Hans Simonsson

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Hans Simonsson (born May 1, 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 January 2, 1984. Simonsson again reached the French Open doubles final in 1985, but he and Schlomo Glickstein were defeated by Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick.

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[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (1)

Year Championship Partnering Opponent in Final Score in Final
1983 French Open Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Australia Mark Edmondson
Flag of the United States Sherwood Stewart
7–6(4), 6–4, 6–2

[edit] Runners-up (1)

Year Championship Partnering Opponent in Final Score in Final
1985 French Open Flag of Israel Schlomo Glickstein Flag of Australia Mark Edmondson
Flag of Australia Kim Warwick
3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 3–6

[edit] 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)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. March 31, 1981 Linz, Austria Hard Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Australia Brad Drewett
Flag of Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
6–4, 7–6
2. October 5, 1981 Barcelona, Spain Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Chile Hans Gildemeister
Flag of Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–1, 6–4
3. March 2, 1982 Linz, Austria Hard Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Australia Rod Frawley
Flag of Australia Paul Kronk
6–2, 6–0
4. 12 July 1982 Båstad, Sweden Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Sweden Joakim Nyström
Flag of Sweden Mats Wilander
0–6, 6–3, 7–6
5. October 4, 1982 Barcelona, Spain Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Flag of Brazil Cassio Motta
6–3, 6–2
6. November 15, 1982 Ancona, Italy Carpet (i) Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of the United States Tim Gullikson
Flag of South Africa Bernard Mitton
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
7. May 23, 1983 French Open, Paris Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Australia Mark Edmondson
Flag of the United States Sherwood Stewart
7–6(4), 6–4, 6–2
8. October 3, 1983 Barcelona, Spain Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of the United States Jim Gurfein
Flag of the United States Erick Iskersky
7–5, 6–3
9. October 31, 1983 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of the United States Peter Fleming
Flag of the United States Johan Kriek
6–3, 6–4
10. January 9, 1984 Masters Doubles WCT, London Carpet (i) Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Flag of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
11. October 8, 1984 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Australia Mark Edmondson
Flag of the United States Sherwood Stewart
6–4, 6–4
12. July 22, 1985 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Flag of Sweden Stefan Simonsson Flag of Australia Carl Limberger
Flag of Australia Mark Woodforde
6–3, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1981 Båstad, Sweden Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Australia Mark Edmondson
Flag of Australia John Fitzgerald
2–6, 7–5, 6–0
2. 1982 Hamburg, Germany Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Složil
Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 6–3
3. 1982 Bordeaux, France Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Chile Hans Gildemeister
Flag of Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–4, 6–2
4. 1983 Brussels, Belgium Carpet Flag of Sweden Mats Wilander Flag of Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Flag of Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–2, 6–4
5. 1983 Båstad, Sweden Clay Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd Flag of Sweden Joakim Nyström
Flag of Sweden Mats Wilander
1–6, 7–6, 7–6
6. 1985 French Open, Paris Clay Flag of Israel Shlomo Glickstein Flag of Australia Mark Edmondson
Flag of Australia Kim Warwick
6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3

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