Fred Simonsson

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Fred Simonsson
Country (sports)Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Residence Stockholm, Sweden
Born (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 (age 29)
Lidingö, Sweden
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach Peter Carlsson
Prize money$63,441
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 633 (1 August 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  JuniorQ1 (2012)
French Open  JuniorQ1 (2012)
Doubles
Career record3–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2 Challengers, 14 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 195 (20 February 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior1R (2012)

Fred Simonsson (born 27 November 1994) is a Swedish tennis player.

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Simonsson has a career high ATP singles ranking of 633, achieved on 1 August 2016. His career high ATP doubles ranking of 195 was achieved on 20 February 2017. [1]

Tennis career

Simonsson made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the 2012 Swedish Open. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Swedish Open partnering Jonathan Mridha and repeated the achievement at the 2016 Swedish Open partnering Isak Arvidsson.

In March 2016 Simonsson won the ATP Challenger Tour doubles tournament RC Hotel Open partnering Isak Arvidsson. With the same partner he won the 2016 Båstad Challenger in July. [2] Simonsson retired in 2019 and shortly thereafter started to work as an assistant producer for Day International AB, an independent production agency in photo, film and digital content production.

Personal life

Simonsson is a big supporter of the Stockholm team Djurgårdens IF since childhood.

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures titles

Singles: 1

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0)
ITF Futures Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.May 2015 Karlskrona, Sweden F1Clay Flag of Germany.svg Timon Reichelt6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 16

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2)
ITF Futures Tour (14)
No.   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.Oct 2012 Jönköping, Sweden F7Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Filip Bergevi Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Averfalk
Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Olin
6–2, 6–3
2.Sep 2013 Falun, Sweden F6Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Milos Sekulic Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Brunström
Flag of Finland.svg Henri Kontinen
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
3.May 2015 Båstad, Sweden F2Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Jonathan Mridha Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Appelgren
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Ymer
6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
4.May 2015 Båstad, Sweden F3Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Jonathan Mridha Flag of Sweden.svg Serdar Bojadjieva
Flag of Romania.svg Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
7–6(7–4),6–2
1. Mar 2016 Jönköping Challenger, SwedenHard Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Arvidsson Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson
Flag of Sweden.svg Milos Sekulic
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
5.Mar 2016 Heraklion, Greece F1Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Arvidsson Flag of Belarus.svg Maxim Dubarenco
Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
6.May 2016 Karlskrona, Sweden F1Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Arvidsson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marc Dijkhuizen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Colin Van Beem
w/o
2. Jul 2016 Båstad Challenger, SwedenClay Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Arvidsson Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Siljeström
6–3, 7–5
7.Oct 2016 Falun, Sweden F5Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Arvidsson Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson
Flag of Sweden.svg Milos Sekulic
7–6(7–1), 4–6, [11–9]
8.Nov 2016 Mishref, Kuwait F1Hard Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Altmaier Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Fayziev
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
7–6(7–3), 6–2
9.May 2017 Båstad, Sweden F2Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Isak Arvidsson Flag of Portugal.svg Fred Gil
Flag of Spain.svg Mario Vilella Martínez
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
10.Sep 2017 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy F29Clay Flag of Italy.svg Corrado Summaria Flag of Italy.svg Cristian Carli
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Vavassori
6–1, 6–4
11.Mar 2018 Doha, Qatar F1Hard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jonas Merckx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Zizou Bergs
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Scott Griekspoor
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–4]
12.Mar 2018 Doha, Qatar F2Hard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Zizou Bergs Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marek Gengel
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Matej Vocel
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
13.May 2018 Karlskrona, Sweden F1Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson Flag of Finland.svg Otto Virtanen
Flag of Germany.svg Louis Wessels
6–1, 1–6, [10–5]
14.Sep 2018 Stockholm, Sweden F4Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antoine Bellier
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Härteis
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]

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References

  1. "Fred Simonsson Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. "Fred Simonsson Titles". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.