Jonas Björkman
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| Country (sports) |
 Sweden
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| Residence | |
| Born |
23 March 1972 Alvesta, Sweden |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 1991 |
| Retired | 2008 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $14,600,323 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 414–362 |
| Career titles | 6 |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (3 November 1997) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1998, 2002) |
| French Open | 4R (1996, 2007) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2006) |
| US Open | SF (1997) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | SF (1997) |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1997, 1998) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (1996, 2004, 2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 709–306 |
| Career titles | 54 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (9 July 2001) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1998, 1999, 2001) |
| French Open | W (2005, 2006) |
| Wimbledon | W (2002, 2003, 2004) |
| US Open | W (2003) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (1994, 2006) |
| Coaching career (2015–) | |
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Andy Murray (2015), Marin Čilić (2016–)
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| Coaching achievements | |
| Coachee Singles Titles total | 4 |
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List of notable tournaments (with champion) 2x ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Murray) |
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| Last updated on: 21 June 2015. | |
2x ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Murray)
Jonas Lars Björkman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjuːˈnas ˈbjœrkman]; born 23 March 1972, Alvesta, Sweden) is a former World No. 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships.
On 20 November 2006, he replaced Dick Norman as the oldest player in the ATP Top 100 (singles) when Norman dropped out of the Top 100 for the last time. On 9 June 2008, aged 36 years and 2 months, Björkman was himself succeeded in this honour by Fabrice Santoro after dropping out of the Top 100 in his turn.
Björkman has had long-term successful doubles partnerships with Jan Apell, Jacco Eltingh, Nicklas Kulti, Max Mirnyi, Patrick Rafter, Kevin Ullyett, and Todd Woodbridge. He has won the career Grand Slam in men's doubles, holding a total of 9 major championships. In March 2015 he joined Andy Murray's coaching team.
The son of tennis coach and mailman Lars Björkman, Jonas began playing tennis at the age of six. At 18, he won the Swedish Junior Championship and was among the top 5 junior Swede players. He married Petra on 2 December 2000 in and has a son, Max (born 15 January 2003). He plays right-handed and has a particularly good record against left-handed players. He claims it's because his father plays left-handed.
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