Johanna Larsson (tennis)

Johanna Larsson

Larsson 2015 at the Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Johanna Larsson
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Helsingborg, Sweden
Born	(1988-08-17) 17 August 1988 Boden, Sweden
Height	1.74m
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 1,854,810
Singles
Career record	350–236
Career titles	1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 46 (11 July 2011)
Current ranking	No. 48 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015, 2016)
French Open	3R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	3R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	194–127
Career titles	4 WTA, 16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 36 (26 October 2015)
Current ranking	No. 52 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2015)
French Open	2R (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2011, 2012)
US Open	3R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	41–27
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Johanna Larsson (born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish professional tennis player.

Larsson has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as twelve singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 11 July 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 46. On 26 October 2015, she reached her best doubles ranking of world number 36.

Larsson made her debut for the Sweden Fed Cup team in 2005, accumulating an overall record of 41–27.

Early career

Larsson began playing international tennis on the ITF junior circuit, where she reached a career-high junior ranking of world number 79 in September 2006. During the Fed Cup in 2005 she began her quest for recognition by defeating Anna Kremer. Larsson went on to defeat Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Joanna Sakowicz. She was awarded a wild card for a WTA event In Stockholm, beating Kristina Barrois in three sets before losing to Swedish number 1 Sofia Arvidsson in a close match. Towards the end of 2006, Larsson suffered an injured hamstring, but came back in early 2007, playing mainly in the USA. She won the $10,000 Falkenburg title twice in consecutive years. Larsson returned to Fed Cup again in 2007, losing to Maša Zec Peškirič and beating Vojislava Lukić and Naomi Cavaday, both ranked in the top 300, giving Sweden 9th place.

2008

2008 was Johanna Larsson's breakthrough year, winning two $25,000 ITF events in Stockholm and in Sutton. She also made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open where she made the second qualifying round. Larsson went on to make the second qualifying round at Wimbledon and the US Open final qualifying round. In September, Larsson also captured the $75,000 Shrewsbury doubles event. Larsson ended the season playing Swedish team tennis for Helsingsborg alongside Sofia Arvidsson.

2009

Larsson began the year at the Australian Open, where she lost in the first qualifying round. She was included in the 2009 Swedish Fed Cup team, along with Sofia Arvidsson, Sandra Roma and Ellen Allgurin. Larsson recorded a 3–1 singles win-loss record (including a win over top 70 player Monica Niculescu), and a 2–1 doubles win-loss ratio. After the Fed Cup, Larsson travelled to South America to play qualifying in two WTA events. In Bogotá Larsson had three wins in qualifying taking her into the main draw, where she lost to Carla Suárez Navarro. In her next tournament in Acapulco, Larsson was forced to retire with a knee injury while trailing top seed Ágnes Szávay one set down. A series of $25,000 ITF clay tournaments saw Larsson reach two finals, a semi and a quarterfinal. Larsson took the singles and doubles titles at the $50,000 event in Barnstaple, her best singles result in her career so far. Johanna then took another singles title at the $25,000 event in Glasgow, the following week Johanna made the final in Istanbul before losing to Maret Ani.

2010

2010 would be Johanna's first top 100 season she started the year playing two $25,000 events in the United States; in the first tournament in Plantation, Larsson made the final knocking out top seed Maret Ani en route. Larsson was beaten in the final by Ajla Tomljanović. In the second event in Lutz, Larsson made the quarterfinals where she was defeated by Mariana Duque. Larsson stayed unbeaten in singles and doubles throughout the four ties she played in Fed Cup, Sweden won promotion to the World Group II playoffs. Unseeded at the $50,000+H tournament in Biberach, Larsson was the winner. Larsson captured her 10th ITF singles title in Clearwater.

Larsson made her Grand Slam main draw debut at 2010 French Open; in the first round she defeated Anastasija Sevastova before losing to Akgul Amanmuradova in the second. Following Roland Garros Larsson played the $100.000+H tournament in Marseille. She reached the final but lost to Klára Zakopalová. She won the doubles title with Yvonne Meusburger. She then fell in the first round of qualifying at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

Larsson then fell in the first round of the 2010 Swedish Open to Renata Voráčová. At the 2010 ECM Prague Open, she reached her first WTA tour quarterfinal after the withdrawal of top seed Lucie Šafářová in the second round, but fell to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the quarterfinals.

Larsson then continued her form at the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, as she defeated 8th-seeded countrywoman Sofia Arvidsson in the first round and Maria Elena Camerin in the second. Then in the quarterfinals she caused a bigger upset, defeating 3rd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Ksenia Pervak to reach her first WTA tour final. However, she lost to Anna Chakvetadze in straight sets. After this tournament she reached a career-high ranking of world number 66.

Larsson competed in the 2010 İstanbul Cup and defeated 8th seed Patty Schnyder in the first round.

In Quebec City, she won her first WTA doubles title with Sofia Arvidsson.

2011

2011 was another top-100 season for Johanna. She began the year with 3 consecutive losses in Auckland, Hobart and at the Australian Open. A step down to ITF level saw Larsson lose in the 2nd round in a $25.000 event in Stockholm before an improvement in form saw her make it to the semifinals of the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. Johanna had a victory over Li Na in the second round in Miami, before losing to Alexandra Dulgheru. In the lead up to the French Open, she made a semi-final appearance in Estoril losing to Kristina Barrois. She defeated former French Open Champion Ana Ivanovic in three sets at the 2011 French Open, but lost in the second round to Ekaterina Makarova.

At the 2011 Swedish Open, Larsson beat Alla Kudryavtseva in the first round. She then defeated Vera Dushevina and Lourdes Domínguez Lino, winning both matches in three sets. In the semifinals, she easily beat Sofia Arvidsson to advance to her second WTA tour final, where she lost to 8th seed Polona Hercog in straight sets. She repeated her Wimbledon result; losing in the first round of the US Open.

2012

In a repeat of 2011, Johanna lost in the first round of her opening 3 events. Johanna posted a 3–6 win-loss record between (and including) the tournaments of Memphis and Estoril. Her first quarter final of the year occurred in Strasbourg where she lost to Francesca Schiavone. A second quarter final was recorded 2 tournaments later, this time in Bad Gastein. Following a disappointing Wimbledon first round exit Johanna took a wildcard into an ITF $100.000 event. She defeated the 4th, 6th & 3rd seeds en route to taking the title. Larsson then reached the semifinals of Sony Swedish Open in Båstad, losing to Mathilde Johansson.^[1] In the run up to the US Open, In Cincinnati Johanna recorded a win over Marion Bartoli (Ranked 11 at the time) before losing to Li Na. In the final Grand Slam of the year she faced Dominika Cibulková, despite taking the first set on a tie-break she went on to lose in 3 sets. She ended the year playing mostly qualifying in WTA event in Asia.

2013

Johanna broke her cycle of losing in all 3 opening events of the season with a quarter- final appearance in Auckland; beating Julia Görges in the 2nd round. Larsson lost in the opening Grand Slam of the season to Jelena Janković. Johanna lost in 2 consecutive 1st rounds in Memphis and Acapulco. A 3rd round appearance in Indian Wells was recorded after Johanna took out 24th ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round. Johanna struggled in the lead up to the French Open but did make the quarter-finals in Strasbourg once again. She lost to Sorana Cîrstea in the second round of the French Open. Post French Open, Larsson struggled once again, she went on to exit Wimbledon in the first round. A major improvement in form saw Larsson beat Mathilde Johansson in Båstad, to reach her 2nd final there. Larsson made it to the final of the women's single at the 2013 Swedish Open where she loss to 1st seed Serena Williams in straight sets, 6–4 6–1. In the lead up to the US Open, Johanna lost in qualifying in 3 US Hardcourt events. She lost in the 2nd round of the US Open for the 2nd year in a row. In the WTA event in Ningbo Johanna made the semi-finals, losing to Bojana Jovanovski. She ended the year with a loss to country-woman Sofia Arvidsson at the ITF event in Poitiers.

2014

Johanna Larsson at the 2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes.

Johanna began the year with a 2nd round finish in Auckland, losing to 2nd seed Ana Ivanovic. Despite a competitive opening set Johanna lost in the first round of Australian Open to Victoria Azarenka. She had her best ever indoor result in a WTA event when she qualified and made the second round in Paris. Two first-round losses occurred in Rio and Florianpolis. Larsson's drop in ranking meant she played qualifying in both Indian Wells & Miami; she failed to qualify in either event. She made a quarter-final appearance at the ITF event in Osprey. She took her 16th ITF doubles title with Kiki Bertens at the ITF event in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

2015

Larson won her first WTA singles title at the 2015 Swedish Open.

