Thomas Enqvist

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Thomas Enqvist

Country	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Date of birth	March 13, 1974 (1974-03-13) (age 34)
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	88 kg (190 lb/13.9 st)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2005
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 (November 15, 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 (May 8, 2000)

Thomas Enqvist (born March 13, 1974 in Stockholm) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden, who played on the ATP circuit since turning pro in 1991. He announced his retirement from tennis in April, 2006.

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 both Wimbledon (2001) and the Australian Open (1996).

Contents 1 Grand Slam singles finals 1.1 Runner-up 2 Masters Series singles finals 2.1 Wins (3) 3 Career singles finals (26) 3.1 Wins (19) 3.2 Runner-ups (7) 4 External links

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Runner-up

Year	Tournament	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1999	Australian Open	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6(1)

[edit] Masters Series singles finals

[edit] Wins (3)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2000	Cincinnati	Tim Henman	7–6(5), 6–4
1999	Stuttgart	Richard Krajicek	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
1996	Paris	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–4, 7–5

[edit] Career singles finals (26)

[edit] Wins (19)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (3) ATP Tour (16)

Titles by Surface Hard (13) Grass (0) Clay (2) Carpet (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	19 October 1992	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Arnaud Boetsch	6–1, 1–6, 7–6(7)
2.	30 August 1993	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Brett Steven	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(0)
3.	16 January 1995	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Chuck Adams	6–2, 6–1
4.	27 February 1995	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Michael Chang	0–6, 6–4, 6–0
5.	15 May 1995	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Javier Frana	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
6.	21 August 1995	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Bernd Karbacher	6–4, 6–3
7.	13 November 1995	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arnaud Boetsch	7–5, 6–4
8.	15 April 1996	New Delhi, India	Hard	Byron Black	6–2, 7–6(3)
9.	4 November 1996	Paris, France	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–4, 7–5
10.	11 November 1996	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Todd Martin	7–5, 6–4, 7–6(0)
11.	17 February 1997	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Marcelo Ríos	6–4, 1–0, ret.
12.	9 February 1998	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–1
13.	4 May 1998	Munich, Germany	Clay	Andre Agassi	6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3
14.	11 January 1999	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
15.	1 November 1999	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Richard Krajicek	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
16.	15 November 1999	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Magnus Gustafsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
17.	5 July 2000	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Tim Henman	7–6(5), 6–4
18.	30 October 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Roger Federer	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6, 6–1
19.	18 February 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Escudé	6–7(4), 6–3, 6–1

[edit] Runner-ups (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	7 August 1995	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Michael Stich	6–7(7), 7–6(4), 6–2
2.	28 July 1997	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Jim Courier	6–4, 6–4
3.	2 March 1998	Philadelphia, U.S.	Hard (i)	Pete Sampras	7–5, 7–6(3)
4.	1 February 1999	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6(1)
5.	10 January 2000	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
6.	20 March 2000	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Àlex Corretja	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
7.	28 August 2000	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Magnus Norman	6–3, 5–7, 7–5

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Thomas Enqvist
• ITF profile for Thomas Enqvist
• Davis Cup profile for Thomas Enqvist