Joachim Johansson
US$ 1,549,039 | |
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| Career record | 72–59 (55.0%) |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 9 (14 February 2005) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2005) |
| French Open | 1R (2004) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2004) |
| US Open | SF (2004) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 16–14 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 108 (1 February 2008) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | SF (2007) |
Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005.
Background
Johansson was born in
He is not related to fellow Swedish tennis player Thomas Johansson.
Tennis career
2000–2003
Johansson competed in his first professional tour match in the 2000 Wideyes Swedish Open, where he retired against Markus Hipfl. He then claimed his first win in a Challenger event in Sweden, defeating Alexander Peya. He then competed in the 2000 Scania Stockholm Open losing to Bohdan Ulihrach.
In 2001 Johansson focused on Challengers and only competed in one ATP tour tournament: the 2001 Stockholm Open, losing to Andreas Vinciguerra. He however reached two Futures semifinals, in Great Britain and New Zealand, and two finals in Germany and Austria. He won his first Futures tournament in Australia, defeating Todd Perry.
In 2002 Johansson won three Futures events: in Poland, in Austria, and Sweden, and reached a final in Poland. He also won his first ATP Tour level match in his home tournament in the 2002 Stockholm Open, defeating Albert Portas before losing to Fabrice Santoro.
In 2003 Johansson made his Grand Slam Debut in the 2003 Australian Open losing to American Mardy Fish. He then represented Sweden against Australia in the Davis Cup, however he lost to Wayne Arthurs. He then competed in Newport losing to Zack Fleishman. In his US Open debut he once again lost to Mardy Fish. He competed once again for the fourth straight year in the 2003 Stockholm Open where he reached his first quarterfinals where he defeated his first top 30 opponent, world no. 25 Fernando González in the second round before losing to Davide Sanguinetti. He won two Challengers and reached two finals that year.
2004
2004 was the breakthrough year for Johansson. In his first tournament in the
Plagued by injuries (2005–2007)
Johansson began 2005 with a nice start winning in the
In October 2006, Johansson made a triumphant return to the ATP Tour in the Stockholm Open. He defeated Davide Sanguinetti in the first round, as a wildcard. He stunned the top seed and world number two, Rafael Nadal, in straight sets in the second round. In that match, Johansson fired 17 aces, and announced his return to the top of the game, calling it his "greatest win ever." Johansson made it to the semifinals of the tournament before losing to fifth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen in three sets. In his next tournament, the Madrid Masters, Johansson pulled off another upset in the second round, defeating fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko in three sets. He was forced to withdraw from his next match due to a throat infection.
In 2007 Johansson only competed in 4 tournaments in the
2008–present (retirement and return)
Johansson retired from professional tennis on 1 February 2008 due to his persistent shoulder injury.
In 2009, he competed in the Challengers events reaching the semifinals in Izmir, Turkey before withdrawing against Andrea Stoppini. He then got a wildcard entry at the Malaysian Open and made a surprise win over Lleyton Hewitt in the first round before losing to Richard Gasquet. Next, he competed in the 2009 If Stockholm Open after receiving a wildcard. He defeated Peter Luczak and Juan Mónaco but then lost to Thomaz Bellucci.
In 2010, Johansson played his first match of 2010 in singles during the 2010 Davis Cup tie against Argentina, which he lost in four sets to Argentine Leonardo Mayer.
He received a wildcard at a Challenger Tour at the
Records
He held the record for the most aces served in one match, with 51 against Andre Agassi, in the 4th round of the 2005 Australian Open (though he still lost the match in four sets). Johansson said in the post-match press conference, that
he felt that he could have served better.
ATP career finals
Singles: 3 (3 wins)
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2004 | Memphis , United States
|
Hard |  Nicolas Kiefer
|
7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jan 2005 | Adelaide , Australia
|
Hard |  Taylor Dent
|
7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 2005 | Marseille , France
|
Hard |  Ivan Ljubičić
|
7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles: 2 (1 win, 1 loss)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2005 | Halle, Germany | Grass |  Marat Safin
|
 Yves Allegro Roger Federer
|
5–7, 7–6(8–6), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2005 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay |  Jonas Björkman
|
 José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto
|
6–2, 6–3 |
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | Career win–loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 4R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 5–4 |
French Open
|
A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–1 |
Wimbledon
|
A | A | A | Q1 | 4R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 5–2 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 5–2 |
| Grand Slam Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 10–4 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 15–9 |
| Year End Ranking | 773 | 390 | 219 | 95 | 11 | 54 | 193 | 350 | 771 | 365 | 889 | 554 | 694 | N/A |
See also
- List of male tennis players
- List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives
References
- ^ "ITF Profile". Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Hewitt v Johansson a family affair". The Age. Australia. 11 September 2004.
- ^ "Injury forces Johansson to quit". BBC Sport. 1 February 2008.
- ^ "Pim-Pim calls it quits". Yahoo! News. 1 February 2008.
- ^ TENNIS: Agassi survives ordeal by aces as Johansson serves record 51[permanent dead link]
- ^ Post-match interview
