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Magnus Gustafsson

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Magnus Gustafsson
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceGothenburg, Sweden
Born (1967-01-03) 3 January 1967 (age 57)
Lund, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired2002
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,545,489
Singles
Career record415–260
Career titles14
Highest rankingNo. 10 (29 July 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1994)
French Open4R (1988, 1990)
Wimbledon4R (1996)
US Open2R (1996, 1997)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1992, 1996)
Doubles
Career record58–69
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 77 (6 November 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1988)
French Open1R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon1R (1988, 1989)
US Open1R (1989)
Mixed doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1988, 1989)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1998)

Magnus Nils Gustafsson (born 3 January 1967) is a tennis coach and former top ten professional tennis player from Sweden. Gustafsson won 14 tour singles titles during his career and finished 15 consecutive seasons within the world's top 100, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 in 1991.[1] He was instrumental in Sweden capturing the Davis Cup in 1998, winning both his singles rubbers in the final in straight sets.[2] His best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the Australian Open in 1994, where he reached the quarterfinals. During his career, he beat several top five players including Ivan Lendl, Michael Stich, Goran Ivanisevic, Andre Agassi and Michael Chang.

Career finals

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Singles: 26 (14–12)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–1)
ATP Tour (12–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (8–8)
Carpet (4–2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1989 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 1989 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 5–7, 0–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 1991 Munich, Germany Clay Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán 3–6, 6–3, 4–3 ret.
Loss 1–3 May 1991 Hamburg, Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0, 1–6
Win 2–3 Jul 1991 Båstad, Sweden Clay Argentina Alberto Mancini 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–3 Jul 1991 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Spain Jordi Arrese 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Loss 3–4 Aug 1991 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček 6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 3–5 Aug 1991 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 3–6 Apr 1992 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Carlos Costa 4–6, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 4–6 Jul 1992 Båstad, Sweden Clay Spain Tomás Carbonell 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 4–7 Jun 1993 Genoa, Italy Clay Austria Thomas Muster 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 5–7 Jul 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Germany Michael Stich 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 5–8 Aug 1993 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Spain Carlos Costa 1–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–9 Nov 1993 Antwerp, Belgium Carpet (i) United States Pete Sampras 1–6, 4–6
Win 6–9 Jan 1994 Auckland, New Zealand Hard United States Patrick McEnroe 6–4, 6–0
Win 7–9 Feb 1994 Dubai, UAE Hard Spain Sergi Bruguera 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–9 Apr 1996 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win 9–9 Jul 1996 Båstad, Sweden Clay Ukraine Andrei Medvedev 6–1, 6–3
Loss 9–10 Aug 1997 San Marino, San Marino Clay Spain Félix Mantilla 4–6, 1–6
Loss 9–11 Oct 1997 Beijing, China Hard (i) United States Jim Courier 6–7(10–12), 6–3, 3–6
Win 10–11 Oct 1997 Singapore, Singapore Carpet (i) Germany Nicolas Kiefer 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 11–11 Mar 1998 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet (i) Germany David Prinosil 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 12–11 Jul 1998 Båstad, Sweden Clay Ukraine Andrei Medvedev 6–2, 6–3
Win 13–11 Mar 1999 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet (i) France Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 6–1
Loss 13–12 Nov 1999 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Sweden Thomas Enqvist 3–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win 14–12 Jul 2000 Amsterdam, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Raemon Sluiter 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–1

Doubles: 8 (1–7)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1988 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Italy Diego Nargiso West Germany Patrik Kühnen
West Germany Tore Meinecke
6–7, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 1988 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–7, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Feb 1989 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Milan Šrejber
6–7, 0–6
Loss 0–4 Jul 1991 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Anders Järryd Sweden Ronnie Båthman
Sweden Rikard Bergh
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Jul 1991 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Spain Francisco Clavet Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–6 Jul 1992 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Christian Bergström Spain Tomas Carbonell
Argentina Christian Miniussi
4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–7 Jul 1997 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Magnus Larsson Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Sweden Mikael Tillström
0–6, 3–6
Win 1–7 Jul 1998 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Magnus Larsson South Africa Lan Bale
South Africa Piet Norval
6–4, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

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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.
Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Career SR Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A NH A 3R 4R 2R 3R 2R 1R QF A A 2R 3R A A A 0 / 9 16–9
French Open A A A 4R 1R 4R 3R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 14 14–14
Wimbledon A A A 2R 1R A 2R A 1R A A 4R 2R 3R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 10 10–10
US Open A A A A 1R A A 1R 1R A A 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 9 2–9
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 42 N/A
Annual win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–3 3–4 4–2 5–3 2–3 0–4 5–2 1–1 4–3 4–4 6–4 0–3 2–3 0–3 N/A 42–42
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Not MS1

Before 1990
A A 3R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1
Key Biscayne A 3R 2R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2
Monte Carlo 1R QF 2R 2R 3R A QF 1R 2R A Q2 3R 0 / 9 12–9
Rome 3R 2R A 2R A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 4 4–4
Hamburg QF F A QF QF A A 2R 2R A Q1 1R 0 / 7 15–7
Canada A A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Stuttgart (Stockholm) 3R A 3R 3R A 2R QF 2R 2R A A A 0 / 7 11–7
Paris 2R A A 3R A 1R SF 3R QF A 2R A 0 / 7 13–7
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 38 N/A
Annual win–loss N/A 8–5 10–4 4–4 8–5 4–2 1–2 10–4 4–5 6–4 0–0 1–1 2–2 N/A 58–38
Year-end ranking 794 273 53 51 34 31 12 47 14 33 84 17 37 32 61 82 82 N/A

References

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  1. ^ "Magnus Gustafsson – ATP Tour Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Davis Cup - Draws & Results". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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