Thomas Johansson

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Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson 2 (cropped).jpg
Johansson in 2008
Country (sports)Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1975-03-24) 24 March 1975 (age 50)
Linköping, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $7,168,029
Singles
Career record357–296 (54.7%)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 7 (10 June 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open W (2002)
French Open 2R (1996, 2000, 2002, 2005)
Wimbledon SF (2005)
US Open QF (1998, 2000)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals RR (2002)
Olympic Games 2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record76–98 (43.7%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 51 (17 July 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2008)
French Open 2R (2006)
Wimbledon 3R (2007)
US Open 3R (2005)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games F (2008)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (1998)
Coaching career
(2017–present)
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Doubles
Last updated on: 19 March 2023.

Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (pronounced [ˈtʊ̌mːasˈjûːanˌsɔn] ; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish tennis coach and a former professional player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking in May 2002. His career highlights in singles include a major title at the 2002 Australian Open, and a Masters title at the 1999 Canada Masters. He also won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in men's doubles, partnering Simon Aspelin. As of 2025, Johansson remains the last Swedish man to win a major in singles.

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Johansson was the coach of Sorana Cîrstea from 2022 to early 2024. [1] From early 2024 to September 2025, he was also the coach of Kei Nishikori. [2] He is currently coaching Daniil Medvedev. [3]

Tennis career

Juniors

Johansson began to play tennis at age five with his father, Krister. In 1989, became European 14s singles champion and won doubles title (with Magnus Norman). Even when he injured his right elbow while playing the Orange Bowl tennis championships 16s in 1991, he still reached the final, losing to Spain's Gonzalo Corrales. He finished No. 10 in the 1993 world junior rankings.

Professional career

That same year he joined the pro tour for the first time, and turned pro the following year. He has managed to win 9 top-level singles titles and 1 doubles title, including the 1999 Canada Masters, defeating world No. 4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov from a set down, and the 2002 Australian Open, which he unexpectedly won (while having never progressed beyond the quarterfinals of any of his 24 previous Grand Slams) after defeating Jacobo Díaz, Markus Hipfl, Younes El Aynaoui, [4] Adrian Voinea, Jonas Björkman [4] and Jiří Novák [4] before defeating his heavily favored opponent in the final, Marat Safin, in four sets, again from a set down. [4] "He was overpowering me from the baseline, backhand to backhand" said Safin afterwards. [4] Johansson became the first Swedish player to win a Slam since Stefan Edberg won the 1992 US Open title, [4] and the first Swede to claim the Australian Open since his idol Mats Wilander in 1988. [4]

A knee injury robbed Johansson of the latter half of the 2002 season and all of 2003, and Johansson was therefore unable to compete until the start of 2004. Many people weren't sure if Johansson will be able to compete again because of the seriousness of the injury. In 2005, he made a comeback to become the first Swedish player to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon since Edberg in 1993, and only dropped a set en route, losing to 2nd seed Andy Roddick in a tightly contested four set match that lasted a minute under 3 hours. [5] Near the end of the season, Johansson won his 9th and last ATP tour title in St. Petersburg, defeating Nicolas Kiefer in straight sets.

In 2006, the Swede struggled through the season after suffering an eye injury early in the season. The highlights of the season were a 4th round at the Australian Open (where he lost to Ivan Ljubičić), his first doubles title in Båstad, Sweden with countryman Jonas Björkman, and a final in St. Petersburg (lost to Mario Ančić), where he was the defending champion.

At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics he reached the doubles final with Simon Aspelin, where he lost against the Swiss team of Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in 4 sets. Johansson's final major appearance was the 2008 US Open, where he lost in the first round to Ernests Gulbis.

As of 6 March 2009, he has an 18–15 career Davis Cup record (17–12 in singles) in 17 ties, having played for Sweden every year other than 2003 (when he was out of action for the entire season) since 1998, and a 356–292 career overall.

He announced his retirement in June 2009 after a 15-year career.

Personal life

His idol while growing up was Mats Wilander, who was the captain of Swedish Davis Cup team. He is also a keen player of golf and floorball, and a fan of ice hockey. He scored two goals and assisted on another in 6–5 win by ATP Stars over National Hockey League Players in an annual street hockey challenge in Montreal in 2001.[ citation needed ] He married Gisella Kaltenecker on 3 December 2005.

