Jonas Svensson (tennis)

Jonas Svensson

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1966-10-21) 21 October 1966 Goteburg, Sweden
Height
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,439,702
Singles
Career record	258-204 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 10 (23 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 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 49 (6 April 1987)

Jonas 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.

Career finals

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1986	Cologne, Germany	Hard	Stefan Eriksson	6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	1986	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Martín Jaite	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	1986	Wembley, U.K.	Carpet	Yannick Noah	2–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	2.	1987	Vienna, Austria	Hard	Amos Mansdorf	1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1987	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Stefan Edberg	5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	3.	1988	Metz, France	Carpet	Michiel Schapers	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1988	Munich, Germany	Clay	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	1988	Wembley, U.K.	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	7–6, 6–3, 4–6, 0–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	1990	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Brad Gilbert	1–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	1990	Toulouse, France	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up	7.	1991	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Stefan Edberg	2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	5.	1991	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Anders Järryd	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	1993	Zaragoza, Spain	Carpet	Karel Nováček	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	1993	Kuala Lumpur-2, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Michael Chang	0–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L
Grand Slams
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

External links

• Jonas Svensson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jonas Svensson at the Davis Cup