Hans Simonsson

Hans Simonsson (born 1 May 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 12 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He also played in the 1983 Davis Cup final for Sweden. He reached his career high doubles ranking of No. 10 in the world on 2 January 1984. Simonsson again reached the French Open doubles final in 1985, but he and Schlomo Glickstein were defeated by Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick. The Swede finished his career prematurely at the age of 25.

Hans Simonsson
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1962-05-01) 1 May 1962
Färgaryd, Sweden
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight–handed
Prize money$325,035
Singles
Career record42–73
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 45 (20 Dec 1982)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (1981)
French Open2R (1983)
Wimbledon2R (1981)
US Open3R (1982)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record159–114
Career titles12
Highest rankingNo. 10 (10 Jan 1984)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (1983)
French OpenW (1983)
WimbledonSF (1983)
US OpenQF (1985)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open1R (1984)

He is a brother of fellow tennis player Stefan Simonsson.[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1983French OpenClay Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson
Sherwood Stewart		7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2
Loss1985French OpenClay Schlomo Glickstein Mark Edmondson
Kim Warwick		3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6

Doubles titles (12)
Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (-)
ATP Tour (10)
Titles by Surface
Hard (4)
Clay (6)
Grass (0)
Carpet (2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1981 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Anders Järryd Brad Drewett
Pavel Složil		 6–4, 7–6
Loss 1. 1981 Båstad, Sweden Clay Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson
John Fitzgerald		 6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Win 2. 1981 Barcelona, Spain Clay Anders Järryd Hans Gildemeister
Andrés Gómez		 6–1, 6–4
Win 3. 1982 Linz, Austria Hard Anders Järryd Rod Frawley
Paul Kronk		 6–2, 6–0
Loss 2. 1982 Hamburg, Germany Clay Anders Järryd Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd		 4–6, 3–6
Win 4. 1982 Båstad, Sweden Clay Anders Järryd Joakim Nyström
Mats Wilander		 0–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 3. 1982 Bordeaux, France Clay Anders Järryd Hans Gildemeister
Andrés Gómez		 4–6, 2–6
Win 5. 1982 Barcelona, Spain Clay Anders Järryd Carlos Kirmayr
Cássio Motta		 6–3, 6–2
Win 6. 1982 Ancona, Italy Carpet (i) Anders Järryd Tim Gullikson
Bernard Mitton		 4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 4. 1983 Brussels, Belgium Carpet Mats Wilander Heinz Günthardt
Balázs Taróczy		 2–6, 4–6
Win 7. 1983 French Open, Paris Clay Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson
Sherwood Stewart		 7–6(4), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 5. 1983 Båstad, Sweden Clay Anders Järryd Joakim Nyström
Mats Wilander		 6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Win 8. 1983 Barcelona, Spain Clay Anders Järryd Jim Gurfein
Erick Iskersky		 7–5, 6–3
Win 9. 1983 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Anders Järryd Peter Fleming
Johan Kriek		 6–3, 6–4
Win 10. 1984 Masters Doubles WCT, London Carpet (i) Anders Järryd Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd		 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 11. 1984 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson
Sherwood Stewart		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6. 1985 French Open, Paris Clay Shlomo Glickstein Mark Edmondson
Kim Warwick		 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win 12. 1985 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Stefan Simonsson Carl Limberger
Mark Woodforde		 6–3, 6–4

References
  1. "När vi knäckte USA med grus". Expressen (in Swedish). 14 January 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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