISR Amos Mansdorf | 1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–3 | 1987 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | SWE Stefan Edberg | 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | 1988 | Metz, France | Carpet | NED Michiel Schapers | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–4 | 1988 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | ARG Guillermo Pérez Roldán | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | 1988 | Wembley, U.K. | Carpet | SUI Jakob Hlasek | 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 4–6, 0–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–6 | 1990 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | USA Brad Gilbert | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–6 | 1990 | Toulouse, France | Hard (i) | France Fabrice Santoro | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–7 | 1991 | Stuttgart Indoor, Germany | Carpet | SWE Stefan Edberg | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–7 | 1991 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Carpet | SWE Anders Järryd | 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–8 | 1993 | Zaragoza, Spain | Carpet | CZE Karel Nováček | 6–3, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | 1993 | Kuala Lumpur-2, Malaysia | Hard | USA Michael Chang | 0–6, 4–6 |
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | SR | W–L | Win–loss | 0–1 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 11–4 | 7–4 | 11–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 0 / 30 | 50–30 | Win–loss | 6–6 | 6–6 | 1–3 | 8–5 | 0–3 | 0 / 23 | 21–23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | NH | A | 4R | QF | 4R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 8 | 16–8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | SF | A | 1R | 3R | A | 0 / 7 | 14–7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | 3R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 11–9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | Tournaments Were Not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters Series Events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Before 1990 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | 2R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stockholm | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris | SF | SF | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 7–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranking | 103 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 41 | 11 | 29 | 81 | 33 | 183 |
References
References
- Thomas Kingdahl. (18 July 2020). "Var inte beredd på uppmärksamheten". Expressen.
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