Thomas Enqvist

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Thomas Enqvist

Thomas Enqvist
Country  Sweden
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born 13 March 1974 (1974-03-13) (age 37)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro 1991
Retired 2006
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$10,461,641
Singles
Career record 448–297
Career titles 19
Highest ranking No. 4 (15 November 1999)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open F (1999)
French Open 4R (2001)
Wimbledon QF (2001)
US Open 4R (1993, 1996, 2000)
Doubles
Career record 35–46
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 169 (8 May 2000)

Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974 in Stockholm) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 (which he attained in 1999) on the ATP Rankings.

Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team. In 1997, he helped Sweden reach the finals of the Davis Cup for the fourth time in four years.

Throughout his career, Enqvist finished a year ranked in the top 10 four times and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some impressive victories, including wins over Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Roddick.

Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the biggest being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris (1996), Stuttgart (1999) and Cincinnati (2000). He also won one doubles title.

His best showing at a Grand Slam event was in 1999, when he lost the Australian Open final to Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia. He also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon (2001).

Enqvist currently works as captain for the Swedish Davis Cup team and as an expert commentator for Eurosport Sweden.

Contents

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome Year Tournament Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1999 Australian Open Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6(1)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 3 (3–0)

Year Tournament Opponent in the final Score in the final
2000 Cincinnati United Kingdom Tim Henman 7–6(5), 6–4
1999 Stuttgart Netherlands Richard Krajicek 6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
1996 Paris Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–4, 7–5

Career singles finals (26)

Wins (19–7)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (3–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–1)
ATP Tour (14–4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (13–7)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Carpet (4–0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 19 October 1992 Bolzano, Italy Carpet (i) France Arnaud Boetsch 6–1, 1–6, 7–6(7)
Winner 2. 30 August 1993 Schenectady, U.S. Hard New Zealand Brett Steven 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(0)
Winner 3. 16 January 1995 Auckland, New Zealand Hard United States Chuck Adams 6–2, 6–1
Winner 4. 27 February 1995 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet (i) United States Michael Chang 0–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner 5. 15 May 1995 Pinehurst, U.S. Clay Argentina Javier Frana 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 7 August 1995 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Germany Michael Stich 7–6(7), 6–7(4), 2–6
Winner 6. 21 August 1995 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Germany Bernd Karbacher 6–4, 6–3
Winner 7. 13 November 1995 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) France Arnaud Boetsch 7–5, 6–4
Winner 8. 15 April 1996 New Delhi, India Hard Zimbabwe Byron Black 6–2, 7–6(3)
Winner 9. 4 November 1996 Paris, France Carpet (i) Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
Winner 10. 11 November 1996 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) United States Todd Martin 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(0)
Winner 11. 17 February 1997 Marseille, France Hard (i) Chile Marcelo Ríos 6–4, 1–0, ret.
Runner-up 2. 28 July 1997 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard United States Jim Courier 4–6, 4–6
Winner 12. 9 February 1998 Marseille, France Hard (i) Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 2 March 1998 Philadelphia, U.S. Hard (i) United States Pete Sampras 5–7, 6–7(3)
Winner 13. 4 May 1998 Munich, Germany Clay United States Andre Agassi 6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3
Winner 14. 11 January 1999 Adelaide, Australia Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 1 February 1999 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 6–7(1)
Winner 15. 1 November 1999 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) Netherlands Richard Krajicek 6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Winner 16. 15 November 1999 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 10 January 2000 Adelaide, Australia Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 20 March 2000 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Spain Àlex Corretja 4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Winner 17. 5 July 2000 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard United Kingdom Tim Henman 7–6(5), 6–4
Runner-up 7. 28 August 2000 Long Island, U.S. Hard Sweden Magnus Norman 3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Winner 18. 30 October 2000 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Switzerland Roger Federer 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6, 6–1
Winner 19. 18 February 2002 Marseille, France Hard (i) France Nicolas Escudé 6–7(4), 6–3, 6–1

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 2R 1R 2R 3R QF 4R 2R F 1R A 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 13 21–12
French Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 3R 2R 3R 4R 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 12 11–12
Wimbledon A A Q1 A 1R A 1R 2R A 3R 3R 4R QF 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 11 15–11
U.S. Open A A A Q1 4R 3R 2R 4R A A 1R 4R 1R 3R 2R 2R A 0 / 10 16–10
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 46 N/A
Annual Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–4 3–3 3–3 8–4 3–1 5–3 9–4 8–4 7–3 5–4 1–4 7–4 0–3 N/A 63–45
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells NME A A A Q1 A 3R 2R 2R QF 1R F 2R QF 1R 1R 3R 0 / 11 16–11
Miami NME A A A 1R A 4R 2R 2R QF SF 4R 3R 3R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 12 15–11
Monte Carlo NME A A A 1R A 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R A 1R A 0 / 10 4–10
Rome NME A A A A A A 3R A 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 1R A Q1 0 / 7 7–7
Hamburg NME A A A 1R A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 4 1–4
Canada NME A A A A QF SF QF QF A 1R 3R 1R 1R Q2 1R A 0 / 9 13–9
Cincinnati NME A A A Q1 3R SF SF 2R A 2R W 1R 3R 2R 1R A 1 / 10 20–9
Madrid (Stuttgart) NME A 1R 3R 1R 2R QF 3R 2R A W 2R QF A 2R Q2 A 1 / 11 16–9
Paris NME A A A A A 2R W SF 1R 3R 2R 2R A A 1R Q1 1 / 8 11–7
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 7 1 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 2 3 / 82 N/A
Annual Win-Loss N/A 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–4 6–3 15–7 14–7 6–6 6–5 13–7 19–7 8–9 8–7 4–5 0–6 2–2 N/A 103–77
Year End Ranking 1103 472 231 63 88 59 7 9 28 22 5 9 24 44 96 72 133 N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament
LQ = lost in the qualifying draw

