Thomas Enqvist

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Thomas Enqvist Tennis player
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Enqvist 2010 in Eindhoven
Nation: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: March 13, 1974
Size: 190 cm
Weight: 88 kg
1st professional season: 1991
Resignation: 2006
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 10,461,641
singles
Career record: 448: 297
Career title: 19th
Highest ranking: 4 (November 15 1999)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open F (1999)
French Open AF (2001)
Wimbledon VF (2001)
US Open AF (1993, 1996, 2000)
Double
Career record: 35:46
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 169 (May 8, 2000)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born March 13, 1974 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

In his career he won 19 singles and one double title. His greatest successes were victories at the Masters Series tournaments in Paris (1996), Stuttgart (1999) and Cincinnati (2000). He reached his best world rankings in 1999 with position 4. In 1999 he reached the final of the Australian Open , which he lost against Yevgeny Kafelnikow 6: 4, 0: 6, 3: 6 and 6: 7. In 2001 he was in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon .

He won eleven of his 19 individual titles in indoor tournaments. So he won u. a. in 2000 in Basel , where he defeated the then aspiring Roger Federer 6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 6, 1: 6 and 6: 1 in the final.

In addition, Enqvist was with Sweden in 1997 in the Davis Cup final .

Despite his talent, he could not build on the achievements of Stefan Edberg , Mats Wilander and Björn Borg . Persistent injury concerns drove Enqvist to retire from his career. On April 20, 2006, he announced his departure from professional tennis to the daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet .

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (3)
ATP International Series Gold (2)
ATP International Series (14)

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. October 19, 1992 ItalyItaly Bolzano Carpet (i) FranceFrance Arnaud Boetsch 6: 1, 1: 6, 7: 6 7
2. August 30, 1993 United StatesUnited States Schenectady Hard court New ZealandNew Zealand Brett Steven 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 0
3. January 16, 1995 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court United StatesUnited States Chuck Adams 6: 2, 6: 1
4th February 27, 1995 United StatesUnited States Philadelphia Carpet (i) United StatesUnited States Michael Chang 0: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
5. May 15, 1995 United StatesUnited States Pinehurst sand ArgentinaArgentina Javier Frana 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
6th August 21, 1995 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis Hard court GermanyGermany Bernd Karbacher 6: 4, 6: 3
7th November 13, 1995 SwedenSweden Stockholm (1) Hard court (i) FranceFrance Arnaud Boetsch 7: 5, 6: 4
8th. April 15, 1996 IndiaIndia New Delhi Hard court ZimbabweZimbabwe Byron Black 6: 2, 7: 6 3
9. November 4, 1996 FranceFrance Paris Carpet (i) RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6: 2, 6: 4, 7: 5
10. November 11, 1996 SwedenSwedenStockholm (2) Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States Todd Martin 7: 5, 6: 4, 7: 6 0
11. February 17, 1997 FranceFrance Marseille (1) Hard court (i) ChileChile Marcelo Ríos 6: 4, 1: 0 task
12. February 9, 1998 FranceFranceMarseille (2) Hard court (i) RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6: 4, 6: 1
13. May 4, 1998 GermanyGermany Munich sand United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi 6: 7 4 , 7: 6 6 , 6: 3
14th January 11, 1999 AustraliaAustralia Adelaide Hard court AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
15th November 1, 1999 GermanyGermany Stuttgart Hard court (i) NetherlandsNetherlands Richard Krajicek 6: 1, 6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 5
16. November 15, 1999 SwedenSwedenStockholm (3) Hard court (i) SwedenSweden Magnus Gustafsson 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 2
17th July 5, 2000 United StatesUnited States Cincinnati Hard court United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tim Henman 7: 6 5 , 6: 4
18th October 30, 2000 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Basel Carpet (i) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer 6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 6 4 , 1: 6, 6: 1
19th February 18, 2002 FranceFranceMarseille (3) Hard court (i) FranceFrance Nicolas Escudé 6: 7 4 , 6: 3, 6: 1

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. February 10, 1997 FranceFrance Marseille Hard court (i) SwedenSweden Magnus Larsson FranceFrance Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro
FranceFrance  		6: 3, 6: 4

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personal data
SURNAME Enqvist, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Enqvist, Thomas Karl Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden