Robin Soderling

Robin Soderling
Söderling 2010 during the US Open
Nation:	Sweden
Birthday:	August 14, 1984
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	87 kg
1st professional season:	2001
Resignation:	2015
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Fredrik Rosengren
Prize money:	$ 10,423,124
singles
Career record:	310: 170
Career title:	10
Highest ranking:	4 (November 15, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	33:43
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	109 (May 11, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Robin Bo Carl Söderling (born August 14, 1984 in Tibro ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

2001 Soderling won the Orange Bowl , the unofficial youth world championship. In the same year he became a professional player. In 2003 he reached the third round of Wimbledon as a qualifier , in which he was defeated by Tim Henman 3: 6, 1: 6 and 4: 6.

In 2004 Söderling won his first ATP tournament in Lyon with a final victory over Xavier Malisse . In Marseille he reached another final. At the end of the year he was among the top 40 in the world rankings.

In January 2005 he won the tournament in Milan with a final victory over Radek Štěpánek . In the same year he had to undergo knee surgery. In September he reached the third round of the US Open .

In 2006 he was in the quarterfinals at the tournament in San José , which he lost to Andy Murray in three sets. The following week he reached the final at the Memphis tournament , in which he was defeated by Tommy Haas 3: 6 and 2: 6. He also reached the round of 16 of the Masters tournaments in Monte Carlo , Hamburg , Cincinnati and Madrid and the third round in Indian Wells . In addition, they made it to the round of 16 at the clay court tournament in Munich , the quarter-finals at the lawn tournament in Halle and the semi-finals in Nottingham . In the second half of the year, Söderling was able to advance to the top 30 in the world for the first time through quarter-finals in Båstad and Lyon, the advance to the semi-finals in New Haven and Stockholm and the aforementioned successes at Masters tournaments. He finished the season in 25th place.

At the beginning of 2007 he reached the semi-finals in Doha , Marseille and Dubai . At the Masters in Monte Carlo this time he reached the quarterfinals. In Wimbledon he reached the third round for the second time since 2003, where he was defeated by Rafael Nadal in just five sets. At the Canada Masters in August, he injured himself in the first round, so that the season ended prematurely for him.

In 2008 Söderling was in the final of Rotterdam , Memphis and Stockholm and he won the tournament from Lyon after victories over u. a. Andy Roddick and Gilles Simon .

The 2009 season began with the quarter-finals in Brisbane and a semi-final in Auckland . At the French Open he created a sensation when he defeated the undefeated four-time winner Rafael Nadal in four sets in the round of 16. He reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career . There he defeated Nikolai Dawydenko in three sets and moved into the semifinals, where he defeated Fernando González in five sets. In the final, Söderling was defeated by Roger Federer in three sets. He also lost the next meeting with Federer; at the All England Championships at Wimbledon a few weeks later, Söderling had to return home after his loss of the last 16 against the Swiss.

In July of that year he won his fourth title on the ATP Tour at the Swedish Open in Båstad. He also made it to the double finals with his partner Robert Lindstedt . The year before, he had already triumphed in doubles at the tournament alongside his compatriot Jonas Björkman .

In 2010, Söderling unexpectedly failed in round one at the Australian Open . At the ATP tournament in Rotterdam he then reached the finals with confidence and defeated Mikhail Juschny there - Juschny had to give up in the second set due to physical problems. At the French Open he achieved with victories a. a. defending champion Federer and Tomáš Berdych the final again, but he lost it 4: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6 against Rafael Nadal. Despite the defeat, Söderling climbed to 6th place in the world rankings for the first time in his career. In July 2010 he reached the final at the tournament in his home country, as in the previous year, but this time he was defeated by Nicolás Almagro 5: 7, 6: 3 and 2: 6.

In November he celebrated his greatest success to date when he defeated Gaël Monfils in straight sets in the Paris Masters final. It was his first title in a Masters tournament, and he also achieved a new personal record with fourth place in the world rankings .

The 2011 season began for Söderling with a tournament victory in Brisbane. In the final he was able to defeat the defending champion Andy Roddick. At the Australian Open he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Oleksandr Dolhopolow . In February he won two more titles in Rotterdam and Marseille by winning the final over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Marin Čilić . At the French Open he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against world number one Nadal in three sets. At Wimbledon , he failed in the third round. Shortly thereafter, he secured his tenth title in Båstad with a final win over David Ferrer , his second tournament victory in his home country.

