Jan Apell

Jan Apell

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Kungsbacka, Sweden
Born	(1969-11-04) 4 November 1969 Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1988
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$1,404,957
Singles
Career record	44–68
Career titles	0 3 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 62 (31 July 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1995, 1998)
French Open	1R (1995)
Wimbledon	2R (1995)
US Open	2R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	121–73
Career titles	9 7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 10 (20 June 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1994)
French Open	F (1994)
Wimbledon	3R (1994, 1995)
US Open	2R (1992)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1994)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1993)
Last updated on: 30 September 2022.

Jan Apell (born 4 November 1969) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who in 1994 won the ATP Tour World Championship in doubles and Davis Cup. The left-hander has retired from tennis unbeaten in Davis Cup after five matches, and played most of his career with Jonas Björkman. He also has a Son call Emil Apell and a Daughter named Elin Apell.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1995	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) ATP Masters Series (0–2) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (8–3)

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (3–2) Grass (1–1) Carpet (1–2)

Finals by setting Outdoors (7–4) Indoors (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1993	Seoul, South Korea	World Series	Hard	Peter Nyborg	Neil Broad Gary Muller	5–7, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Nov 1993	Moscow, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	1–6, ret.
Win	2–1	Feb 1994	Scottsdale, United States	World Series	Hard	Ken Flach	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jun 1994	Roland Garos, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	4–6, 6–7
Win	3–2	Jun 1994	Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	4–2	Jul 1994	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–2	Aug 1994	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 7–6
Loss	5–3	Oct 1994	Tel Aviv, Israel	World Series	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Lan Bale John-Laffnie de Jager	7–6. 2–6, 6–7
Loss	5–4	Oct 1994	Stockholm, Sweden	Masters Series	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–4	Nov 1994	Antwerp, Belgium	World Series	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Hendrik Jan Davids Sébastien Lareau	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	7–4	Nov 1994	Jakarta, Indonesia	ATP Finals	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Loss	7–5	May 1995	Rome, Italy	Masters Series	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	3–6. 4–6
Loss	7–6	Jun 1995	Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Todd Martin Pete Sampras	6–7, 4–6
Win	8–6	Jul 1995	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Jon Ireland Andrew Kratzmann	6–3, 6–0
Win	9–6	Apr 1996	Paget, Bermuda	World Series	Clay	Brent Haygarth	Pat Cash Patrick Rafter	3–6, 6–1, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1991	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	John Stimpson	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1991	Hanko, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Claudio Mezzadri	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–1	Oct 1992	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Carpet	Christian Saceanu	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Jul 1993	Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6–7, 5–7
Loss	2–3	Nov 1993	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	2–4	Mar 1996	Stockholm, Sweden	Challenger	Hard	Johan Van Herck	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–4	Nov 1997	Réunion Island, Réunion	Challenger	Hard	Arnaud Clément	6–4, 7–6

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (7–6) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (4–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1990	Gevrey-Chambertin, France	Challenger	Carpet	Peter Nyborg	Mansour Bahrami Rodolphe Gilbert	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1991	Hanko, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Olli Rahnasto	Patrik Albertsson Jörgen Windahl	walkover
Win	2–1	Sep 1991	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Raviv Weidenfeld	Sébastien Leblanc Markus Naewie	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Sep 1991	Messina, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Markus Naewie	Renzo Furlan Guillermo Pérez Roldán	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Apr 1992	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Peter Nyborg	Bret Garnett Tobias Svantesson	4–6, 6–7
Win	3–3	Jun 1992	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Jordi Arrese Nils Holm	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	4–3	Jan 1993	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Brian Devening Peter Nyborg	6–2, 7–6
Loss	4–4	Feb 1993	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Michael Mortensen	Donald Johnson Leander Paes	6–7, 1–6
Win	5–4	Feb 1993	Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	João Cunha-Silva Marc-Kevin Goellner	7–6, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Aug 1993	Liège, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Paul Kilderry	Brendan Curry Kirk Haygarth	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	6–5	Aug 1993	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Nicklas Utgren	Claudio Mezzadri Christian Miniussi	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–5	Nov 1993	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann	7–5, 7–6
Loss	7–6	Mar 1995	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Mike Bauer	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6–7, 4–6

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	1R	Q2	2R	1R	A	2R	Q2	0 / 5	2–5	29%
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–4	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 9	4–9	31%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 6	4–6	40%

Doubles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	3R	A	2R	0 / 5	7–5	58%
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	F	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	6–3	67%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	A	1R	3R	3R	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3	57%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	11–4	3–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	0 / 13	18–13	58%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify					W	Did not qualify				1 / 1	4–1	80%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	QF	F	A	A	A	0 / 2	6–2	75%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	7–6	5–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 9	12–9	57%

See also

• List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives

External links

• Jan Apell at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jan Apell at the International Tennis Federation
• Jan Apell at the Davis Cup