Ville Jansson

Ville Jansson

Full name	Ville Jansson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	(1965-04-10) 10 April 1965 (age 59) Timrå, Sweden
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Prize money	$36,255
Singles
Career record	0-2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 243 (9 July 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1990)
Wimbledon	Q2 (1990)
Doubles
Career record	4-9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1989	Coquitlam, Canada	Hard	Chris Pridham	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1989	Croydon, Great Britain	Carpet	Russell Barlow	Mike De Palmer Byron Talbot	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.	1989	Winnetka, United States	Hard	Scott Warner	Bill Benjes Arkie Engle	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
3.	1990	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Pablo Albano	Nduka Odizor Bryan Shelton	7–6, 4–6, 7–5

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.

External links

• Ville Jansson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ville Jansson at the International Tennis Federation