# Thomas Johansson

Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (pronounced; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish former professional tennis player and coach. 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 2024, Johansson remains the last Swedish man to win a major in singles.
Johansson began coaching Sorana Cîrstea in 2022. Since 2024, he is coaching Kei Nishikori.

## 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, Adrian Voinea, Jonas Björkman and Jiří Novák before defeating his heavily favored opponent in the final, Marat Safin, in four sets, again from a set down. Johansson became the first Swedish player to win a Slam since Stefan Edberg won the 1992 US Open title, and the first Swede to claim the Australian Open since his idol Mats Wilander in 1988.
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, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 2–6, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$. 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.
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. 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)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 2002 | Australian Open | Hard | Marat Safin | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

### ATP Masters Series finals
#### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1999 | Canada Masters | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |

## Olympics
### Doubles: 1 (1 Silver)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Silver | 2008 | Beijing Olympics | Hard | Simon Aspelin | Roger Federer 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)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 1997 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Carpet (i) | Martin Damm | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 1997 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | Renzo Furlan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Mar 1998 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | Jan Siemerink | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 1998 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Todd Martin | 3–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Aug 1999 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–2 | Nov 2000 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–2 | Jun 2001 | Halle, Germany | Grass | Fabrice Santoro | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–2 | Jun 2001 | Nottingham, UK | Grass | Harel Levy | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–2 | Jan 2002 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | Marat Safin | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 7–3 | Jun 2004 | Nottingham, UK | Grass | Paradorn Srichaphan | 6–1, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–3 | Oct 2004 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Andre Agassi | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 9–3 | Oct 2005 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | Nicolas Kiefer | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9–4 | Oct 2006 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | Mario Ančić | 5–7, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Loss | 9–5 | Oct 2007 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | 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)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2006 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Jonas Björkman | Christopher Kas Oliver Marach | 6–3, 4–6, [10–4] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2008 | Summer Olympics, China | Hard | Simon Aspelin | Roger Federer 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)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 1995 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Patrick Baur | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 1995 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Frédéric Vitoux | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Feb 1996 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Gianluca Pozzi | 6–4, 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2007 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | 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)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1995 | Lillehammer, Norway | Challenger | Clay | Lars-Anders Wahlgren | Andrew Ilie Todd Larkham | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 1995 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Mårten Renström | Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Feb 2008 | East London, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Stefan Koubek | Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett | 2–6, 2–6 |

## Performance timelines
### Singles

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics.
| | | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | Professional Career | | |
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | W | A | 1R | 4R | 4R | 2R | 1R | A | 1 / 13 | 19–12 |
| French Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 11 | 4–11 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 4R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | A | 3R | SF | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 12 | 19–12 |
| US Open | A | Q2 | A | 2R | 1R | QF | A | QF | 4R | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 17–10 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–4 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 1–2 | 9–4 | 6–4 | 8–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 10–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1 / 46 | 59–45 |
| Year-end championships ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennis Masters Cup | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | RR | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 8 | 7–8 |
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | A | 1R | QF | A | 2R | 3R | Q1 | 0 / 8 | 10–8 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 8 | 3–8 |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | NMS | 0 / 6 | 4–6 |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 3–8 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | SF | 2R | 3R | A | 2R | A | 1 / 8 | 17–7 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 10 | 5–10 |
| Madrid Masters | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 3R | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 |
| Stuttgart Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 0 / 5 | 3–5 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | QF | 3R | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 8 | 7–8 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 6–5 | 7–8 | 3–8 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 0–0 | 6–5 | 7–9 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1 / 71 | 61–70 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||||||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Hardcourt Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 13–10 | 15–13 | 24–13 | 16–13 | 17–17 | 26–16 | 17–12 | 0–0 | 19–13 | 19–14 | 5–7 | 19–14 | 10–12 | 0–0 | 200–156 | 200–156 |
| Clay Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 2–6 | 1–7 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 7–7 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 8–6 | 1–6 | 4–5 | 3–7 | 0–0 | 37–69 | 37–69 |
| Grass Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 11–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 10–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 46–30 | 46–30 |
| Carpet Win–loss | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 7–4 | 15–5 | 15–9 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 9–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 74–41 | 74–41 |
| Overall win–loss | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 28–21 | 32–27 | 45–31 | 22–25 | 22–26 | 46–25 | 29–24 | 0–0 | 29–21 | 48–25 | 10–18 | 27–24 | 15–22 | 1–1 | 357–296 | 357–296 |
| Win % | 67% | 0% | 25% | 57% | 54% | 59% | 47% | 46% | 65% | 55% | – | 58% | 66% | 36% | 53% | 41% | 50% | 54.67% | 54.67% |
| Year-end ranking | 422 | 486 | 117 | 60 | 39 | 17 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 14 | – | 30 | 13 | 71 | 62 | 136 | 601 | | |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 0 / 13 | 10–13 | 43% |
| Olympic Games |||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | F | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Miami | A | A | Q2 | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Monte Carlo | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Rome | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Madrid | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–7 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 21 | 10–21 | 32% |

