Stefan Simonsson: Difference between revisions
Magioladitis (talk | contribs) m Migrating Persondata to Wikidata + other fixes, removed: {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see Wikipedia:Persondata. --> | NAME = Simonsson, Stefan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Swedish tenn using AWB (12006) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Stefan Simonsson''' (born 5 January 1960, in [[Hyltebruk]]), is a former professional [[tennis]] player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing singles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 49 in 1983 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 88 in 1984. He´s the brother of [[Hans Simonsson]]. After his career, he coached two top 10 players on the ATP ranking, Magnus Gustavsson and Magnus Larsson. |
'''Stefan Simonsson''' (born 5 January 1960, in [[Hyltebruk]]), is a former professional [[tennis]] player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing singles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 49 in 1983 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 88 in 1984. He´s the brother of [[Hans Simonsson]]. After his career, he coached two top 10 players on the ATP ranking, Magnus Gustavsson and Magnus Larsson. |
||
He is now focusing on the future stars Markus Nordby, Jacob Eskeland, Oscar Hawken, the Asian guy Jo-porno and Peter August Jebsen Anker, perhaps the most promising player. He even quoted: "Peter is not only a tremendously big talent, he is also like my own son." As for Jo-porno, he says that he considers him a great talent, but that he has a porn-addiction problem which prevents him from becoming as good as Robert Gustafson. |
|||
==Doubles titles (2)== |
==Doubles titles (2)== |
||
Revision as of 23:21, 31 January 2017
Stefan Simonsson (born 5 January 1960, in Hyltebruk), is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing singles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 49 in 1983 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 88 in 1984. He´s the brother of Hans Simonsson. After his career, he coached two top 10 players on the ATP ranking, Magnus Gustavsson and Magnus Larsson.
He is now focusing on the future stars Markus Nordby, Jacob Eskeland, Oscar Hawken, the Asian guy Jo-porno and Peter August Jebsen Anker, perhaps the most promising player. He even quoted: "Peter is not only a tremendously big talent, he is also like my own son." As for Jo-porno, he says that he considers him a great talent, but that he has a porn-addiction problem which prevents him from becoming as good as Robert Gustafson.
Doubles titles (2)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 1983 | Bordeaux, France | Clay |  Magnus Tideman
|
 Francisco Yunis Juan Carlos Yunis
|
6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 1983 | Ferrara, Italy | Carpet |  Stanislav Birner
|
 Bernard Mitton  Butch Walts
|
6–7, 6–0, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 1985 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Hans Simonsson
|
 Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde
|
6–3, 6–4 |
Singles runners-up (1)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner up | 1. | 1982 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Vitas Gerulaitis
|
6–4, 3–6, 1–6 |
External links
- Simonsson, Stefan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
  | This biographical article relating to Swedish tennis is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |