Jonas Svensson (tennis)

Jonas Bengt Svensson

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1966-10-21) 21 October 1966 Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Tim Klein
Prize money	$2,439,702
Singles
Career record	258–204
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 10 (25 March 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1989)
French Open	SF (1988, 1990)
Wimbledon	3R (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
US Open	4R (1987)
Doubles
Career record	55–101
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 49 (6 April 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1988)
French Open	2R (1987)
Wimbledon	1R (1986, 1987, 1988)
US Open	2R (1991)
Mixed doubles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1987)

Jonas Bengt Svensson (born 21 October 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

During his career, Svensson was a French Open semi-finalist twice (in 1988 and 1990) both times as unseeded player. In the 1988 French Open he defeated Ivan Lendl in the quarters and lost to Henri Leconte in the semis. In the 1990 French Open he defeated Sergi Bruguera in 5 sets in the 2nd round, who had earlier defeated Stefan Edberg, the top seed in the 1st round. He lost to Andre Agassi in the semis. In the 1989 Australian Open he defeated Boris Becker in the 4th round.

He won five top-level singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10.

He later married Swedish hurdler Frida Svensson.

Career finals

Singles: 14 (5 wins, 9 losses)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP Tour (5–8) Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 1986 Cologne, West Germany Hard Stefan Eriksson 6–7, 6–2, 6–2 Loss 1–1 1986 Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany Clay Martín Jaite 5–7, 2–6 Loss 1–2 1986 Wembley, U.K. Carpet Yannick Noah 2–6, 3–6, 7–6(14–12), 6–4, 5–7 Win 2–2 1987 Vienna, Austria Hard Amos Mansdorf 1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 Loss 2–3 1987 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Stefan Edberg 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 Win 3–3 1988 Metz, France Carpet Michiel Schapers 6–2, 6–4 Loss 3–4 1988 Munich, West Germany Clay Guillermo Pérez Roldán 5–7, 3–6 Loss 3–5 1988 Wembley, U.K. Carpet Jakob Hlasek 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 4–6, 0–6, 5–7 Loss 3–6 1990 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Brad Gilbert 1–6, 3–6 Win 4–6 1990 Toulouse, France Hard Fabrice Santoro 7–6(7–5), 6–2 Loss 4–7 1991 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet Stefan Edberg 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 Win 5–7 1991 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Anders Järryd 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2 Loss 5–8 1993 Zaragoza, Spain Carpet Karel Nováček 6–3, 2–6, 1–6 Loss 5–9 1993 Kuala Lumpur-2, Malaysia Hard Michael Chang 0–6, 4–6 Singles performance timeline Key W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A 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. Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open 1R NH A 4R QF 4R 3R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 8 16–8 French Open A 1R 2R SF 2R SF A 1R 3R A 0 / 7 14–7 Wimbledon A 2R 3R 3R 3R 3R A A 1R A 0 / 6 9–6 US Open A 3R 4R 2R 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 0 / 9 11–9 Win–loss 0–1 3–3 6–3 11–4 7–4 11–4 3–2 3–3 4–4 2–2 0 / 30 50–30 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Miami A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Monte Carlo 2R QF 1R QF 1R 0 / 5 6–5 Rome 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 Hamburg 1R 2R A 2R A 0 / 3 1–3 Canada A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Cincinnati 1R 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 Stockholm 2R 1R 2R QF 1R 0 / 5 4–5 Paris SF SF A 2R A 0 / 3 7–3 Win–loss 6–6 6–6 1–3 8–5 0–3 0 / 23 21–23 Ranking 103 21 30 22 41 11 29 81 33 183 References External links Jonas Svensson at the Association of Tennis Professionals Jonas Svensson at the International Tennis Federation Jonas Svensson at the Davis Cup