Swedish tennis player
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles . He has a career high ATP world singles ranking of No. 4, achieved on 15 November 1999.
Tennis career [ edit ] Throughout his career, Enqvist finished four seasons ranked inside the top 10 and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury . Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some major victories, including wins over world no. 1 Pete Sampras , Juan Carlos Ferrero , and Andy Roddick .
Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the most significant being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris (1996), Stuttgart (1999) and both the singles and doubles titles in Cincinnati (2000). In winning the Stuttgart Masters , he defeated four top 10 players, including world no. 1 Andre Agassi .
His best showing at a Grand Slam event was at the 1999 Australian Open , when he beat Jan-Michael Gambill , Byron Black , Pat Rafter , Mark Philippoussis , Marc Rosset and Nicolás Lapentti before losing in the final to Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia. He also reached the quarterfinals at the 1996 Australian Open and at Wimbledon in 2001.
Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team . In 1998, he helped Sweden reach the finals of the Davis Cup for the fourth time in five years.
From 2017 to 2019, Enqvist was captain of the Swedish Davis Cup team. He currently works as a commentator for Eurosport Sweden. Enqvist is also the current vice-captain for Team Europe in the Laver Cup , a position he has held since the inaugural tournament.
He has been provisionally coaching Stefanos Tsitsipas since February 2022, starting with the Rotterdam Open .
Significant finals [ edit ] Grand Slam finals [ edit ] Singles: 1 (0–1) [ edit ] Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score Loss 1999 Australian Open Hard Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Masters Series finals [ edit ] Singles: 4 (3–1) [ edit ] Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score Win 1996 Paris , France Carpet (i) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 Win 1999 Stuttgart , Germany Hard (i) Richard Krajicek 6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 Loss 2000 Indian Wells , U.S. Hard Àlex Corretja 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 Win 2000 Cincinnati , U.S. Hard Tim Henman 7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Career singles finals [ edit ] Singles: 26 (19–7) [ edit ] Legend Grand Slam (0–1) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (3–1) ATP Championship Series (2–1) ATP Tour (14–4)
Titles by surface Hard (13–7) Grass (0–0) Clay (2–0) Carpet (4–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Win 1. Oct 1992 Bolzano , Italy Carpet (i) Arnaud Boetsch 6–1, 1–6, 7–6(9–7) Win 2. Aug 1993 Schenectady , U.S. Hard Brett Steven 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–0) Win 3. Jan 1995 Auckland , New Zealand Hard Chuck Adams 6–2, 6–1 Win 4. Feb 1995 Philadelphia , U.S. Carpet (i) Michael Chang 0–6, 6–4, 6–0 Win 5. May 1995 Pinehurst , U.S. Clay Javier Frana 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 Loss 1. Aug 1995 Los Angeles , U.S. Hard Michael Stich 7–6(9–7) , 6–7(4–7) , 2–6 Win 6. Aug 1995 Indianapolis , U.S. Hard Bernd Karbacher 6–4, 6–3 Win 7. Nov 1995 Stockholm , Sweden Hard (i) Arnaud Boetsch 7–5, 6–4 Win 8. Apr 1996 New Delhi , India Hard Byron Black 6–2, 7–6(7–3) Win 9. Nov 1996 Paris , France Carpet (i) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 Win 10. Nov 1996 Stockholm , Sweden Hard (i) Todd Martin 7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–0) Win 11. Feb 1997 Marseille , France Hard (i) Marcelo Ríos 6–4, 1–0, ret. Loss 2. Jul 1997 Los Angeles , U.S. Hard Jim Courier 4–6, 4–6 Win 12. Feb 1998 Marseille , France Hard (i) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–1 Loss 3. Mar 1998 Philadelphia , U.S. Hard (i) Pete Sampras 5–7, 6–7(3–7) Win 13. May 1998 Munich , Germany Clay Andre Agassi 6–7(4–7) , 7–6(8–6) , 6–3 Win 14. Jan 1999 Adelaide , Australia Hard Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 Loss 4. Feb 1999 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 6–7(1–7) Win 15. Nov 1999 Stuttgart Indoor , Germany Hard (i) Richard Krajicek 6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 Win 16. Nov 1999 Stockholm , Sweden Hard (i) Magnus Gustafsson 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 Loss 5. Jan 2000 Adelaide , Australia Hard Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 Loss 6. Mar 2000 Indian Wells , U.S. Hard Àlex Corretja 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 Win 17. Jul 2000 Cincinnati , U.S. Hard Tim Henman 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 Loss 7. Aug 2000 Long Island , U.S. Hard Magnus Norman 3–6, 7–5, 5–7 Win 18. Oct 2000 Basel , Switzerland Carpet (i) Roger Federer 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 1–6, 6–1 Win 19. Feb 2002 Marseille , France Hard (i) Nicolas Escudé 6–7(4–7) , 6–3, 6–1
Doubles: 1 (1–0) [ edit ] Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP Tour (1–0)
Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Singles performance timeline [ edit ] 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.
