Jonas Björkman

Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman at the 2008 US Open
Nation:	Sweden
Birthday:	March 23, 1972
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	83 kg
1st professional season:	1991
Resignation:	2008
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 14,600,323
singles
Career record:	414: 362
Career title:	6th
Highest ranking:	4 (November 3 1997)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	709: 306
Career title:	54
Highest ranking:	1 (July 9, 2001)
Weeks as No. 1:	74
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jonas Björkman (born March 23, 1972 in Växjö ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

He won six individual titles in his career. In 1997 he was listed as number 4 in the individual world rankings. His greatest successes in Grand Slam tournaments in individual competition were his semi-finals at the 1997 US Open , in which he was defeated by Greg Rusedski (1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 3: 6, 5: 7), as well as 2006 at the All England Championships in Wimbledon , when he clearly failed with 2: 6, 0: 6, 2: 6 to Roger Federer . Björkman was more successful in doubles; he won a total of 54 titles, nine of them in Grand Slam tournaments. By winning the French Open in 2005, he completed his career grand slam; he had previously won doubles at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open . He also won the Tennis Masters Cup twice .

Between 1994 and 2008 he played 36 games for the Swedish Davis Cup team . Both his individual record with 18:11 wins and his record in doubles with 21:14 wins are positive. In 1994 , 1997 and 1998 he won the Davis Cup with the Swedish team , in 1996 he was in the final with the team again.

In 2015 Björkman looked after the Scottish tennis professional Andy Murray as an assistant coach for four months , since his actual coach Amélie Mauresmo had her first child in the summer.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (9) Tennis Masters Cup (2) ATP Masters Series (15) ATP Championship Series ATP International Series Gold (3) ATP World Series ATP International Series (31)

