Mathilde Johansson

Mathilde Johansson (born 28 April 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish-born retired French tennis player.[1]

Mathilde Johansson
Country (sports) France
ResidenceBoulogne Billancourt, France
Born (1985-04-28) 28 April 1985
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,446,131
Singles
Career record386-319
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 59 (6 April 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2009)
French Open3R (2012)
Wimbledon2R (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
US Open1R (2007 2009, 2011, 2013)
Doubles
Career record70-90
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 110 (10 May 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2009)
French Open2R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016)
Wimbledon1R (2011)
US Open1R (2011, 2012)

Professional career
Mathilde Johansson returning a shot at the 2011 Connecticut Open qualifying tournament

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to sixth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. In 2006, she reached the second round, losing to Russian youngster Maria Kirilenko in straight sets.[1]

In 2009, she reached the quarterfinals twice; in Acapulco[2] and in Bogotá (where she was seeded No. 6).[3]

In 2011, Johansson reached her first WTA Tour final in Bogotá, losing to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in three sets.[1]

In April 2012, as a lucky loser, she reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix in Fès (Morocco), eventually falling to Laura Pous Tio.[4] Later in May, at the French Open, she reached for the first time the third round of a major tournament, falling to Sloane Stephens.[5] In July, Johansson reached the finals of the Swedish Open losing to Polona Hercog, in three sets.[6]

For one of her last tournaments in the season, she reached the quarterfinals in Guangzhou,where she was beaten by Hsieh Su-wei in straight sets.[2] Overall in 2012, she fell in the first round ten times.

In 2016, Johansson decided to retire after the French Open singles qualifying tournament where she was beaten in the second round by Ivana Jorović.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2011 Copa Colsanitas,
Bogotá		 International Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2012 Swedish Open,
Bastad		 International Clay Polona Hercog 6–0, 4–6, 5–7

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (14–6)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (9–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 24 June 2001 ITF Algiers, Algeria Clay Zuzana Kučová 3–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 1 July 2001 ITF Algiers, Algeria Clay Isabel Collischonn 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 21 November 2004 Puebla, Mexico Hard Mariana Díaz Oliva 3–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 3 July 2005 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Natalia Gussoni 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 17 July 2005 Vittel, France Clay Hanna Nooni 2–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 30 October 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Florence Haring w/o
Winner 4. 5 November 2006 Mexico City Hard Larissa Carvalho 6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Winner 5. 12 November 2006 Mexico City Hard Yvonne Meusburger 7–5, 6–2
Winner 6. 10 February 2008 Cali, Colombia Clay Ekaterina Shulaeva 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
Winner 7. 27 July 2008 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Renata Voráčová 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner 8. 13 June 2010 Budapest, Hungary Clay Tímea Babos 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–0
Winner 9. 20 June 2010 Montpellier, France Clay Claire de Gubernatis 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 10. 25 July 2010 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Monica Niculescu 6–3, 6–3
Winner 11. 19 September 2010 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Carla Suárez Navarro 6–4, 3–1 ret.
Runner-up 4. 9 October 2010 Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Petra Cetkovská 1–6, 3–6
Winner 12. 18 July 2011 Petange, Luxembourg Hard Petra Cetkovská 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 5 April 2015 Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard (i) Margarita Gasparyan 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 21 June 2015 Ystad, Sweden Clay Rebecca Peterson 2–6, 1–6
Winner 13. 28 June 2015 Périgueux, France Clay Chloé Paquet 6−4, 6−2
Winner 14. 8 November 2015 Nantes, France Hard (i) Andreea Mitu 6−3, 6−4

Doubles: 3 (1–2)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 14. 21 June 2004 ITF Orestiada, Greece Hard Aurélie Védy Belen Karbalai
Luciana Sarmento		 6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 4 July 2009 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay Petra Cetkovská Akgul Amanmuradova
Darya Kustova		 7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up 2. 4 April 2015 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard (i) Julie Coin Jocelyn Rae
Anna Smith		 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles
Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016W–L
Australian Open A A A Q2 Q1 1R 2R Q1 1R 1R 1R Q2 Q1 Q1 1–5
French Open Q1 A 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R Q2 6–11
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q3 1R 2R A 2R A 2R Q2 A A 3–4
US Open A A Q1 Q2 1R Q3 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R A Q1 A 0–5
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–4 0–1 1–4 2–3 2–4 0–1 0–1 0–0 10–25

Doubles
Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016W–L
Australian Open 1R 1R 2R 1–3
French Open 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 5–13
Wimbledon 1R 0–1
US Open 1R 1R 0–2
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 6–19

References
  1. Mathilde Johansson at WTA Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine WTAtour.com. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
  3. 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas – Singles
  4. 2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
  5. 2012 French Open – Women's Singles
  6. "Hercog defends Bastad title". Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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