Equipment

He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for racquets and apparel, and Adidas for shoes. He uses a heavily modified Dunlop Pro Revelation racquet 'paintjobbed' to look like the current Dunlop 4D Aerogel 500 racquet.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2002 Australian Open Hard Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

ATP Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1999 Canada Masters Hard Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1–6, 6–3, 6–3

Olympics

Doubles: 1 (1 Silver)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Silver 2008 Beijing Olympics Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka 		3–6, 4–6, 7–6 (7–4) , 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (3–2)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Mar 1997 Copenhagen, DenmarkCarpet (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win2–0 Mar 1997 St. Petersburg, RussiaCarpet (i) Flag of Italy.svg Renzo Furlan 6–3, 6–4
Loss2–1 Mar 1998 Rotterdam, NetherlandsCarpet (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss2–2 Nov 1998 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Todd Martin 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win3–2 Aug 1999 Montreal, CanadaHard Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win4–2 Nov 2000 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Win5–2 Jun 2001 Halle, GermanyGrass Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Win6–2 Jun 2001 Nottingham, UKGrass Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy 7–5, 6–3
Win7–2 Jan 2002 Australian Open, AustraliaHard Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss7–3 Jun 2004 Nottingham, UKGrass Flag of Thailand.svg Paradorn Srichaphan 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win8–3 Oct 2004 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win9–3 Oct 2005 St. Petersburg, RussiaCarpet (i) Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–2
Loss9–4 Oct 2006 St. Petersburg, RussiaCarpet (i) Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Ančić 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Loss9–5 Oct 2007 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i) Flag of Croatia.svg Ivo Karlović 3–6, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
Summer Olympics (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jul 2006 Båstad, SwedenClay Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Kas
Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach 		6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss1–1 Aug 2008 Summer Olympics, ChinaHard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stanislas Wawrinka 		3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 1995 Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur 6–4, 7–6
Win2–0Sep 1995 Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Frédéric Vitoux 6–0, 6–0
Loss2–1Feb 1996 Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Pozzi 6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win3–1Aug 2007 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Vemić 6–4, 7–6(9–7)

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 1995 Lillehammer, NorwayChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Lars-Anders Wahlgren Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Ilie
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Larkham 		3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win2–0Jul 1995 Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mårten Renström Flag of Portugal (official).svg Emanuel Couto
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Bernardo Mota 		6–3, 6–3
Loss2–1Feb 2008 East London, South AfricaChallengerHard Flag of Austria.svg Stefan Koubek Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Kevin Ullyett 		2–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics.

Professional Career
Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R W A 1R 4R 4R 2R 1R A1 / 1319–12
French Open A Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 1R 2R AA 2R 1R 1R 1R A0 / 114–11
Wimbledon AAA 4R 2R 3R 2R 4R 2R 1R A 3R SF 1R 1R 2R A0 / 1219–12
US Open A Q2 A 2R 1R QF A QF 4R AA 3R 2R 1R 3R 1R A0 / 1017–10
Win–loss0–00–10–16–42–46–41–29–46–48–20–04–310–43–43–41–40–01 / 4659–45
Year-end championships
Tennis Masters Cup Did not qualify RR Did not qualify0 / 10–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAAAAA 2R 2R 2R 1R A 2R 2R A 3R 2R A0 / 87–8
Miami Masters AAAAAA 2R 1R 4R 4R A 1R QF A 2R 3R Q1 0 / 810–8
Monte-Carlo Masters AAAA 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF AA 1R A 1R AA0 / 83–8
Hamburg Masters AAAAAA 1R 1R QF 2R AA 1R 1R AANMS0 / 64–6
Rome Masters AAAA 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R AA 2R 2R AAA0 / 83–8
Canada Masters AAAAAA W 2R 2R 2R A SF 2R 3R A 2R A1 / 817–7
Cincinnati Masters AAAA 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R A 1R A0 / 105–10
Madrid Masters Not Held 3R AA 3R AAAA0 / 22–2
Stuttgart Masters AAAA 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R Not Held0 / 53–5
Paris Masters AAAA 2R 2R 1R A QF 3R A 1R 3R 2R Q2 AA0 / 87–8
Win–loss0–00–00–00–03–56–57–83–89–99–90–06–57–94–53–34–40–01 / 7161–70
Career statistics
Finals0000221121021110014
Titles000020112101100009
Hardcourt Win–loss0–00–10–113–1015–1324–1316–1317–1726–1617–120–019–1319–145–719–1410–120–0200–156
Clay Win–loss0–00–10–14–51–62–61–71–54–57–70–01–28–61–64–53–70–037–69
Grass Win–loss0–00–00–04–21–34–31–13–311–12–20–06–310–30–30–32–30–046–30
Carpet Win–loss2–10–01–17–415–515–94–41–15–33–30–03–39–24–24–20–01–174–41
Overall win–loss2–10–21–328–2132–2745–3122–2522–2646–2529–240–029–2148–2510–1827–2415–221–1357–296
Win %67%0%25%57%54%59%47%46%65%55%–58%66%36%53%41%50%54.67%
Year-end ranking42248611760391739391814–30137162136601