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 July 2010	Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Anna Chakvetadze	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	9 July 2011	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Polona Hercog	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	21 July 2013	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Serena Williams	4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	19 July 2015	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mona Barthel	6–3, 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	19 September 2010	Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner	2.	12 June 2011	Danish Open, Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard	Jasmin Wöhr	Kristina Mladenovic Katarzyna Piter	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	23 February 2013	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up	2.	22 February 2014	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Chanelle Scheepers	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	2–6, 0–6
Winner	3.	17 January 2015	Hobart International, Hobart, Australia	Hard	Kiki Bertens	Vitalia Diatchenko Monica Niculescu	7–5, 6–3
Winner	4.	19 July 2015	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Kiki Bertens	Tatjana Maria Olga Savchuk	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	27 September 2015	Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kiki Bertens	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač	6–2, 3–6, [6–10]

ITF finals

Singles (12–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	15 May 2005	Falkenberg, Sweden	Clay	Sofia Arvidsson	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	21 June 2005	Oslo, Norway	Clay	Mari Andersson	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	3 November 2005	Stockholm, Sweden	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	3–6 3–6
Winner	2.	16 May 2006	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	24 April 2007	Falkenberg, Sweden	Clay	Anne Schäfer	6–2, 7–6
Winner	4.	29 October 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nadja Roma	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	16 January 2008	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Elena Kulikova	2–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	5 February 2008	Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard (I)	Andrea Hlaváčková	7–5, 6–0
Winner	6.	11 February 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	0–6, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	4 August 2009	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	7–5 5–7 2–6
Runner-up	5.	7 September 2009	Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Iryna Brémond	3–6 3–6
Runner-up	6.	27 October 2009	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Maret Ani	5–7 7–6 2–6
Winner	7.	5 October 2009	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Pauline Parmentier	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	19 October 2009	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Melanie South	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	12 January 2010	Plantation, United States	Clay	Ajla Tomljanovic	3–6 3–6
Winner	9.	28 February 2010	Biberach, Germany	Hard (i)	Romina Oprandi	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	10.	8 March 2010	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Shuai Zhang	7–6, 6–0
Winner	11.	22 March 2010	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	7 June 2010	Marsielle, France	Clay	Klára Zakopalová	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	6 October 2010	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Alison Riske	2–6, 0–6
Winner	12.	2 July 2012	Biella, Italy	Clay	Anna Tatishvili	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	8 June 2014	Marseille, France	Clay	Alexandra Dulgheru	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	11.	17 August 2014	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	12 July 2015	Versmold, Germany	Clay	Carina Witthöft	3–6, 3–6

Doubles 25 (16–9)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14 May 2005	Falkenberg, Sweden	Clay	Mari Andersson	Natalia Kołat Monika Schneider	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	25 June 2005	Oslo, Norway	Clay	Nadja Roma	Kristina Andlovic Karoline Borgensen	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	6 November 2005	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (I)	Mari Andersson	Eva-Maria Hoch Martina Pavelec	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	9 April 2006	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Nadja Roma	Raluca Olaru Antonia Xenia Tout	4–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	7 October 2007	Nantes, France	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	Melanie South Caroline Maes	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	4.	20 October 2007	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	Veronika Chvojková Kathrin Wörle	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	4 November 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Nadja Roma	Diana Eriksson Hanne-Skak Jensen	6–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	6.	19 January 2008	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Anna Smith	Martina Babáková Iveta Gerlová	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	3.	000000002008-02-05-00005 February 2008	Sutton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	15 February 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Anna Smith	Neda Kozić Ivana Lisjak	6–0, 7–5
Winner	8.	28 September 2008	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard	Anna Smith	Sarah Borwell Courtney Nagle	7–6, 6–4
Winner	9.	4 October 2008	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Emma Laine	Patricia Mayr Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	000000002009-04-20-000020 April 2009	Bari, Italy	Clay	Anna Smith	Irina Buryachok Renata Voráčová	7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Winner	10.	27 June 2009	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Hanne-Skak Jensen	Sofia Arvidsson Sandra Roma	7–6, 6–2
Winner	11.	2 August 2009	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Hanne-Skak Jensen	Yurika Sema Darija Jurak	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	000000002009-08-10-000010 August 2009	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Anna Smith	Shannon Golds Nicole Kriz	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Runner-up	6.	31 August 2009	Katowice, Poland	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Karolina Kosińska Ágnes Szatmári	1–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Runner-up	7.	000000002009-09-22-000022 September 2009	Shrewsbury, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	8.	000000002009-09-29-000029 September 2009	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Laine, EmmaEmma Laine South, MelanieMelanie South	3–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	11 October 2009	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard	Anna Smith	Emma Laine Kelly Anderson	7–5, 6–4
Winner	13.	20 March 2010	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	2–6, 7–6, [10–7]
Winner	14.	12 June 2010	Marseille, France	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Aurélie Védy	6–4, 6–2
Winner	15.	24 July 2011	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Jasmin Wöhr	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Kristina Barrois	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	25 September 2011	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Jasmin Wöhr	Nina Bratchikova Darija Jurak	4–6 2–6
Winner	16.	5 May 2014	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Kiki Bertens	Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel	7–6, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key

Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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