Joachim Johansson

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Joachim Johansson : biography

1 July 1982 –

Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semi-finals of the 2004 US Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9.

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 3 (3-0)

Winner–Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (1/0)
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (2/0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (3/0)
Clay (0/0)
Grass (0/0)
Carpet (0/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score
Winner 1. 16 February 2004 Memphis, United States Hard Germany}} Nicolas Kiefer 7–6, 6–3
Winner 2. 3 January 2005 Adelaide, Australia Hard USA}} Taylor Dent 7–5, 6–3
Winner 3. 7 February 2005 Marseille, France Hard CRO}} Ivan Ljubičić 7–5, 6–4

Performance timeline

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A A A 1R 3R 4R A 1R A A A 5–4
French Open A A A LQ 1R A A A A A A 0–1
Wimbledon A A A LQ 4R 3R A A A A A 5–2
US Open A A A 1R SF A A A A A A 5–2
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 10–4 5–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 15–9
Year End Ranking 773 390 219 95 11 54 193 350 771 365 889 N/A

Playing style

He held the record for most aces served in one match as he aced Andre Agassi 51 times in the 4th round of the 2005 Australian Open (though he still lost the match in four sets). In the post-match press conference, Johansson said he felt he could have served better. Ivo Karlović equalled the record on 21 June 2005 at Wimbledon against Daniele Bracciali, and at the 2009 French Open, Karlovic broke the record with 55 aces against Lleyton Hewitt in the first round but lost in 5 sets. Johansson still has a record – most aces served in 4-set match (51).

Background

Johansson was born in Lund and currently lives in Södertälje, Sweden. His father, Leif Johansson, was also a tennis player and represented Sweden in the Davis Cup in the 1970s. He goes by the nickname "Pim Pim", which he has been called since he was a newborn. His elder brother pronounced Joachim as "Joapim" which later became "Pim Pim". In 2005, Swedish hurdler Jenny Kallur became his girlfriend but in August 2008 they separated. Lleyton Hewitt’s sister, Jaslyn Hewitt, was his girlfriend for five years from 2000 to 2005. Since April 2009 he is engaged to Johanna Westerberg, a Swedish professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour, and they are expecting their first child.