Johan Carlsson (tennis)

Johan Carlsson (born 29 January 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Johan Carlsson
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1966-01-29) 29 January 1966
Linköping, Sweden
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1984
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$335,509
Singles
Career record55–77
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 81 (22 Jun 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (1987)
French Open1R (1987, 1989)
Wimbledon1R (1987, 1989)
US Open3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record15–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 155 (7 Jul 86)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (1987)

Career

Carlsson reached his first and only final on tour in the 1986 Japan Open, finishing runner-up. His previous best performance had come at the same tournament a year earlier, when he made the semi-finals. In 1986 he was also a quarter-finalist at Washington

He defeated both Slobodan Živojinović and countryman Tobias Svantesson in the 1988 US Open, to make the third round, where he was knocked out of the tournament by Stefan Edberg. It was his best showing in a Grand Slam.[1]

In 1989 he made the quarter-finals at Nancy and along the way defeated top seed Darren Cahill.

Carlsson reached two further quarter-finals in 1991, in Tel Aviv and Washington.

He had wins over two top 20 players during his career. At Key Biscayne in 1987 he upset world number 13 Mikael Pernfors and in the 1992 Cincinnati Open he defeated local MaliVai Washington, then ranked 16th in the world.[2]

Grand Prix career finals
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1986 Tokyo, Japan Hard Ramesh Krishnan 3–6, 1–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1984 Travemünde, West Germany Clay Peter Svensson Igor Flego
Shahar Perkiss		 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
2. 1990 Nagoya, Japan Hard David Lewis Shuzo Matsuoka
Shigeru Ota		 7–5, 6–2
3. 1991 Salzburg, Austria Clay David Engel Bruce Derlin
Martin Sinner		 7–6, 6–2

References
  1. ITF Tennis Profile
  2. ATP World Tour Profile


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