Hans Simonsson

Hans Simonsson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	1 May 1962 (age 63); Färgaryd, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right–handed
Prize money	$325,035
Singles
Career record	42–73
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 45 (20 Dec 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1981)
French Open	2R (1983)
Wimbledon	2R (1981)
US Open	3R (1982)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record	159–114
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 10 (10 Jan 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1983)
French Open	W (1983)
Wimbledon	SF (1983)
US Open	QF (1985)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (1984)

Hans Simonsson (born 1 May 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 11 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He also played in the 1983 Davis Cup final for Sweden. He reached his career high doubles ranking of No. 10 in the world on 2 January 1984. Simonsson again reached the French Open doubles final in 1985, but he and Schlomo Glickstein were defeated by Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick. The Swede finished his career prematurely at the age of 25.

He is a brother of fellow tennis player Stefan Simonsson.^[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1983	French Open	Clay	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6^(7–4), 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1985	French Open	Clay	Schlomo Glickstein	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6

Career finals

Doubles (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (-)
ATP Tour (10)

Titles by surface
Hard (4)
Clay (6)
Grass (0)
Carpet (2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1981	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Brad Drewett Pavel Složil	6–4, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Jul 1981	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Win	2–1	Oct 1981	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Anders Järryd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–1	Mar 1982	Linz, Austria	Hard	Anders Järryd	Rod Frawley Paul Kronk	6–2, 6–0
Loss	3–2	May 1982	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Anders Järryd	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–2	Jul 1982	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Anders Järryd	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	0–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	4–3	Sep 1982	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Anders Järryd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Oct 1982	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Anders Järryd	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–3	Nov 1982	Ancona, Italy	Carpet (i)	Anders Järryd	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	6–4	Mar 1983	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Mats Wilander	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	2–6, 4–6
Win	7–4	Jun 1983	French Open, Paris	Clay	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6^(7–4), 6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–5	Jul 1983	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Anders Järryd	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(4–7)
Win	8–5	Oct 1983	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Anders Järryd	Jim Gurfein Erick Iskersky	7–5, 6–3
Win	9–5	Nov 1983	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Peter Fleming Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–6	Jan 1984	WCT World Doubles, London	Carpet (i)	Anders Järryd	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	10–6	Oct 1984	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–4
Loss	10–7	Jun 1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Shlomo Glickstein	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	11–7	Jul 1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Stefan Simonsson	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4

References

^ "När vi knäckte USA med grus". Expressen (in Swedish). 14 January 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

External links

Hans Simonsson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Hans Simonsson at the Davis Cup (archived)
Hans Simonsson at the International Tennis Federation

[Expressen-1] "När vi knäckte USA med grus". Expressen (in Swedish). 14 January 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2020.