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Jonas Björkman
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Key facts
- Country sports
- Sweden
- Residence
- Stockholm
- Born
- ( 1972-03-23 ) 23 March 1972 (age 54) , Alvesta , Sweden
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Retired
- 2008 (singles), 2013 (doubles)
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- $14,610,671
- Career record
- 414–362
- Highest ranking
- No. 4 (3 November 1997)
- Australian open
- QF ( 1998 , 2002 )
- French open
- 4R ( 1996 , 2007 )
- Wimbledon
- SF ( 2006 )
- Us open
- SF ( 1997 )
- Tour finals
- SF ( 1997 )
- Grand slam cup
- QF ( 1997 , 1998 )
- Olympic games
- 1R ( 1996 , 2004 , 2008 )
- Davis cup
- W ( 1994 , 1997 , 1998 )
- Hopman cup
- F ( 1999 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Sweden
via TheSportsDB
Official website
Jonas Björkman | Tidigare Tennisspelare, marknadsdirektör för Stockholm Open, Expertkommentator för TV4 och Canal +
jonasbjorkman.com →Link to the official site · 18,285 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lars
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Växjö
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Participant in
- 1996 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- padel
- Member of team
- Sweden Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Mass
- 83
- Official website
- www.jonasbjorkman.com
- Image
- Jonas Bjorkman 2007 Australian Open mens doubles R1.jpg
- Height
- 183
- Residence
- Stockholm
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- Commons category
- Jonas Björkman
- date of birth
- 1972-03-23
- singles record
- 414–362
- doubles record
- 712–307
- birth name
- Jonas Lars Björkman
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- end of work period
- 2013-00-00
- prize money
- 14610671
- ranking
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonas Lars Björkman ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjûːnas ˈbjœ̌rkman]; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup doubles championships. As of 2019, he was ranked in the top 40 on the all-time ATP prize money list with over $14.5 million. As of July 2024 he is still in the top 50 of the all-time ATP prize money list.
Björkman has had long-term successful doubles partnerships with Jan Apell, Jacco Eltingh, Nicklas Kulti, Max Mirnyi, Pat Rafter, Kevin Ullyett, and Todd Woodbridge. He has won the career Grand Slam in men's doubles, holding a total of nine major championships.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jonas Björkman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.