Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1975-03-24) 24 March 1975
Linköping, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$7,168,029
Singles
Career record357–296 (54.7%)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 7 (10 June 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (2002)
French Open2R (1996, 2000, 2002, 2005)
WimbledonSF (2005)
US OpenQF (1998, 2000)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2002)
Olympic Games2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record76–98
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 51 (17 July 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2008)
French Open2R (2006)
Wimbledon3R (2007)
US Open3R (2005)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesF (2008)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1998)
Coaching career (2017–present)
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis
Representing  Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Doubles
Last updated on: 19 March 2023.

Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (pronounced [ˈtʊ̌mːas ˈjûːanˌsɔn]; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on 10 May 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.

As of 2023, Johansson remains the last Swedish man to win a major in singles.

Johansson began coaching Sorana Cîrstea in 2022.[1]

Tennis career

Juniors

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.

Professional career

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 (while having never progressed beyond the quarterfinals of any of his 24 previous Grand Slams) after defeating Jacobo Díaz, Markus Hipfl, Younes El Aynaoui, Adrian Voinea, Jonas Björkman and Jiří Novák before defeating his heavily favored opponent in the final, 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.

A knee injury robbed Johansson of the latter half of the 2002 season and all of 2003, and Johansson was therefore unable to compete until the start of 2004. Many people weren't sure if Johansson will be able to compete again because of the seriousness of the injury. In 2005, he made a comeback to become the first Swedish player to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon since Edberg in 1993, and only dropped a set en route, losing to 2nd seed Andy Roddick in a tightly contested four set match that lasted a minute under 3 hours, 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–7(8–10), 6–7(5–7). Near the end of the season, Johansson won his 9th and last ATP tour title in St. Petersburg, defeating Nicolas Kiefer in straight sets.

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 round at the Australian Open (where he lost to Ivan Ljubičić), his first doubles title in Båstad, Sweden with countryman Jonas Björkman, and a final in St. Petersburg (lost to Mario Ančić), where he was the defending champion.

At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics he reached the doubles final with Simon Aspelin, where he lost against the Swiss team of Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in 4 sets.

As of 6 March 2009, he has an 18–15 career Davis Cup record (17–12 in singles) in 17 ties, having played for Sweden every year other than 2003 (when he was out of action for the entire season) since 1998, and a 356–292 career overall.

He announced his retirement in June 2009 after a 15-year career.

Personal life

His idol while growing up was Mats Wilander, who was the captain of Swedish Davis Cup team. He is also a keen player of golf and floorball, and a fan of ice hockey. He scored two goals and assisted on another in 6–5 win by ATP Stars over National Hockey League Players in an annual street hockey challenge in Montreal in 2001. He married Gisella Kaltencher on 3 December 2005.

Equipment

He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for racquets and apparel, and adidas for shoes. He uses a heavily modified Dunlop Pro Revelation racquet 'paintjobbed' to look like the current Dunlop 4D Aerogel 500 racquet.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win2002Australian OpenHardRussia Marat Safin3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

ATP Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win1999Canada MastersHardRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov1–6, 6–3, 6–3

Olympics

Doubles: 1 (1 Silver)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver2008Beijing OlympicsHardSweden Simon AspelinSwitzerland Roger Federer
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka		3–6, 4–6, 7–6 (7–4) , 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (3–2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1997 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet (i) Czech Republic Martin Damm 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 1997 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Italy Renzo Furlan 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Mar 1998 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) Netherlands Jan Siemerink 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 1998 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) United States Todd Martin 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Aug 1999 Montreal, Canada Hard Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–2 Nov 2000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–2 Jun 2001 Halle, Germany Grass France Fabrice Santoro 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Win 6–2 Jun 2001 Nottingham, UK Grass Israel Harel Levy 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–2 Jan 2002 Australian Open, Australia Hard Russia Marat Safin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 7–3 Jun 2004 Nottingham, UK Grass Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 8–3 Oct 2004 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) United States Andre Agassi 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 9–3 Oct 2005 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Germany Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–4 Oct 2006 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Croatia Mario Ančić 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 9–5 Oct 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Croatia Ivo Karlović 3–6, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
Summer Olympics (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2006 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Jonas Björkman Germany Christopher Kas
Austria Oliver Marach		 6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 1–1 Aug 2008 Summer Olympics, China Hard Sweden Simon Aspelin Switzerland Roger Federer
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka		 3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1995 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Germany Patrick Baur 6–4, 7–6
Win 2–0 Sep 1995 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay France Frédéric Vitoux 6–0, 6–0
Loss 2–1 Feb 1996 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Italy Gianluca Pozzi 6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win 3–1 Aug 2007 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Serbia Dušan Vemić 6–4, 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1995 Lillehammer, Norway Challenger Clay Sweden Lars-Anders Wahlgren Australia Andrew Ilie
Australia Todd Larkham		 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 1995 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Sweden Mårten Renström Portugal Emanuel Couto
Portugal Bernardo Mota		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Feb 2008 East London, South Africa Challenger Hard Austria Stefan Koubek Sweden Jonas Björkman
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett		 2–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics.

