Jan Gunnarsson

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Jan Gunnarsson
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1986
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Jan Gunnarsson (born 30 May 1962) is a former

Vienna in 1985 (beating Libor Pimek in the final) and nine doubles titles on the world tour during his professional career. In 1989 he reached the semi-finals of Australian Open where he lost in straight sets to Miloslav Mečíř
.

Along with

Wimbledon in 1985. The Swedish/Danish duo defeated John Frawley and Víctor Pecci
in the first round.

The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 25 in December 1985.

Summer 2012 Olympics controversy

Gunnarsson was an expert commentator for the Summer 2012 Olympic Games. His position on Swedish television became controversial after he made xenophobic comments in response to negative comments made by the Swedish Culture and Sports Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth about financial support for future Swedish applications for major championships. On his Facebook page, Gunnarsson posted the comment, "There's not enough money when the state is paying welfare for 27,000 Somalis." His comment was criticized by SVT's sports editor Per Yng, and he removed the comment shortly after.[2]

Career finals

Singles (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1984 Metz, France Carpet India Ramesh Krishnan 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 1985 Vienna, Austria Carpet Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Oct 1986 Toulouse, France Hard (i) France Guy Forget 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 1987
Stuttgart
, West Germany
Clay Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř 0–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 May 1991
Bologna
, Italy
Clay Italy Paolo Canè 7–5, 3–6, 5–7

Doubles (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1982 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) United States Mark Dickson United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan
7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win 2–0 Mar 1983 Nancy, France Hard (i) Sweden Anders Järryd Chile Ricardo Acuña
Chile Belus Prajoux
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–1 May 1983
Rome
, Italy
Clay United States Mike Leach Paraguay Francisco González
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win 3–1 Apr 1984
Nice
, France
Clay Denmark Michael Mortensen Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–1, 7–5
Loss 3–2 Apr 1984
Monte Carlo
, Monaco
Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 1–6
Win 4–2 Jul 1984 Båstad, Sweden Clay Denmark Michael Mortensen Spain Juan Avendaño
Brazil Fernando Roese
6–0, 6–0
Loss 4–3 Oct 1984 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Sweden Joakim Nyström Poland Wojciech Fibak
United States Sandy Mayer
1–6, 3–6
Loss 4–4 Nov 1984
Treviso
, Italy
Clay United States Sherwood Stewart Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
United States Tim Wilkison
2–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Nov 1984 Toulouse, France Carpet Denmark Michael Mortensen Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
United States Tim Wilkison
6–4, 6–2
Loss 5–5 Sep 1985
Barcelona
, Spain
Clay Denmark Michael Mortensen Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 3–6
Loss 5–6 Oct 1985 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Sweden Peter Lundgren Austria Alex Antonitsch
Netherlands Michiel Schapers
4–6, 5–7
Loss 5–7 Apr 1986 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Sweden Peter Lundgren New Zealand Kelly Evernden
United States Chip Hooper
4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win 6–7 Sep 1986
Barcelona
, Spain
Clay Sweden Joakim Nyström Peru Carlos di Laura
Italy Claudio Panatta
6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–8 Oct 1986
Basel
, Switzerland
Hard (i) Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
6–7, 4–6
Win 7–8 Jul 1987
Gstaad
, Switzerland
Clay Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd France Loïc Courteau
France Guy Forget
7–6, 6–2
Loss 7–9 Feb 1989
Rotterdam
, Netherlands
Clay Sweden Magnus Gustafsson Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Milan Šrejber
6–7, 0–6
Win 8–9 Oct 1989
Vienna
, Austria
Carpet Sweden Anders Järryd United States Paul Annacone
New Zealand Kelly Evernden
6–2, 6–3
Loss 8–10 Jul 1990 Båstad, Sweden Clay West Germany Udo Riglewski Sweden Rikard Bergh
Sweden Ronnie Båthman
1–6, 4–6
Win 9–10 Apr 1991
Nice
, France
Clay Sweden Rikard Bergh Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl
Sweden Nicklas Utgren
6–4, 4–6, 6–3

References

  1. ^ Jan Gunnarsson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  2. ^ ""Helt oacceptabelt att uttrycka sig så"". aftonbladet.se.

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