Jan Gunnarsson

Jan Gunnarsson

Country	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1962-05-30) 30 May 1962 Olofstrom, Sweden
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1979
Retired	1994
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,285,040
Singles
Career record	188–204
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 25 (9 December 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1989)
French Open	4R (1984)
Wimbledon	4R (1991)
US Open	1R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	176–176
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 20 (30 April 1984)

Jan Gunnarsson (born 30 May 1962 in Olofström, Blekinge County) is a former tennis player from Sweden,^[1] who won one singles in Vienna in 1985 (beating Libor Pimek in the final 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5) and nine doubles titles on the world tour during his professional career. In 1989 he reached the semi-finals of Australian Open where lost in straight sets to Miloslav Mečíř.

Along with Michael Mortensen he won the longest tie-break in tennis history at Wimbledon in 1985. The Swedish/Danish duo defeated John Frawley and Víctor Pecci 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(24) in the first round.

The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 25 in December 1985.

Summer 2012 Olympics Scandal

Gunnarsson was an expert commentator for the Summer 2012 Olympic Games. His position on Swedish television became controversial after he made xenophobic comments in response to negative comments made by the Swedish Culture and Sports Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth about financial support for future Swedish applications for major championships. On his Facebook page, Gunnarsson posted the comment, "There's not enough money when the state is paying welfare for 27,000 Somalis." His comment was criticized by SVT's sports editor Per Yng, and he removed the comment shortly after.^[2]

Doubles titles (9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1982	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Mark Dickson	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	2.	1983	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Anders Järryd	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	1983	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mike Leach	Francisco González Víctor Pecci	2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1984	Nice, France	Clay	Michael Mortensen	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	1984	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mats Wilander	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	1984	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Michael Mortensen	Juan Avendaño Fernando Roese	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	1984	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Joakim Nyström	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1984	Treviso, Italy	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Pavel Složil Tim Wilkison	2–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	1984	Toulouse, France	Carpet	Michael Mortensen	Pavel Složil Tim Wilkison	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	1985	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Michael Mortensen	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1985	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Peter Lundgren	Alex Antonitsch Michiel Schapers	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	1986	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Peter Lundgren	Kelly Evernden Chip Hooper	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	1986	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Joakim Nyström	Carlos di Laura Claudio Panatta	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	1986	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 4–6
Winner	7.	1987	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Loïc Courteau Guy Forget	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	1989	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Miloslav Mečíř Milan Šrejber	6–7, 0–6
Winner	8.	1989	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Paul Annacone Kelly Evernden	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	1990	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Udo Riglewski	Rikard Bergh Ronnie Båthman	1–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	1991	Nice, France	Clay	Rikard Bergh	Vojtěch Flégl Nicklas Utgren	6–4, 4–6, 6–3

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