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Mathilde Johansson

Mathilde Johansson
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Country (sports)  France
Residence Boulogne Billancourt, France
Born (1985-04-28) 28 April 1985 (age 31)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro 2000
Retired 2016
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$1,446,131
Singles
Career record 386 - 319
Career titles 0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking No. 59 (6 April 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2009)
French Open 3R (2012)
Wimbledon 2R (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
US Open 1R (2007 2009, 2011, 2013)
Doubles
Career record 70 - 90
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 110 (10 May 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2009)
French Open 2R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016)
Wimbledon 1R (2011)
US Open 1R (2011, 2012)
Last updated on: 6 June 2016.

Mathilde Johansson (born 28 April 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish-born French retired professional tennis player who lives in and competed for France.

She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to sixth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. In 2006, she reached the second round, losing to Russian youngster Maria Kirilenko in straight sets.

In 2009, she reached the quarterfinals twice; in Acapulco and in Bogota (where she was seeded number 6)

In 2011, Johansson reached her first WTA Tour final in Bogotá, losing to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in 3 sets.

In April 2012, as a lucky loser, she reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fès (Marrocco) eventually falling to Laura Pous Tio. Later, in May, she reached for the first time the third round of a major tournament, the French Open, falling to Sloane Stephens. In July, Johansson reached the finals of the Swedish Open, Bastad losing to Polona Hercog, 6–0 4–6 5–7.

For one of her last tournament in the season, Mathilde reached the quarterfinals in Guangzhou, beaten by Hsieh Su-Wei 6–3, 6–0.

Overall in 2012, she fell in the first round ten times.

In 2016 Johansson decided to retire after the singles French Open qualifying tournament where she was beaten in the second round by Ivana Jorović .


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