Joachim Johansson

Joachim Johansson
Nickname:	Pim-pim
Nation:	Sweden
Birthday:	July 1, 1982
Size:	198 cm
Weight:	90 kg
1st professional season:	2000
Resignation:	2011
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Johann Landsberg
Prize money:	$ 1,549,039
singles
Career record:	72:59
Career title:	3
Highest ranking:	9 (February 14, 2005)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	16:14
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	108 (September 12, 2005)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Joachim Johansson (born July 1, 1982 in Lund ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

The 1.98 m tall Joachim Johansson, who is not related to the Australian Open winner Thomas Johansson , was known as one of the best servers. His nickname was "Pim-Pim". His father Leif Johansson was also a tennis player, he played for Sweden in the Davis Cup in the 1970s .

On February 1, 2008, Joachim Johansson announced his resignation due to shoulder injuries. On October 3rd, 2008 he announced his comeback for the ATP tournament in Stockholm (October 6th to 12th), where he had played his last match exactly one year earlier. From 2009 to 2011 he took part in a few Challenger and two ATP tournaments and was also used twice in the Davis Cup. On March 17, 2011, Johansson finally resigned.

Career

2004: The first successes

At the beginning of 2004, the then 21-year-old was in the final of an ATP tournament in Memphis for the first time . With a win over Nicolas Kiefer (7: 6, 6: 3) he won his first title. In the same year he posted another final and some good results (e.g. Wimbledon eighth-finals). Before the US Open, he was number 30 in the ATP world rankings . After good games in the preliminary round, he made his breakthrough there; he defeated Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals 6: 4, 6: 4, 3: 6, 2: 6 and 6: 4, with a total of fewer points than this one. In the semifinals he faced Lleyton Hewitt (with whose sister Jaslyn he is in a relationship); against him he had almost no chance and lost in three straight sets. Johansson ended 2004 in 11th place.

2005: Advance into the top of the world and major setback

At the beginning of the year he won his second ATP title in Adelaide. He reached the round of 16 at the Australian Open , where he set a new record - most aces beaten in a match . He lost to Andre Agassi in four sets, but hit 51 aces. Ivo Karlović surpassed this record at the 2009 French Open with 55 aces, but in five sets. At the tournament in Marseille Johansson was able to celebrate his third title, which brought him his highest ranking position (9th place) on February 14, 2005. The big setback followed; a serious shoulder injury and subsequent surgery forced him to take a six-month break.

Comebacks and further setbacks (2006–2007)

The forced break lasted longer than expected, so he had to skip the Australian Open. When he made his comeback in Miami (Masters Series) he was eliminated in the first round against the American Sam Warburg . Another shoulder injury brought another break and he had to play his way back through Future and Challenger tournaments. Eventually Johansson got a wild card for the Stockholm main draw . There he achieved the great sensation; in the second round he defeated number 2 in the world rankings, Rafael Nadal , 6: 4 and 7: 6 on center court. At this tournament he also defeated the Belgian Kristof Viegen after defending two match points in three tie-breaks . In the semifinals against the Finn Jarkko Nieminen it was over after three sets. Johansson improved by 398 places and was again among the top 300. At the Masters Series event in Madrid he beat the Argentine Juan Martín del Potro 6: 4 and 6: 4. In the second round he achieved another small sensation; "Pim-Pim" defeated the number 5 in the world, Nikolai Dawydenko , in three sets and hit 23 aces. He then had to give up against Fernando González because of another shoulder injury . He finished the year in 19th place.

The year 2007 began in Adelaide with a move into the semi-finals, in which he had to admit defeat to another good server, Chris Guccione . At the Australian Open he got a wildcard as number 156 in the world. But his opening match against Guillermo García-López he had to break off due to injury when the score was 1-1. Another major setback because an operation was imminent and he couldn't play a tournament for six months. After the Wimbledon Championships Johansson announced that he had requested a wildcard for the US Open; but he wasn't fit again for this tournament. At the end of September Johansson had his comeback in the Davis Cup against Andy Roddick . He actually kept up well throughout the match, but luck wasn't on his side; he lost 6: 7, 6: 7, 3: 6. In Stockholm, as in the previous year, he received a wildcard that he could use to achieve a clear first-round success. Another shoulder injury forced him to give up before the second match.

successes

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series

ATP International Series Gold

ATP International Series

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 16, 2004	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Kiefer	7: 6, 6: 3
2.	January 3, 2005	Adelaide	Hard court	Taylor Dent	7: 5, 6: 3
3.	February 7, 2005	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Ivan Ljubičić	7: 5, 6: 4

Double

Tournament victory

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	4th July 2005	Båstad	sand	Jonas Björkman	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6: 2, 6: 3

Web links

Commons : Joachim Johansson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Joachim Johansson (English)
• ITF profile for Joachim Johansson (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Joachim Johansson (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eurosport.de - End of career at 25 ( Memento from February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Pim-Pims comeback, en seriös satsning ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Sweden's Joachim Johansson retires again. In: tennis.com. March 18, 2011, accessed March 27, 2019 .