Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional

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player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7

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on 10 May 2002. His career highlights in singles include a Grand Slam title at the

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, and an ATP Masters Series title at the 1999 Canada Masters. He also won a silver medal at the

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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.

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

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). 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

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, defeating world No. 4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov from a set down, and the

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, which he unexpectedly won (while having never progressed beyond the quarterfinals of any of his 24 previous Grand Slams) after defeating

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, Markus Hipfl,

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, Adrian Voinea,

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and

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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

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won the

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US Open title, and the first Swede to claim the Australian Open since his idol Mats Wilander in

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. 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

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since Edberg in

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, 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

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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

, and a final in St. Petersburg (lost to Mario Ančić), where he was the defending champion. At the

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he reached the doubles final with Simon Aspelin, where he lost against the Swiss team of Roger Federer and

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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

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team. He is also a keen player of

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and

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, and a fan of

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. He scored two goals and assisted on another in 6–5 win by ATP Stars over

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Players in an annual street hockey challenge in Montreal in 2001. He married Gisella Kaltencher on 3 December 2005.

Equipment

He is sponsored by

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for racquets and apparel, and

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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)

ATP Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Olympics

Doubles: 1 (1 Silver)

ATP career finals

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

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

''Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics.''

Doubles

Top 10 wins

References

External links

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Johansson world ranking history
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Thomas 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Linköping Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Swedish male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Sweden Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in tennis Hopman Cup competitors Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swedish tennis coaches

Tennis career

Juniors

Professional career

Personal life

Equipment

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Olympics

Doubles: 1 (1 Silver)

ATP career finals

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

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Top 10 wins

See also

References

External links