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov		 ATP Most Improved Player
1995		 Succeeded by
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Preceded by
Croatia Goran Ivanišević		 ATP Champions Tour
Year-End No.1
2009, 2010		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Australian Open boys' singles champions

1969 Allan McDonald • 1970 John Alexander • 1971 Cliff Letcher • 1972 Paul Kronk • 1973 Paul McNamee • 1974 Harry Brittain • 1975 Brad Drewett • 1976 Ray Kelly • 1977 (Jan) Brad Drewett • 1977 (Dec) Ray Kelly • 1978 Pat Serret • 1979 Greg Whitecross • 1980 Craig Miller • 1981 Jorgen Windahl • 1982 Mark Kratzmann • 1983 Stefan Edberg • 1984 Mark Kratzmann • 1985 Shane Barr • 1987 Jason Stoltenberg • 1988 Johan Anderson • 1989 Nicklas Kulti • 1990 Dirk Dier • 1991 Thomas Enqvist • 1992 Grant Doyle • 1993 James Baily • 1994 Ben Ellwood • 1995 Nicolas Kiefer • 1996 Björn Rehnquist • 1997 Daniel Elsner • 1998 Julien Jeanpierre • 1999 Kristian Pless • 2000 Andy Roddick • 2001 Janko Tipsarević • 2002 Clement Morel • 2003 Marcos Baghdatis • 2004 Gaël Monfils • 2005 Donald Young • 2006 Alexandre Sidorenko • 2007 Brydan Klein • 2008 Bernard Tomic • 2009 Yuki Bhambri • 2010 Tiago Fernandes • 2011 Jiří Veselý
Wimbledon (Open Era) boys' singles champions

1968 John Alexander · 1969 Byron Bertram · 1970 Byron Bertram · 1971 Robert Kreiss · 1972 Björn Borg · 1973 Billy Martin · 1974 Billy Martin · 1975 Chris Lewis · 1976 Heinz Günthardt · 1977 Van Winitsky · 1978 Ivan Lendl · 1979 Ramesh Krishnan · 1980 Thierry Tulasne · 1981 Matt Anger · 1982 Pat Cash · 1983 Stefan Edberg · 1984 Mark Kratzmann · 1985 Leonardo Lavalle · 1986 Eduardo Vélez · 1987 Diego Nargiso · 1988 Nicolás Pereira · 1989 Nicklas Kulti · 1990 Leander Paes · 1991 Thomas Enqvist · 1992 David Škoch · 1993 Răzvan Sabău · 1994 Scott Humphries · 1995 Olivier Mutis · 1996 Vladimir Voltchkov · 1997 Wesley Whitehouse · 1998 Roger Federer · 1999 Jürgen Melzer · 2000 Nicolas Mahut · 2001 Roman Valent · 2002 Todd Reid · 2003 Florin Mergea · 2004 Gaël Monfils · 2005 Jérémy Chardy · 2006 Thiemo de Bakker · 2007 Donald Young · 2008 Grigor Dimitrov · 2009 Andrey Kuznetsov · 2010 Márton Fucsovics · 2011 Luke Saville
French Open boys' doubles champions

1981 Barry Moir / Michael Robertson  • 1982 Pat Cash / John Frawley  • 1983 Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl  • 1984 Luke Jensen / Patrick McEnroe  • 1985 Petr Korda / Cyril Suk  • 1986 Franco Davín / Guillermo Pérez-Roldán  • 1987 Jim Courier / Jonathan Stark  • 1988 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge  • 1989 Johan Anderson / Todd Woodbridge  • 1990 Sébastien Lareau / Sébastien Leblanc  • 1991 Thomas Enqvist / Magnus Martinelle  • 1992 Enrique Abaroa / Grant Doyle  • 1993 Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh  • 1994 Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti  • 1995 Raemon Sluiter / Peter Wessels  • 1996 Sébastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis  • 1997 José de Armas / Luis Horna  • 1998 José de Armas / Fernando González  • 1999 Irakli Labadze / Lovro Zovko  • 2000 Marc López / Tommy Robredo  • 2001 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca  • 2002 Markus Bayer / Philipp Petzschner  • 2003 Dudi Sela / Georgy Balazs  • 2004 Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers  • 2005 Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer  • 2006 Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori  • 2007 Andrei Karatchenia / Thomas Fabbiano  • 2008 Henri Kontinen / Christopher Rungkat  • 2009 Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan  • 2010 Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz  • 2011 Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballes
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