Johan Carlsson (tennis)

Johan Carlsson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	29 January 1966 (age 53); Linköping, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1984
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$335,509
Singles
Career record	55–77
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 81 (22 Jun 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1987)
French Open	1R (1987, 1989)
Wimbledon	1R (1987, 1989)
US Open	3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	15–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 155 (7 Jul 86)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1987)

Last updated December 31, 2019

Johan Carlsson (born 29 January 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Career

Carlsson reached his first and only final on tour in the 1986 Japan Open, finishing runner-up. His previous best performance had come at the same tournament a year earlier, when he made the semi-finals. In 1986 he was also a quarter-finalist at Washington

He defeated both Slobodan Živojinović and countryman Tobias Svantesson in the 1988 US Open, to make the third round, where he was knocked out of the tournament by Stefan Edberg. It was his best showing in a Grand Slam.^[1]

In 1989 he made the quarter-finals at Nancy and along the way defeated top seed Darren Cahill.

Carlsson reached two further quarter-finals in 1991, in Tel Aviv and Washington.

He had wins over two top 20 players during his career. At Key Biscayne in 1987 he upset world number 13 Mikael Pernfors and in the 1992 Cincinnati Open he defeated local MaliVai Washington, then ranked 16th in the world.^[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1986	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ramesh Krishnan	3–6, 1–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1984	Travemünde, West Germany	Clay	Peter Svensson	Igor Flego Shahar Perkiss	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
2.	1990	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	David Lewis	Shuzo Matsuoka Shigeru Ota	7–5, 6–2
3.	1991	Salzburg, Austria	Clay	David Engel	Bruce Derlin Martin Sinner	7–6, 6–2

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References

External links

Johan Carlsson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Johan Carlsson at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] ITF Tennis Profile

[2] ATP World Tour Profile