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Also known as Simon Olof Karl Aspelin

Swedish tennis player

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Type
Person
Country
NO
Active from
1928-08-10
Active to
1996-10-09

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Key facts

Country sports
Sweden
Residence
London, England
Born
( 1974-05-11 ) 11 May 1974 (age 52) , Saltsjöbaden , Sweden
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Retired
17 July 2011
Plays
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money
$ 2,121,037
Career record
0–2
Highest ranking
No. 436 (17 August 1998)
Wimbledon
Q1 ( 1998 , 1999 )
Australian open
QF ( 2006 )
French open
3R ( 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 )
Us open
W ( 2007 )
Tour finals
F ( 2007 )
Olympic games
F ( 2008 )

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Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Retired Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
Sweden

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Wikidata facts

Mass
79
Image
Simon Aspelin at the 2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open 01.jpg
Height
185
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Simon Aspelin
date of birth
1974-05-11
singles record
0–2
doubles record
348–303
prize money
2121037
end of work period
2011-07-17
start of work period
1998-00-00
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Simon Aspelin ( pronounced [ˈsîːmɔn aspɛˈliːn]; born 11 May 1974) is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998. His success mainly came in doubles, winning 12 titles and reaching World No. 7 in March 2008. In men's doubles, Aspelin won the 2007 US Open and the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Simon Aspelin at the 2010 US Open

A memorable part of Aspelin's career was when he and doubles partner Todd Perry were playing in the 2006 Wimbledon Championships men's doubles quarterfinals as the eighth-seeded doubles team against third-seeded Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. Knowles and Nestor won the match by winning the final set 23–21.

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