Simon Aspelin

Simon Aspelin
Simon Aspelin at the 2010 US Open
Nation:	Sweden
Birthday:	May 11, 1974
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	79 kg
1st professional season:	1998
Resignation:	2011
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Olof Aspelin
Prize money:	$ 2,121,037
singles
Career record:	0: 2
Highest ranking:	436 (August 17, 1998)
Double
Career record:	348: 303
Career title:	12
Highest ranking:	7 (March 3, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Simon Olof Karl Aspelin (born May 11, 1974 in Saltsjöbaden ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

Aspelin began his professional career in 1998. In the same year he achieved his best placement in the ATP world rankings when he was ranked 436 on August 17, 1998.

He achieved major successes only in doubles. After a number of Challenger and Futures successes, he won his first ATP title in 2000 at the side of his compatriot Johan Landsberg in Marseille . In the same year, the doubles also qualified for the Doubles Championships in Bangalore . By the 2007 season , the right-hander had five more double victories with Massimo Bertolini and Todd Perry , including at the International Series Gold tournament in Memphis alongside Perry.

The year 2007 was his most successful when he was able to win four tournaments together with the Austrian Julian Knowle . He achieved the greatest triumph of his career, again at the side of Knowle, with the 2007 victory in the doubles competition at the US Open . The couple seeded only as number 10 defeated the Czechs Lukáš Dlouhý and Pavel Vízner 7: 5 and 6: 4 in the final . That same season , he again reached the year-end Double Championships and won $ 432,685 in prize money, which was a personal record. On November 5, 2007 Aspelin climbed to 8th place in the double world rankings; He achieved his best placement in March 2008 with rank 7.

Together with Thomas Johansson , he won the silver medal in doubles at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing ; they were subject to the Swiss Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka in the final .

In the 2009 season he achieved another triumph with Paul Hanley by winning the German Open in Hamburg . He also reached the final in Casablanca with Hanley and the final of the Masters tournament in Madrid with Wesley Moodie . He won his last title in 2010 at the ATP tournament in Dubai , also with Hanley. On July 17, 2011, after losing the final at the tournament in Båstad , Aspelin announced his retirement from professional tennis. He won a total of twelve ATP tournaments, including the US Open . In addition, he was in the final of another 21 tournaments.

From 2001 to 2011 Aspelin took part for Sweden in the Davis Cup ; his partner was Jonas Björkman until 2007 . Of the seven matches (including against Russia, France, India and Argentina), the couple could only win two. From February 2008 Aspelin played alongside Robert Lindstedt , with whom he won four of the five joint games. Aspelin also completed two individual encounters, both of which he lost.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (1) Olympic games Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (2) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (9)

Title after covering Hard Court (5) Sand (5) Grass (1) Carpet (1)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 7, 2000	Marseille	Hard court	Johan Landsberg	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr.	7: 6, 6: 4
2.	May 19, 2003	St. Polten	sand	Massimo Bertolini	Sargis Sargsian Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 3
3.	July 7, 2003	Båstad (1)	sand	Massimo Bertolini	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6: 7, 6: 0, 6: 4
4th	January 31, 2005	Delray Beach	Hard court	Todd Perry	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	6: 3, 6: 3
5.	February 14, 2005	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Todd Perry	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 4
6th	October 23, 2006	St. Petersburg	carpet	Todd Perry	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	6: 1, 7: 6
7th	May 26, 2007	Pörtschach	sand	Julian Knowle	Leoš Friedl David Škoch	7: 6, 5: 7, [10: 5]
8th.	June 17, 2007	Hall	race	Julian Knowle	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 7: 6 5
9.	July 15, 2007	Båstad (2)	sand	Julian Knowle	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	6: 2, 6: 4
10.	September 7, 2007	US Open	Hard court	Julian Knowle	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	7: 5, 6: 4
11.	July 26, 2009	Hamburg	sand	Paul Hanley	Marcelo Melo Filip Polášek	6: 3, 6: 3
12.	February 28, 2010	Dubai	Hard court	Paul Hanley	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6: 2, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 15, 2001	Båstad	sand	Andrew Kratzmann	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 7
2.	July 29, 2001	Kitzbühel	sand	Andrew Kratzmann	Àlex Corretja Luis Lobo	3: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
3.	February 24, 2002	Buenos Aires	sand	Andrew Kratzmann	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6: 3, 3: 6, [4:10]
4th	April 14, 2002	Estoril	sand	Andrew Kratzmann	Karsten Braasch Andrei Olchowski	3: 6, 3: 6
5.	September 14, 2003	Bucharest	sand	Jeff Coetzee	Karsten Braasch Sargis Sargsian	6: 7, 2: 6
6th	July 11, 2004	Båstad	sand	Todd Perry	Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 7
7th	July 17, 2004	Stuttgart	sand	Todd Perry	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	2: 6, 4: 6
8th.	January 9, 2005	Adelaide	Hard court	Todd Perry	Xavier Malisse Olivier Rochus	6: 7, 4: 6
9.	January 17, 2005	Auckland	Hard court	Todd Perry	Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann	4: 6, 6: 7
10.	June 20, 2005	Nottingham	race	Todd Perry	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6: 4, 3: 6, 5: 7
11.	July 25, 2005	Indianapolis	Hard court	Todd Perry	Paul Hanley Graydon Oliver	2: 6, 1: 3 exercise
12.	October 10, 2005	Tokyo	Hard court	Todd Perry	Satoshi Iwabuchi Takao Suzuki	4: 5 3 , 4: 5 13
13.	January 14, 2006	Auckland	Hard court	Todd Perry	Andrei Pavel Rogier Wassen	2: 6, 7: 5, [4:10]
14th	January 14, 2007	Auckland	Hard court	Chris Haggard	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	7: 6, 3: 6, [2:10]
15th	November 17, 2007	Shanghai	Hard court (i)	Julian Knowle	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2: 6, 3: 6
16.	August 16, 2008	Beijing	Hard court	Thomas Johansson	Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	4: 6, 3: 6, 7: 6 4 , 3: 6
17th	April 11, 2009	Casablanca	sand	Paul Hanley	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	6: 7 4 , 6: 3, [6:10]
18th	May 17, 2009	Madrid	sand	Wesley Moodie	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4: 6, 4: 6
19th	October 25, 2009	Stockholm	Hard court (i)	Paul Hanley	Kevin Ullyett Bruno Soares	4: 6, 6: 7 4
20th	February 14, 2010	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Paul Hanley	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4: 6, 6: 4, [7:10]
21st	July 17, 2011	Båstad	sand	Andreas Siljeström	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	3: 6, 3: 6

Web links

Commons : Simon Aspelin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Simon Aspelin (English)
• ITF profile Simon Aspelin (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Simon Aspelin (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Blog - Nice to know you. In: daviscup.com. July 8, 2011, accessed March 27, 2019 .