Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson
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| Country (sports) |
 Sweden
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| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||||||
| Born |
24 March 1975 Linköping, Sweden |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||
| Turned pro | 1994 | |||||||||
| Retired | 12 June 2009 | |||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||
| Prize money | $7,168,029 | |||||||||
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| Career record | 357–296 | |||||||||
| Career titles | 9 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (10 May 2002) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2002) | |||||||||
| French Open | 2R (1996, 2000, 2002, 2005) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (2005) | |||||||||
| US Open | QF (1998, 2000) | |||||||||
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| Tour Finals | RR (2002) | |||||||||
| Olympic Games | 2R (2008) | |||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||
| Career record | 76–98 | |||||||||
| Career titles | 1 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 51 (17 July 2006) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (2008) | |||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2006) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (2007) | |||||||||
| US Open | 3R (2005) | |||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||
| Olympic Games | F (2008) | |||||||||
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| Davis Cup | W (1998) | |||||||||
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Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (born 24 March 1975 in Linköping), commonly known as Thomas Johansson, is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on May 10, 2002. His career highlights in singles include a Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2002, and an ATP Masters Series title at the 1999 Canada Masters. He also won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's doubles, partnering Simon Aspelin.
To this day, Johansson remains the last man from Sweden to win a Grand Slam in singles.
Johansson began to play tennis at age five with his father, Krister. In 1989, became European 14s singles champion and won doubles title (with Magnus Norman). Even when he injured his right elbow while playing the Orange Bowl tennis championships 16s in 1991, he still reached the final, losing to Spain's Gonzalo Corrales. He finished No. 10 in the 1993 world junior rankings.
That same year he joined the pro tour for the first time, and turned pro the following year. He has managed to win 9 top-level singles titles and 1 doubles title, including the 1999 Canada Masters, defeating world No. 4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov from a set down, and the 2002 Australian Open, which he unexpectedly won (on his 25th attempt, while having never progressed beyond the quarterfinals of any Slam) after defeating his heavily favored opponent, Marat Safin, in four sets, again from a set down. Johansson became the first Swedish player to win a Slam since Stefan Edberg won the 1992 US Open title, and the first Swede to claim the Australian Open since his idol Mats Wilander in 1988.
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