Doubles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R AAAAA 1R 2R 0 / 31–325%
French Open AAAAAAAA 2R 1R A0 / 21–233%
Wimbledon AAAAAA 2R AA 3R 2R 0 / 34–357%
US Open AAAAAA 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 54–544%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–00–01–22–12–23–42–30 / 1310–1343%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NHANot Held 1R Not Held F 0 / 24–267%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AA 2R A 1R AA 1R AAA0 / 31–325%
Miami AA Q2 2R AAA 1R AAA0 / 21–233%
Monte Carlo 1R AA Q1 1R A 1R AAAA0 / 30–30%
Hamburg AAAA 2R AA 1R 1R AA0 / 31–325%
Rome A 2R 2R 1R 2R AA 1R AAA0 / 53–538%
Madrid Not HeldAAA 2R AAA0 / 10–10%
Canada A Q2 Q2 1R AAA 2R AAA0 / 21–233%
Cincinnati AA 2R AAAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
Paris AAAAAAA SF AAA0 / 12–167%
Win–loss0–11–13–31–32–40–00–13–70–10–00–00 / 2110–2132%

Top 10 wins

Season19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009Total
Wins0001062460023021027
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreJR
1996
1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Krajicek 8 Singapore, SingaporeCarpet (i)QF5–7, 7–6(7–3), ret.93
1998
2. Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman 4 Antwerp, BelgiumHard (i)1R6–1, 6–240
3. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Rotterdam, NetherlandsCarpet (i)1R7–6(7–5), 6–234
4. Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Moyá 5 Indianapolis, United StatesHard2R6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–134
5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Krajicek 5 US Open, New York, United StatesHard3R6–7(5–7), 5–4, ret.33
6. Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Moyá 5 Davis Cup, Stockholm, SwedenCarpet (i)RR7–5, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6)22
7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Korda 10 Stuttgart, GermanyHard (i)2R6–2, 6–421
1999
8. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 London, United KingdomCarpet (i)QF6–2, 7–6(7–5)19
9. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Montreal, CanadaHardF1–6, 6–3, 6–322
2000
10. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 Wimbledon, London, United KingdomGrass2R6–1, 7–6(7–0), 6–457
11. Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Enqvist 9 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i)1R6–2, 6–257
12. Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Norman 4 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i)SF7–6(7–4), 6–257
13. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i)F6–2, 6–4, 6–457
2001
14. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard2R7–6(7–4), 7–531
15. Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin 2 Indian Wells, United StatesHard1R7–5, 7–526
16. Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Kuerten 1 Miami, United StatesHard3R6–3, 4–6, 6–425
17. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Davis Cup, Malmö, SwedenHard (i)RR6–4, 1–6, 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 6–225
18. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Halle, GermanyGrassSF6–3, 5–7, 6–219
19. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Rafter 4 Davis Cup, Sydney, AustraliaHardRR3–6, 6–7(8–10), 6–3, 6–2, 6–317
2004
20. Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Gaudio 10 US Open, New York, United StatesHard2R6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–461
21. Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 7 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i)F3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)42
2005
22. Flag of Sweden.svg Joachim Johansson 9 Rotterdam, NetherlandsHard (i)2R6–4, 6–429
23. Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Moyá 6 Miami, United StatesHard3R7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–227
24. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman 9 Queen's Club, London, United KingdomGrassQF6–4, 6–420
2007
25. Flag of the United States.svg James Blake 7 Davis Cup, Gothenburg, SwedenCarpet (i)RR6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–356
26. Flag of the United States.svg James Blake 7 Stockholm, SwedenHard (i)SF3–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)55
2008
27. Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer 5 Miami, United StatesHard2R6–4, 7–560

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nguyen, Courtney (15 March 2023). "With a new outlook on tennis, Cirstea readies for Swiatek". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kei Nishikori adds Thomas Johansson to coaching team for his latest comeback in 2024".
  3. ↑ "Daniil Medvedev's new coaches revealed for Asian tournament series after parting ways with Gilles Cervara". 6 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Johansson emerges as Open's unlikely champ". Gainesville Sun . 28 January 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Eye on the prize". Times Daily. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
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