Fredrik Jonsson

Not to be confused with Fredrik Jönsson.

Fredrik Jonsson

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Malmö, Sweden
Born	(1977-03-28) 28 March 1977 (age 47) Malmö, Sweden
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$291,169
Singles
Career record	8–28
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 108 (17 July 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	Q3 (2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001)
US Open	3R (1999)
Doubles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 458 (4 October 1999)

Fredrik Jonsson (born 28 March 1977) is a retired tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1996. ^[1] The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 108 in July 2000. Jonsson comes from the same hometown as teenage colleague-star Andreas Vinciguerra.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior, Jonsson reached as high as No. 19 in the world singles rankings in 1995. His best result was reaching the semifinals at the 1995 Junior Italian Open where he lost to the eventual champion, Mariano Zabaleta. ^[2]

Pro career

Jonsson made his ATP main draw singles debut, as a qualifier, at the 1986 Swedish Open where he lost in the first round to Carlos Costa. He subsequently participated mainly on the ITF Futures circuit and the ATP Challenger Tour. In September 1998, he reached his first final on the Challenger tour, when he lost in the final of the Budva Challenger against Tomas Behrend. In October 1998, he won the Samarkand Challenger by beating Oleg Ogorodov in the final.

In Grand Slam tennis, his best performance was at the 1999 US Open, when he reached the third round and beat world number 16, Nicolás Lapentti in the second round, before losing to Slava Doseděl. ^[1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1998	Greece F3, Chalkida	Futures	Hard	Jan-Ralph Brandt	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1998	Budva, Yugoslavia	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Sep 1998	Sweden F3, Gothenburg	Futures	Hard	Nicklas Timfjord	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–2	Oct 1998	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Oleg Ogorodov	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Aug 1999	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Galo Blanco	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Apr 2001	USA F8, Little Rock, Arkansas	Futures	Hard	Martin Verkerk	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–4	May 2001	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Ivo Heuberger	6–4, 5–7, 2–6

References

1. ATP World Tour: Fredrik Jonsson
2. "Fredrik Jonsson – Juniors". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2020-10-30.