After the tournament in Båstad, Söderling was diagnosed with glandular fever , so he had to take a break for the rest of 2011. Although the symptoms had subsided in the meantime, he was unable to play a tournament in 2012 due to permanent exhaustion, the medical cause of which was puzzling. Since July 2012 he has not been in the world rankings, a possible return remained unclear.

In May 2015, in an interview with the BBC, Söderling expressed the hope that he would be able to “train at 100%” again in 2016 and return to the ATP World Tour. On December 23, 2015, however, Söderling announced in an open letter that he was ending his career because he had not recovered sufficiently from his illness to be active again as a professional player.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (2) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (8) ATP Challenger Tour (5)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (5) Sand (3) Lawn (0) Carpet (3)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	4th October 2004	Lyon (1)	Carpet (i)	Xavier Malisse	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4
2.	January 31, 2005	Milan	Carpet (i)	Radek Štěpánek	6: 3, 6: 7 2 , 7: 6 5
3.	October 26, 2008	Lyon (2)	Carpet (i)	Julien Benneteau	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , 6: 1
4th	July 18, 2009	Båstad (1)	sand	Juan Mónaco	6: 3, 7: 6 4
5.	February 14, 2010	Rotterdam (1)	Hard court (i)	Mikhail Juschny	6: 4, 2: 0 task
6th	November 14, 2010	Paris	Hard court (i)	Gaël Monfils	6: 1, 7: 6 1
7th	January 9, 2011	Brisbane	Hard court	Andy Roddick	6: 3, 7: 5
8th.	February 13, 2011	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
9.	February 20, 2011	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Marin Čilić	6: 7 8 , 6: 3, 6: 3
10.	July 17, 2011	Båstad (2)	sand	David Ferrer	6: 2, 6: 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 27, 2003	Tampere	sand	Igor Andreyev	6: 4, 6: 1
2.	September 7, 2003	Istanbul	Hard court	Michel Kratochvil	7: 6, 6: 2
3.	January 29, 2006	Heilbronn	Hard court (i)	Tomáš Zíb	6: 1, 6: 4
4th	March 22, 2009	Sunrise	Hard court	Tomáš Berdych	6: 1, 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 20, 2003	Stockholm (1)	Hard court (i)	Mardy Fish	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 7 4
2.	February 23, 2004	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Dominik Hrbatý	6: 4, 4: 6, 4: 6
3.	February 20, 2006	Memphis (1)	Hard court (i)	Tommy Haas	3: 6, 2: 6
4th	February 18, 2008	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	7: 6 3 , 3: 6, 6: 7 4
5.	February 25, 2008	Memphis (2)	Hard court (i)	Steve Darcis	3: 6, 6: 7 5
6th	October 6, 2008	Stockholm (2)	Hard court (i)	David Nalbandian	2: 6, 7: 5, 3: 6
7th	June 7, 2009	French Open (1)	sand	Roger Federer	1: 6, 6: 7 1 , 4: 6
8th.	April 25, 2010	Barcelona	sand	Fernando Verdasco	3: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
9.	June 6, 2010	French Open (2)	sand	Rafael Nadal	4: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6
10.	July 18, 2010	Båstad	sand	Nicolás Almagro	5: 7, 6: 3, 2: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 7, 2008	Båstad	sand	Jonas Björkman	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6: 2, 6: 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 15, 2003	Helsinki	Hard court (i)	Robert Lindstedt	Roko Karanušić Janko Tipsarević	6: 3, 6: 7 2 , 6: 1

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 19, 2009	Båstad	sand	Robert Lindstedt	Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek	6: 1, 3: 6, [7:10]

Statistics (single)

