Thomas Johansson

Country	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth	24 March 1975
Place of birth	Linköping, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Turned Pro	1994
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	$6,119,752
Singles
Career record:	314-249
Career titles:	9
Highest ranking:	No. 7 (10 May 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (2002)
French Open	2nd (1996, 2000, 2002, 2005)
Wimbledon	SF (2005)
U.S. Open	QF (1998, 2000)
Doubles
Career record:	53 - 75
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 51 (17 July 2006)
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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 1994 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. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Linköping in Sweden Aerial photo of Linköping. ... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Canada Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. ... Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (born on 18 February 1974) (Russian: Евгений Александрович Кафельников) (yehv-GYEH-nee kah-FYELL-nee-koff; KAH-fyell-nee-koff in Russian) is a former World No. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Australian Open is the first of the worlds four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, held each January at Melbourne Park. ... In tennis, a singles player or doubles team who succeed in winning all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam (CYGS) In case they win all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year... Marat Safin (Tatar: Marat Mubin ulı Safin; Russian: Марат Михайлович Сафин ; b. ... Stefan Bengt Edberg (born January 19, 1966 in Västervik, Sweden) is a former World No. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ... Mats Wilander (born August 22, 1964, in Vaxjo, Sweden) is a former World No. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wimbledon logo The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest and arguably most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Andrew Stephen (Andy) Roddick , THE FUCKING HOTTEST TENNIS PLAYER(born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. ... Nicolas Kiefer (born July 5, 1977 in Holzminden), is a tennis player from Germany. ...

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. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Ivan Ljubičić [] (born March 19, 1979) is a Croatian tennis player. ... Björkman (front) and Todd Woodbridge in the mens doubles final, Wimbledon 2004. ... Goran Ivanisevic and Mario Ancic playing doubles during the 2004 Queens Club Championships. ...

At the end of 2006, had an 11-12 career Davis Cup record (11-9 in singles) in 11 ties and an 314-249 career overall. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

He is currently 69th in the ATP rankings.

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. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Magnus Norman (born May 30, 1976 in Filipstad) is a retired Swedish professional tennis player. ... The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Personal

Idol growing up was Mats Wilander, who is captain of Swedish Davis Cup team. Enjoys reading books from Swedish author Henning Mankell, National Geographic magazine and watches TV show Friends (owns almost every episode on DVD). His favorite actors are Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. Enjoys music of U2, Depeche Mode and Swedish band Kent, playing golf and floorball. Enjoys watching home town ice hockey team Linköpings HC and Djurgårdens IF. 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. Married Gisella on December 3, 2005. Mats Wilander (born August 22, 1964, in Vaxjo, Sweden) is a former World No. ... The great Australians Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall with the Cup in 1953 The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in mens tennis. ... Henning Mankell at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2005 Henning Mankell (born February 3, 1948) is an internationally known Swedish author of crime fiction and other books, as well as plays. ... The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ... Friends. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... Depeche Mode are an influential English electronic music band, formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. ... Kent is a Swedish rock band founded in Eskilstuna/Torshälla in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet (Jones & the Poison), and Havsänglar (Angel sharks, lit. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... A floorball match between powerhouses Sweden (yellow) and Finland (white) Floorball is an indoor team sport played using composite sticks with a plastic vented blade where the aim is to put a light plastic ball into the opponents goal. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Linköpings HC, often known by its acronym LHC or Cluben, is an ice hockey team from Linköping, Sweden. ... DjurgÃ¥rdens IF Hockey is the hockey section of the Swedish club DjurgÃ¥rdens IF based in Stockholm and playing in Elitserien. ... NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (1)

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ATP Masters Series singles finals

Wins (1)

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Titles (10)

Singles (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	10 March 1997	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Martin Damm	6-4 3-6 6-2
2.	17 March 1997	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Renzo Furlan	6-3 6-4
3.	02 August 1999	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1-6 6-3 6-3
4.	20 November 2000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 6-4 6-4
5.	11 June 2001	Halle, Germany	Grass	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 6-7 6-2
6.	18 June 2001	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Harel Levy	7-5 6-3
7.	14 January 2002	Australian Open	Hard	Marat Safin	3-6 6-4 6-4 7-6
8.	25 October 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Andre Agassi	3-6 6-3 7-6
9.	30 October 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-2

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Singles finalist (4)

• 1998: Rotterdam (lost to Jan Siemerink)
• 1998: Stockholm (lost to Todd Martin)
• 2004: Nottingham (lost to Paradorn Srichaphan)
• 2006: St. Petersburg (lost to Mario Ancic)

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Performance timeline

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.

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Doubles (1)

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Trivia

• He has no relation to Joachim Johansson, another Swedish tennis player.

Joachim Johansson (born January 7, 1982) is a professional male tennis player from Sweden. ...

See also

• Australian Open champions (Men's Singles)
• Tennis Masters Series
• ATP season 2005
• ATP season 2006
• List of Grand Slam Men's Singles champions

See also Australian Open Australian Open champions (Womens Singles) Wimbledon champions (Mens Singles) Wimbledon champions (Womens Singles) French Open champions (Mens Singles) French Open champions (Womens Singles) US Open champions (Mens Singles) US Open champions (Womens Singles) Categories: Tennis | Australian sport ... The Tennis Masters Series is a series of nine tennis tournaments held throughout the year in Europe and North America. ... This is a list of the tournaments played in the 2005 season of Mens tennis (calendar year), including ATP Tour events and ITF events (This does not include the ITF Mens Circuit, only the ATP circuit). ... This is a list of the tournaments played in the 2006 season of Mens tennis (calendar year), including ATP Tour events and ITF events (This does not include the ITF Mens Circuit, only the ATP circuit). ... List of Mens Singles Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions: 1 Pete Sampras: 14 2 Roy Emerson: 12 3 Björn Borg, Rod Laver: 11 5 Roger Federer*, Bill Tilden: 10 7 Andre Agassi, Henri Cochet, Jimmy Connors, Max Decugis, Ivan Lendl, Fred Perry, Ken Rosewall: 8 14 René Lacoste...

External links

• Official ATP Profile on ATP website
• Davis Cup Record