## Top 10 wins

| Season | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | JR |
| 1996 ||||||||
| 1. | Richard Krajicek | 8 | Singapore, Singapore | Carpet (i) | QF | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, ret. | 93 |
| 1998 ||||||||
| 2. | Jonas Björkman | 4 | Antwerp, Belgium | Hard (i) | 1R | 6–1, 6–2 | 40 |
| 3. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | 1R | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 | 34 |
| 4. | Carlos Moyá | 5 | Indianapolis, United States | Hard | 2R | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–0, 6–1 | 34 |
| 5. | Richard Krajicek | 5 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 5–4, ret. | 33 |
| 6. | Carlos Moyá | 5 | Davis Cup, Stockholm, Sweden | Carpet (i) | RR | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ | 22 |
| 7. | Petr Korda | 10 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–2, 6–4 | 21 |
| 1999 ||||||||
| 8. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 2 | London, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ | 19 |
| 9. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | F | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 | 22 |
| 2000 ||||||||
| 10. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | 2R | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–4 | 57 |
| 11. | Thomas Enqvist | 9 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | 1R | 6–2, 6–2 | 57 |
| 12. | Magnus Norman | 4 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | SF | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 | 57 |
| 13. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | F | 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 | 57 |
| 2001 ||||||||
| 14. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 2R | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5 | 31 |
| 15. | Marat Safin | 2 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 1R | 7–5, 7–5 | 26 |
| 16. | Gustavo Kuerten | 1 | Miami, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | 25 |
| 17. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | Davis Cup, Malmö, Sweden | Hard (i) | RR | 6–4, 1–6, 7–6$^{(12–10)}$, 3–6, 6–2 | 25 |
| 18. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7 | Halle, Germany | Grass | SF | 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 | 19 |
| 19. | Pat Rafter | 4 | Davis Cup, Sydney, Australia | Hard | RR | 3–6, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 | 17 |
| 2004 ||||||||
| 20. | Gastón Gaudio | 10 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | 2R | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 61 |
| 21. | Andre Agassi | 7 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | F | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ | 42 |
| 2005 ||||||||
| 22. | Joachim Johansson | 9 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–4, 6–4 | 29 |
| 23. | Carlos Moyá | 6 | Miami, United States | Hard | 3R | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 3–6, 6–2 | 27 |
| 24. | Tim Henman | 9 | Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom | Grass | QF | 6–4, 6–4 | 20 |
| 2007 ||||||||
| 25. | James Blake | 7 | Davis Cup, Gothenburg, Sweden | Carpet (i) | RR | 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 | 56 |
| 26. | James Blake | 7 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | SF | 3–6, 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ | 55 |
| 2008 ||||||||
| 27. | David Ferrer | 5 | Miami, United States | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 7–5 | 60 |