Hans Simonsson

Hans Simonsson

Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	1 May 1962 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)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record	159–114
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 10 (10 Jan 1984)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	W (1983)

Hans Simonsson (born 1 May 1962 in Färgaryd) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 12 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's the brother of Stefan Simonsson.

Grand Slam doubles finals

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1983	French Open	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6(4), 6–4, 6–2

Runners-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1985	French Open	Schlomo Glickstein	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3–6, 4–6, 7–6(5), 3–6

Doubles titles (12)

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1981	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Brad Drewett Pavel Složil	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	1981	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Winner	2.	1981	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Anders Järryd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	1982	Linz, Austria	Hard	Anders Järryd	Rod Frawley Paul Kronk	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	1982	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Anders Järryd	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	1982	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Anders Järryd	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	0–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	1982	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Anders Järryd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	1982	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Anders Järryd	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	1982	Ancona, Italy	Carpet (i)	Anders Järryd	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	1983	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Mats Wilander	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	1983	French Open, Paris	Clay	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6(4), 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	1983	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Anders Järryd	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	8.	1983	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Anders Järryd	Jim Gurfein Erick Iskersky	7–5, 6–3
Winner	9.	1983	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Peter Fleming Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	1984	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet (i)	Anders Järryd	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	11.	1984	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	1985	French Open, Paris	Clay	Shlomo Glickstein	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Stefan Simonsson	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–4

External links

• Hans Simonsson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Hans Simonsson at the Davis Cup