Ville Jansson

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Ville Jansson
Full nameVille Jansson
Country (sports)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Born (1965-04-10) 10 April 1965 (age 57)
Timrå, Sweden
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Prize money$36,255
Singles
Career record0-2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 243 (9 July 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (1990)
Wimbledon Q2 (1990)
Doubles
Career record4-9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 143 (30 April 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1990)
French Open 1R (1990)
US Open 1R (1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 1R (1990)

Ville Jansson (born 10 April 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

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Biography

Born in Timrå, Jansson grew up in the town of Värnamo. [1]

Prior to touring professionally he played collegiate tennis for Northeast Louisiana University. He earned All-American honours in 1986 and graduated in 1988. [2]

From 1989 he joined the professional circuit, where he competed for two years. He beat Chris Pridham to win a Challenger tournament in Coquitlam in 1989, in addition to three Challenger titles he won in doubles. In 1990 he appeared in the main draw of the men's doubles at the Australian Open, French Open and US Open.

Since retiring he has lived mostly in Texas. In 2017 he became the Director of Sports at Lost Creek Country Club in Austin, Texas. [3]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1989 Coquitlam, CanadaHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Pridham 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1989 Croydon, Great BritainCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Barlow Flag of the United States.svg Mike De Palmer
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Byron Talbot 		2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.1989 Winnetka, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Scott Warner Flag of the United States.svg Bill Benjes
Flag of the United States.svg Arkie Engle 		6–7, 6–4, 6–4
3.1990 Mexico City, MexicoClay Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Albano Flag of Nigeria.svg Nduka Odizor
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Shelton 		7–6, 4–6, 7–5

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References

  1. ↑ "Svenska tränare i Texas!" (in Swedish). primesite.se. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Hopeful Indians in NCAA". The Times . May 20, 1987. p. 12. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Staff Members - Ville Jansson". clubcorp.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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