Top 10 wins [ edit ] Season 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total Wins 0 0 0 0 10 5 1 5 10 3 1 3 1 2 0 41
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score 1995 1. Andre Agassi 2 Philadelphia , United States Carpet (i) SF 7–6(7–5) , 5–7, 6–2 43 2. Michael Chang 6 Philadelphia, United States Carpet (i) F 0–6, 6–4, 6–0 43 3. Goran Ivanišević 7 Montreal , Canada Hard 3R 6–7(2–7) , 7–6(7–3) , 7–5 19 4. Michael Chang 5 Montreal, Canada Hard QF 6–3, 6–4 19 5. Goran Ivanišević 7 Los Angeles , United States Hard SF 6–7(3–7) , 6–4, 6–4 16 6. Goran Ivanišević 7 Cincinnati , United States Hard QF 4–6, 6–0, 6–3 13 7. Goran Ivanišević 7 Indianapolis , United States Hard SF 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 13 8. Jim Courier 7 ATP Tour World Championships , Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–3, 6–2 8 9. Michael Chang 4 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–1, 6–4 8 10. Thomas Muster 3 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–4, 6–7(3–7) , 6–4 8 1996 11. Richard Krajicek 8 Cincinnati , United States Hard 3R 7–6(9–7) , 6–2 12 12. Pete Sampras 1 Cincinnati , United States Hard QF 6–3, 6–3 12 13. Marcelo Ríos 10 Lyon , France Carpet (i) QF 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 13 14. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Paris , France Carpet (i) F 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 12 15. Boris Becker 6 ATP Tour World Championships , Hanover, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–3, 7–6(7–1) 9 1997 16. Marcelo Ríos 7 Marseille , France Hard (i) F 6–4, 1–0, ret. 10 1998 17. Carlos Moyà 8 Sydney , Australia Hard 1R 6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 6–4 27 18. Richard Krajicek 9 Marseille , France Hard (i) SF 6–3, 6–7(1–7) , 6–3 29 19. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Marseille, France Hard (i) F 6–4, 6–1 29 20. Greg Rusedski 5 Miami , United States Hard 4R 6–2, 6–2 24 21. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 French Open , Paris, France Clay 2R 4–6, 7–6(12–10) , 7–6(7–4) , 6–1 19 1999 22. Patrick Rafter 4 Australian Open , Melbourne, Australia Hard 3R 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 21 23. Àlex Corretja 4 Miami , United States Hard 4R 7–5, 6–3 15 24. Carlos Moyá 4 World Team Cup , Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 17 25. Tim Henman 7 World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany Clay RR 7–6(7–4) , 6–4 17 26. Gustavo Kuerten 5 Stuttgart , Germany Hard (i) 3R 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 18 27. Marcelo Ríos 9 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) QF 6–4, 6–2 18 28. Andre Agassi 1 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) SF 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 18 29. Richard Krajicek 8 Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) F 6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 18 30. Todd Martin 4 Paris , France Carpet (i) 2R 4–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–6(8–6) 9 31. Nicolas Kiefer 6 ATP Tour World Championships , Hanover, Germany Hard (i) RR 6–4, 7–5 4 2000 32. Cédric Pioline 10 London , United Kingdom Hard (i) QF 7–6(7–3) , 4–6, 7–6(8–6) 12 33. Pete Sampras 2 Indian Wells , United States Hard QF 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 10 34. Tim Henman 10 Basel , Switzerland Carpet (i) SF 6–1, 6–3 6 2001 35. Juan Carlos Ferrero 5 Stuttgart , Germany Hard (i) 2R 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 27 2002 36. Sébastien Grosjean 9 Marseille , France Hard (i) QF 6–3, 7–5 24 37. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Marseille, France Hard (i) SF 6–7(1–7) , 7–6(12–10) , 6–4 24 38. Thomas Johansson 9 Indian Wells , United States Hard 1R 7–6(7–4) , 2–6, 6–4 22 2003 39. Andre Agassi 2 Scottsdale , United States Hard 1R 6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 6–1 73 2004 40. Mark Philippoussis 9 Davis Cup , Adelaide, Australia Hard RR 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 78 41. Andy Roddick 2 Memphis , United States Hard (i) QF 7–6(10–8) , 6–3 80
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