Thomas Johansson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox tennis biography

Karl Thomas Conny Johansson ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish tennis coach and a former professional player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking in May 2002. His career highlights in singles include a major title at the 2002 Australian Open, and a Masters title at the 1999 Canada Masters. He also won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in men's doubles, partnering Simon Aspelin. As of 2025, Johansson remains the last Swedish man to win a major in singles.

Johansson was the coach of Sorana Cîrstea from 2022 to early 2024.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From early 2024 to September 2025, he was also the coach of Kei Nishikori.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is currently coaching Daniil Medvedev.<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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,<ref name=":johansson2002aus">Template:Cite news</ref> Adrian Voinea, Jonas Björkman<ref name=":johansson2002aus" /> and Jiří Novák<ref name=":johansson2002aus" /> before defeating his heavily favored opponent in the final, Marat Safin, in four sets, again from a set down.<ref name=":johansson2002aus" /> "He was overpowering me from the baseline, backhand to backhand" said Safin afterwards.<ref name=":johansson2002aus" /> Johansson became the first Swedish player to win a Slam since Stefan Edberg won the 1992 US Open title,<ref name=":johansson2002aus" /> and the first Swede to claim the Australian Open since his idol Mats Wilander in 1988.<ref name=":johansson2002aus" />

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.<ref name=":johansson2005wim">Template:Cite news</ref> 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. Johansson's final major appearance was the 2008 US Open, where he lost in the first round to Ernests Gulbis.

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.Template:Citation needed He married Gisella Kaltenecker 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
Win 2002 Australian Open Hard Template:Flagicon Marat Safin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

ATP Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1999 Canada Masters Hard Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1–6, 6–3, 6–3

Olympics

Doubles: 1 (1 Silver)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 2008 Beijing Olympics Hard Template:Flagicon Simon Aspelin Template:Flagicon Roger Federer
Template:Flagicon 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) Template:Flagicon Martin Damm 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 1997 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Renzo Furlan 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Mar 1998 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Jan Siemerink 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 1998 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Todd Martin 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Aug 1999 Montreal, Canada Hard Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–2 Nov 2000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–2 Jun 2001 Halle, Germany Grass Template:Flagicon Fabrice Santoro 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Win 6–2 Jun 2001 Nottingham, UK Grass Template:Flagicon Harel Levy 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–2 Jan 2002 Australian Open, Australia Hard Template:Flagicon Marat Safin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 7–3 Jun 2004 Nottingham, UK Grass Template:Flagicon Paradorn Srichaphan 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 8–3 Oct 2004 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 9–3 Oct 2005 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–4 Oct 2006 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 9–5 Oct 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman Template:Flagicon Christopher Kas
Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach 		6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 1–1 Aug 2008 Summer Olympics, China Hard Template:Flagicon Simon Aspelin Template:Flagicon Roger Federer
Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Dts Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Patrick Baur 6–4, 7–6
Win 2–0 Template:Dts Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Frédéric Vitoux 6–0, 6–0
Loss 2–1 Template:Dts Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Template:Flagicon Gianluca Pozzi 6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win 3–1 Template:Dts Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Dts Lillehammer, Norway Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Lars-Anders Wahlgren Template:Flagicon Andrew Ilie
Template:Flagicon Todd Larkham 		3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Template:Dts Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Mårten Renström Template:Flagicon Emanuel Couto
Template:Flagicon Bernardo Mota 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Template:Dts East London, South Africa Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Stefan Koubek Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman
Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett 		2–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Template:Performance key Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics.

Professional Career
Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SR W–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

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon A A A A A A 2R A A 3R 2R 0 / 3 4–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A A A A A A 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 5 4–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
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 Template:Tennis win percentage
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 1R Not Held F 0 / 2 4–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A 2R A 1R A A 1R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami A A Q2 2R A A A 1R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo 1R A A Q1 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg A A A A 2R A A 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 1–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome A 2R 2R 1R 2R A A 1R A A A 0 / 5 3–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Madrid Not Held A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A Q2 Q2 1R A A A 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris A A A A A A A SF A A A 0 / 1 2–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
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 Template:Tennis win percentage

Top 10 wins

Season 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
Wins 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 4 6 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 27
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Template:Tooltip
1996
1. Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek 8 Singapore, Singapore Carpet (i) QF 5–7, 7–6(7–3), ret. 93
1998
2. Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman 4 Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) 1R 6–1, 6–2 40
3. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) 1R 7–6(7–5), 6–2 34
4. Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá 5 Indianapolis, United States Hard 2R 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–1 34
5. Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek 5 US Open, New York, United States Hard 3R 6–7(5–7), 5–4, ret. 33
6. Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá 5 Davis Cup, Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) RR 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6) 22
7. Template:Flagicon Petr Korda 10 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) 2R 6–2, 6–4 21
1999
8. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 London, United Kingdom Carpet (i) QF 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 19
9. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Montreal, Canada Hard F 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 22
2000
10. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 2R 6–1, 7–6(7–0), 6–4 57
11. Template:Flagicon Thomas Enqvist 9 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) 1R 6–2, 6–2 57
12. Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman 4 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) SF 7–6(7–4), 6–2 57
13. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) F 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 57
2001
14. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard 2R 7–6(7–4), 7–5 31
15. Template:Flagicon Marat Safin 2 Indian Wells, United States Hard 1R 7–5, 7–5 26
16. Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten 1 Miami, United States Hard 3R 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 25
17. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Davis Cup, Malmö, Sweden Hard (i) RR 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 6–2 25
18. Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Halle, Germany Grass SF 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 19
19. Template:Flagicon Pat Rafter 4 Davis Cup, Sydney, Australia Hard RR 3–6, 6–7(8–10), 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 17
2004
20. Template:Flagicon Gastón Gaudio 10 US Open, New York, United States Hard 2R 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 61
21. Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 7 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) F 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 42
2005
22. Template:Flagicon Joachim Johansson 9 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i) 2R 6–4, 6–4 29
23. Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá 6 Miami, United States Hard 3R 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–2 27
24. Template:Flagicon Tim Henman 9 Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom Grass QF 6–4, 6–4 20
2007
25. Template:Flagicon James Blake 7 Davis Cup, Gothenburg, Sweden Carpet (i) RR 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 56
26. Template:Flagicon James Blake 7 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) SF 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3) 55
2008
27. Template:Flagicon David Ferrer 5 Miami, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 7–5 60

See also

References

Template:Reflist

Template:Australian Open men's singles champions Template:ATP Masters Series tournament winners

Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?title=Thomas_Johansson&oldid=795557"