Tournament 1	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	total
Australian Open	AF	1R	2R	-	1R	-	1R	2R	2Q	-	-	-	0
French Open	VF	F.	F.	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1Q	-	-	-	0
Wimbledon	3R	VF	AF	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	-	-	-	0
US Open	-	VF	VF	1R	-	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	-	-	0
ATP World Tour Finals 2	-	RR	HF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Indian Wells Masters 3rd	3R	HF	2R	2R	3R	3R	-	2R	-	-	-	-	0
Miami Masters 3rd	3R	HF	2R	3R	-	-	-	2R	-	-	-	-	0
Monte Carlo Masters	-	-	1R	2R	VF	AF	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	0
Rome Masters	VF	AF	AF	1R	2R	-	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	0
Madrid Masters 4	VF	2R	2R	2R	-	AF	-	2R	-	-	-	-	0
Hamburg Masters 5th	not carried out			AF	2R	AF	2R	1R	-	-	-	-	0
Canada Masters	-	AF	-	AF	1R	1R	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	0
Cincinnati Masters	-	AF	1R	AF	-	AF	2R	AF	-	-	-	-	0
Shanghai Masters	-	VF	VF	not carried out									0
Paris Masters	-	S.	VF	2R	-	2R	-	VF	-	-	-	-	1
Olympic games	not carried out			1R	not carried out			1R	not carried out			-	0
Tournament participation 6	14th	19th	23	21st	15th	22nd	19th	28	6th	5	1	0	173
Finals reached	4th	5	2	4th	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	20th
Individual titles won	4th	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	10
Hard court wins / defeats	20: 3	38:13	28:14	25:13	12: 6	19:11	7:10	17:16	7: 4	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	176: 95
Sand victories / defeats	16: 5	14: 6	15: 6	12: 6	10: 7	9: 6	3: 5	3: 7	1: 1	0: 3	0-0	0-0	82:52
Turf wins / defeats	2: 1	4: 1	3: 1	3: 2	3: 2	5: 3	1: 3	3: 3	2: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	26:17
Carpet wins / defeats 7	0-0	0-0	0-0	5-0	2: 1	2: 3	5-0	8: 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	22: 6
Overall wins / defeats 8	38: 9	56:20	46:21	45:21	27:16	35:23	16:18	31:28	10: 6	1: 5	1: 1	0-0	310: 170
World ranking points 9	2120	5580	3410	1325	715	1028	505	950	598	223	56	0	N / A
Year-end position	13	5	8th	17th	41	25th	77	34	60	163	444	-	N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = reaching the finals / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1R, 2R, 3R = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; 1Q, 2Q, 3Q = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd qualifying round

¹ tournament result in brackets means that the player has not yet finished the tournament and shows his current tournament status. After the tournament is over for the player, the brackets will be removed.
² before 2009 Tennis Masters Cup .
³ The tournament in Miami and, since 2004, the tournament in Indian Wells have a field size of 96 players, all other Masters tournaments have one of 56 or 64 players and therefore have one round less.
⁴ Before 2002 the Masters tournament in Madrid was held in Stuttgart, Essen and Stockholm. In 2009 the playing surface was changed from hard court to sand.
⁵ The Hamburg tournament has not been part of the Masters series since 2009.
⁶ In contrast to the ATP ranking, only tournaments of the ATP World Tour as well as the four Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP World Tour Finals are counted here (as well as with the number of finals and titles won) . H. no Challenger or Future tournaments or team competitions ( Davis Cup or World Team Cup ). However, the latter count in the win / lose statistics.
⁷ No more ATP tournaments have been held on carpet since the 2009 season.
⁸ As of November 11, 2011 (after Paris Masters 2011 )
⁹ The point system of the world rankings was changed for the 2009 season. The values ​​from 2009 are comparable with previous seasons in a ratio of about 2: 1.

Private

Robin Söderling is married to Jenni Moström and they had their first child, a daughter, on October 12, 2012. A little later, the two became parents again.

RS tennis company

Söderling founded his own company for his self-developed tennis ball under the name RS-Tennis . Grips and tennis strings are now also available under the label.

Web links

Commons : Robin Söderling  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Robin Soderling (English)
• ITF profile Robin Soderling (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Robin Soderling (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Simon Häring: Söderling goes through hell. Blick, November 16, 2012, accessed February 6, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Jörg Allmeroth: The Söderling drama: From one hundred to zero. tennisnet.com, September 13, 2013, accessed on September 13, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Russell Fuller: Robin Soderling hopeful of comeback in 2016 after five-year absence. BBC, May 31, 2015, accessed October 5, 2015 . 
4. ^ ^{A b} Christian Albrecht Barschel: "Sad decision" - Robin Söderling does not return. tennisnet.com, December 23, 2015, accessed on December 23, 2015 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Robin Söderling: "My daughter should see me play!" (Insideout-tennis.de from November 18, 2014, accessed on December 25, 2015)
6. ↑ Söderling: "I was more afraid of that than of dying" ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (bluewin.ch of October 9, 2014, accessed December 25, 2015) 
7. ↑ RS tennis