Swedish tennis player (born 1962)
Hans Simonsson (born 1 May 1962) is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden . Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 11 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd . He also played in the 1983 Davis Cup final for Sweden . He reached his career high doubles ranking of No. 10 in the world on 2 January 1984. Simonsson again reached the French Open doubles final in 1985 , but he and Schlomo Glickstein were defeated by Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick . The Swede finished his career prematurely at the age of 25.
He is a brother of fellow tennis player Stefan Simonsson .[ 1]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Career finals
Doubles (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (-)
ATP Tour (10)
Titles by surface
Hard (4)
Clay (6)
Grass (0)
Carpet (2)
Result
W/L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Apr 1981
Linz , Austria
Hard (i)
Anders Järryd
Brad Drewett Pavel Složil
6–4, 7–6
Loss
1–1
Jul 1981
Båstad , Sweden
Clay
Anders Järryd
Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald
6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Win
2–1
Oct 1981
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Anders Järryd
Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
6–1, 6–4
Win
3–1
Mar 1982
Linz , Austria
Hard
Anders Järryd
Rod Frawley Paul Kronk
6–2, 6–0
Loss
3–2
May 1982
Hamburg , Germany
Clay
Anders Järryd
Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 3–6
Win
4–2
Jul 1982
Båstad , Sweden
Clay
Anders Järryd
Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander
0–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss
4–3
Sep 1982
Bordeaux , France
Clay
Anders Järryd
Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
4–6, 2–6
Win
5–3
Oct 1982
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Anders Järryd
Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta
6–3, 6–2
Win
6–3
Nov 1982
Ancona , Italy
Carpet (i)
Anders Järryd
Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss
6–4
Mar 1983
Brussels , Belgium
Carpet
Mats Wilander
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
2–6, 4–6
Win
7–4
Jun 1983
French Open , Paris
Clay
Anders Järryd
Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart
7–6(7–4) , 6–4, 6–2
Loss
7–5
Jul 1983
Båstad , Sweden
Clay
Anders Järryd
Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander
6–1, 6–7(4–7) , 6–7(4–7)
Win
8–5
Oct 1983
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Anders Järryd
Jim Gurfein Erick Iskersky
7–5, 6–3
Win
9–5
Nov 1983
Stockholm , Sweden
Hard (i)
Anders Järryd
Peter Fleming Johan Kriek
6–3, 6–4
Loss
9–6
Jan 1984
WCT World Doubles , London
Carpet (i)
Anders Järryd
Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd
6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win
10–6
Oct 1984
Sydney Indoor , Australia
Hard (i)
Anders Järryd
Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart
6–4, 6–4
Loss
10–7
Jun 1985
French Open, Paris
Clay
Shlomo Glickstein
Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick
3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win
11–7
Jul 1985
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Stefan Simonsson
Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde
6–3, 6–4
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