Professional Career
Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R W A 1R 4R 4R 2R 1R A 1 / 13 19–12
French Open A Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 1R 2R A A 2R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 11 4–11
Wimbledon A A A 4R 2R 3R 2R 4R 2R 1R A 3R SF 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 12 19–12
US Open A Q2 A 2R 1R QF A QF 4R A A 3R 2R 1R 3R 1R A 0 / 10 17–10
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 6–4 2–4 6–4 1–2 9–4 6–4 8–2 0–0 4–3 10–4 3–4 3–4 1–4 0–0 1 / 46 59–45
Year-end championships
Tennis Masters Cup Did not qualify RR Did not qualify 0 / 1 0–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R A 2R 2R A 3R 2R A 0 / 8 7–8
Miami Masters A A A A A A 2R 1R 4R 4R A 1R QF A 2R 3R Q1 0 / 8 10–8
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF A A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 8 3–8
Hamburg Masters A A A A A A 1R 1R QF 2R A A 1R 1R A A NMS 0 / 6 4–6
Rome Masters A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 2R 2R A A A 0 / 8 3–8
Canada Masters A A A A A A W 2R 2R 2R A SF 2R 3R A 2R A 1 / 8 17–7
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 10 5–10
Madrid Masters Not Held 3R A A 3R A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Stuttgart Masters A A A A 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R Not Held 0 / 5 3–5
Paris Masters A A A A 2R 2R 1R A QF 3R A 1R 3R 2R Q2 A A 0 / 8 7–8
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–5 6–5 7–8 3–8 9–9 9–9 0–0 6–5 7–9 4–5 3–3 4–4 0–0 1 / 71 61–70
Career statistics
Finals 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 14
Titles 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
Hardcourt Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 13–10 15–13 24–13 16–13 17–17 26–16 17–12 0–0 19–13 19–14 5–7 19–14 10–12 0–0 200–156
Clay Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–5 1–6 2–6 1–7 1–5 4–5 7–7 0–0 1–2 8–6 1–6 4–5 3–7 0–0 37–69
Grass Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 1–3 4–3 1–1 3–3 11–1 2–2 0–0 6–3 10–3 0–3 0–3 2–3 0–0 46–30
Carpet Win–loss 2–1 0–0 1–1 7–4 15–5 15–9 4–4 1–1 5–3 3–3 0–0 3–3 9–2 4–2 4–2 0–0 1–1 74–41
Overall win–loss 2–1 0–2 1–3 28–21 32–27 45–31 22–25 22–26 46–25 29–24 0–0 29–21 48–25 10–18 27–24 15–22 1–1 357–296
Win % 67% 0% 25% 57% 54% 59% 47% 46% 65% 55% – 58% 66% 36% 53% 41% 50% 54.67%
Year-end ranking 422 486 117 60 39 17 39 39 18 14 – 30 13 71 62 136 601

Doubles

Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A A A A 2R A A 3R 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
US Open A A A A A A 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–4 2–3 0 / 13 10–13 43%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 1R Not Held F 0 / 2 4–2 67%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A 2R A 1R A A 1R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami A A Q2 2R A A A 1R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Monte Carlo 1R A A Q1 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Hamburg A A A A 2R A A 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Rome A 2R 2R 1R 2R A A 1R A A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Madrid Not Held A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A Q2 Q2 1R A A A 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati A A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Paris A A A A A A A SF A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–3 2–4 0–0 0–1 3–7 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 21 10–21 32%

Top 10 wins

Season19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009Total
Wins0001062460023021027
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score JR
1996
1. Netherlands Richard Krajicek 8 Singapore, Singapore Carpet (i) QF 5–7, 7–6(7–3), ret. 93
1998
2. Sweden Jonas Björkman 4 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) 1R 6–1, 6–2 40
3. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) 1R 7–6(7–5), 6–2 34
4. Spain Carlos Moyá 5 Indianapolis, United States Hard 2R 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–1 34
5. Netherlands Richard Krajicek 5 US Open, New York, United States Hard 3R 6–7(5–7), 5–4, ret. 33
6. Spain Carlos Moyá 5 Davis Cup, Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) RR 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6) 22
7. Czech Republic Petr Korda 10 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) 2R 6–2, 6–4 21
1999
8. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 London, United Kingdom Carpet (i) QF 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 19
9. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Montreal, Canada Hard F 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 22
2000
10. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 2R 6–1, 7–6(7–0), 6–4 57
11. Sweden Thomas Enqvist 9 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) 1R 6–2, 6–2 57
12. Sweden Magnus Norman 4 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) SF 7–6(7–4), 6–2 57
13. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) F 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 57
2001
14. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard 2R 7–6(7–4), 7–5 31
15. Russia Marat Safin 2 Indian Wells, United States Hard 1R 7–5, 7–5 26
16. Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 1 Miami, United States Hard 3R 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 25
17. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Davis Cup, Malmö, Sweden Hard (i) RR 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 6–2 25
18. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Halle, Germany Grass SF 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 19
19. Australia Pat Rafter 4 Davis Cup, Sydney, Australia Hard RR 3–6, 6–7(8–10), 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 17
2004
20. Argentina Gastón Gaudio 10 US Open, New York, United States Hard 2R 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 61
21. United States Andre Agassi 7 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) F 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 42
2005
22. Sweden Joachim Johansson 9 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) 2R 6–4, 6–4 29
23. Spain Carlos Moyá 6 Miami, United States Hard 3R 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–2 27
24. United Kingdom Tim Henman 9 Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom Grass QF 6–4, 6–4 20
2007
25. United States James Blake 7 Davis Cup, Gothenburg, Sweden Carpet (i) RR 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 56
26. United States James Blake 7 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) SF 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3) 55
2008
27. Spain David Ferrer 5 Miami, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 7–5 60

See also

References

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