Title after covering Hard Court (30) Sand (15) Grass (8) Carpet (7)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 5, 1997	Auckland	Hard court	Kenneth Carlsen	7: 6 7 , 6: 0
2.	August 11, 1997	Indianapolis	Hard court	Carlos Moyá	6: 3, 7: 6 3
3.	November 3, 1997	Stockholm	Hard court (i)	Jan Siemerink	3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 2, 6: 4
4th	June 15, 1998	Nottingham (1)	race	Byron Black	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	June 17, 2002	Nottingham (2)	race	Wayne Arthurs	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 2
6th	September 26, 2005	Ho Chi Minh City	Carpet (i)	Radek Štěpánek	6: 3, 7: 6 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 17, 1995	Hong Kong	Hard court	Michael Chang	3: 6, 1: 6
2.	May 5, 1997	Coral Springs	sand	Jason Stoltenberg	0: 6, 6: 2, 5: 7
3.	October 27, 1997	Paris	Carpet (i)	Pete Sampras	3: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 1: 6
4th	February 10, 2003	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Roger Federer	2: 6, 6: 7 6
5.	June 19, 2006	Nottingham	race	Richard Gasquet	4: 6, 3: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	17th January 1994	Jakarta	Hard court	Neil Borwick	Jorge Lozano Jim Pugh	6.4, 6: 1
2.	February 28, 1994	Rotterdam (1)	Carpet (i)	Jeremy Bates	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6: 4, 6: 1
3.	June 13, 1994	Queen's Club	race	Jan Apell	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3.6, 7: 6, 6: 4
4th	July 11, 1994	Båstad (1)	sand	Jan Apell	Nickla's cult Mikael Tillström	6: 2, 6: 3
5.	August 29, 1994	Schenectady	Hard court	Jan Apell	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6: 4, 7: 6
6th	November 14, 1994	Antwerp (1)	Carpet (i)	Jan Apell	Hendrik Jan Davids Sébastien Lareau	4.6, 6: 1, 6: 2
7th	November 28, 1994	Jakarta (1)	Hard court (i)	Jan Apell	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 4, 4: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 7: 6 6
8th.	July 17, 1995	Båstad (2)	sand	Jan Apell	Jon Ireland Andrew Kratzmann	6: 3, 6: 0
9.	October 9, 1995	Toulouse	Hard court (i)	John-Laffnie de Jager	Dave Randall Greg Van Emburgh	7: 6, 7: 6
10.	October 16, 1995	Ostrava	Carpet (i)	Javier Frana	Guy Forget Patrick Rafter	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6
11.	February 26, 1996	Antwerp (2)	Carpet (i)	Nickla's cult	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Menno Oosting	6: 4, 6: 4
12.	April 15, 1996	New Delhi	Hard court	Nickla's cult	Byron Black Sandon Stolle	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
13.	May 5, 1997	Atlanta	sand	Nickla's cult	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	6: 2, 7: 6
14th	February 2, 1998	Australian Open (1)	Hard court	Jacco Eltingh	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 2, 5: 7, 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
15th	March 16, 1998	Indian Wells	Hard court	Patrick Rafter	Todd Martin Richey Reneberg	6: 4, 7: 6
16.	February 1, 1999	Australian Open (2)	Hard court	Patrick Rafter	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 7 10 , 6: 4
17th	June 14, 1999	Hall (1)	race	Patrick Rafter	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6: 3, 7: 5
18th	August 9, 1999	Montreal	Hard court	Patrick Rafter	Byron Black Wayne Ferreira	7: 6, 6: 4
19th	August 16, 1999	Cincinnati (1)	Hard court	Byron Black	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 3, 7: 6 6
20th	November 1, 1999	Stuttgart	Hard court (i)	Byron Black	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6: 7 6 , 7: 6 2 , 6: 0
21st	October 30, 2000	Moscow	Carpet (i)	David Prinosil	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6: 2, 6: 3
22nd	January 29, 2001	Australian Open (3)	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black David Prinosil	6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4
23.	February 26, 2001	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	Roger Federer	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6: 3, 6: 0
24.	April 23, 2001	Monte Carlo (1)	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
25th	May 21, 2001	Hamburg (1)	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	7: 6 2 , 3: 6, 6: 3
26th	January 14, 2002	Auckland	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Martín García Cyril Suk	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 7
27.	April 22, 2002	Monte Carlo (2)	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikow	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 7]
28.	July 8, 2002	Wimbledon (1)	race	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 7 7 , 7: 5
29	July 15, 2002	Båstad (3)	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Hanley Michael Hill	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
30th	June 16, 2003	Hall (2)	race	Todd Woodbridge	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6: 3, 6: 4
31.	July 7, 2003	Wimbledon (2)	race	Todd Woodbridge	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirny	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 4 , 6: 3
32.	September 8, 2003	US Open	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5: 7, 6: 0, 7: 5
33.	October 27, 2003	Stockholm (1)	Hard court (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6: 3, 6: 4
34.	January 19, 2004	Sydney	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 3 , 7: 5
35.	July 5, 2004	Wimbledon (3)	race	Todd Woodbridge	Julian Knowle Nenad Zimonjić	6: 1, 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
36.	July 12, 2004	Båstad (4)	sand	Mahesh Bhupathi	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4: 6, 7: 6 2 , 7: 6 6
37.	November 8, 2004	Paris (1)	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6: 3, 6: 4
38.	April 4, 2005	Miami (1)	Hard court	Max Mirny	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6: 1, 6: 2
39.	May 16, 2005	Hamburg (2)	sand	Max Mirny	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	4: 6, 7: 6 2 , 7: 6 3
40.	June 6, 2005	French Open (1)	sand	Max Mirny	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
41.	July 11, 2005	Båstad (5)	sand	Joachim Johansson	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	6: 2, 6: 3
42.	August 22, 2005	Cincinnati (2)	Hard court	Max Mirny	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7: 6 3 , 6: 2
43.	January 9, 2006	Doha	Hard court	Max Mirny	Christophe Rochus Olivier Rochus	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
44.	February 20, 2006	San Jose	Hard court (i)	John McEnroe	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	7: 6 2 , 4: 6, [10: 7]
45.	April 3, 2006	Miami (2)	Hard court	Max Mirny	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 4
46.	April 24, 2006	Monte Carlo (3)	sand	Max Mirny	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6: 2, 7: 6 2
47.	June 12, 2006	French Open (2)	sand	Max Mirny	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 5 , 6: 4, 7: 5
48.	July 17, 2006	Båstad (6)	sand	Thomas Johansson	Christopher Kas Oliver Marach	6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 4]
49.	August 21, 2006	Cincinnati (3)	Hard court	Max Mirny	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 7]
50.	November 20, 2006	Shanghai (2)	Hard court (i)	Max Mirny	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 2, 6: 4
51.	October 14, 2007	Stockholm (2)	Hard court (i)	Max Mirny	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6: 4, 6: 4
52.	July 13, 2008	Båstad (7)	sand	Robin Soderling	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6: 2, 6: 2
53.	October 12, 2008	Stockholm (3)	Hard court (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Johan Brunström Michael Ryderstedt	6: 1, 6: 3
54.	November 2, 2008	Paris (2)	Hard court (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6: 2, 6: 2

Web links

Commons : Jonas Björkman  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Jonas Björkman (English)
• ITF profile of Jonas Björkman (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Jonas Bjorkman (English)
• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andy Murray has split with his assistant coach Jonas Bjorkman. In: independent.co.uk. The Independent , December 16, 2015, accessed August 25, 2016 (UK English).