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.
Thomas Enqvist
Enqvist at the AFAS Tennis Classics Tour in Eindhoven, Netherlands in September 2010
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.
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.
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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 Thomas EnqvistEnqvist at the AFAS Tennis Classics Tour in Eindhoven Netherlands in September 2010Country sports SwedenResidenceMonte Carlo MonacoBorn 1974 03 13 13 March 1974 age 49 Stockholm SwedenHeight1 90 m 6 ft 3 in Turned pro1991Retired2005PlaysRight handed two handed backhand Prize money 10 461 641SinglesCareer record448 297 60 1 Career titles19Highest rankingNo 4 15 November 1999 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian OpenF 1999 French Open4R 2001 WimbledonQF 2001 US Open4R 1993 1996 2000 Other tournamentsTour FinalsSF 1995 Grand Slam CupSF 1999 Olympic Games3R 1996 DoublesCareer record35 46Career titles1Highest rankingNo 169 8 May 2000 Contents 1 Tennis career 2 Significant finals 2 1 Grand Slam finals 2 1 1 Singles 1 0 1 2 2 Masters Series finals 2 2 1 Singles 4 3 1 3 Career singles finals 3 1 Singles 26 19 7 3 2 Doubles 1 1 0 4 Singles performance timeline 5 Top 10 wins 6 References 7 External linksTennis career editThroughout 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 Nicolas 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 editGrand Slam finals edit Singles 1 0 1 edit Result Year Championship Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1999 Australian Open Hard nbsp 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 ScoreWin 1996 Paris France Carpet i nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 2 6 4 7 5Win 1999 Stuttgart Germany Hard i nbsp Richard Krajicek 6 1 6 4 5 7 7 5Loss 2000 Indian Wells U S Hard nbsp Alex Corretja 4 6 4 6 3 6Win 2000 Cincinnati U S Hard nbsp Tim Henman 7 6 7 5 6 4Career singles finals editSingles 26 19 7 edit LegendGrand Slam 0 1 Tennis Masters Cup 0 0 ATP Masters Series 3 1 ATP Championship Series 2 1 ATP Tour 14 4 Titles by surfaceHard 13 7 Grass 0 0 Clay 2 0 Carpet 4 0 Result W L Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1 Oct 1992 Bolzano Italy Carpet i nbsp Arnaud Boetsch 6 1 1 6 7 6 9 7 Win 2 Aug 1993 Schenectady U S Hard nbsp Brett Steven 4 6 6 3 7 6 7 0 Win 3 Jan 1995 Auckland New Zealand Hard nbsp Chuck Adams 6 2 6 1Win 4 Feb 1995 Philadelphia U S Carpet i nbsp Michael Chang 0 6 6 4 6 0Win 5 May 1995 Pinehurst U S Clay nbsp Javier Frana 6 3 3 6 6 3Loss 1 Aug 1995 Los Angeles U S Hard nbsp Michael Stich 7 6 9 7 6 7 4 7 2 6Win 6 Aug 1995 Indianapolis U S Hard nbsp Bernd Karbacher 6 4 6 3Win 7 Nov 1995 Stockholm Sweden Hard i nbsp Arnaud Boetsch 7 5 6 4Win 8 Apr 1996 New Delhi India Hard nbsp Byron Black 6 2 7 6 7 3 Win 9 Nov 1996 Paris France Carpet i nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 2 6 4 7 5Win 10 Nov 1996 Stockholm Sweden Hard i nbsp Todd Martin 7 5 6 4 7 6 7 0 Win 11 Feb 1997 Marseille France Hard i nbsp Marcelo Rios 6 4 1 0 ret Loss 2 Jul 1997 Los Angeles U S Hard nbsp Jim Courier 4 6 4 6Win 12 Feb 1998 Marseille France Hard i nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 4 6 1Loss 3 Mar 1998 Philadelphia U S Hard i nbsp Pete Sampras 5 7 6 7 3 7 Win 13 May 1998 Munich Germany Clay nbsp Andre Agassi 6 7 4 7 7 6 8 6 6 3Win 14 Jan 1999 Adelaide Australia Hard nbsp Lleyton Hewitt 4 6 6 1 6 2Loss 4 Feb 1999 Australian Open Melbourne Hard nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 4 0 6 3 6 6 7 1 7 Win 15 Nov 1999 Stuttgart Indoor Germany Hard i nbsp Richard Krajicek 6 1 6 4 5 7 7 5Win 16 Nov 1999 Stockholm Sweden Hard i nbsp Magnus Gustafsson 6 3 6 4 6 2Loss 5 Jan 2000 Adelaide Australia Hard nbsp Lleyton Hewitt 6 3 3 6 2 6Loss 6 Mar 2000 Indian Wells U S Hard nbsp Alex Corretja 4 6 4 6 3 6Win 17 Jul 2000 Cincinnati U S Hard nbsp Tim Henman 7 6 7 5 6 4Loss 7 Aug 2000 Long Island U S Hard nbsp Magnus Norman 3 6 7 5 5 7Win 18 Oct 2000 Basel Switzerland Carpet i nbsp Roger Federer 6 2 4 6 7 6 7 4 1 6 6 1Win 19 Feb 2002 Marseille France Hard i nbsp Nicolas Escude 6 7 4 7 6 3 6 1Doubles 1 1 0 edit LegendGrand Slam 0 0 Tennis Masters Cup 0 0 ATP Masters Series 0 0 ATP Championship Series 0 0 ATP Tour 1 0 Titles by surfaceHard 1 0 Grass 0 0 Clay 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1 Feb 1997 Marseille France Hard nbsp Magnus Larsson nbsp Olivier Delaitre nbsp Fabrice Santoro 6 3 6 4Singles performance timeline editKey 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 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A A Q2 2R 1R 2R 3R QF 4R 2R F 1R A 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 13 21 12French Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 3R 2R 3R 4R 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 12 11 12Wimbledon A A Q1 A 1R A 1R 2R A 3R 3R 4R QF 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 11 15 11U S Open A A A Q1 4R 3R 2R 4R A A 1R 4R 1R 3R 2R 2R A 0 10 16 10Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 8 4 3 1 5 3 9 4 8 4 7 3 5 4 1 4 7 4 0 3 0 46 63 45Year end championshipsTennis Masters Cup Did not qualify SF RR DNQ RR Did not qualify 0 3 5 4Grand Slam Cup NH Was Not Invited SF Not Held 0 1 1 1ATP Masters SeriesIndian Wells A A A A Q1 A 3R 2R 2R QF 1R F 2R QF 1R 1R 3R 0 11 16 11Miami A A A A 1R A 4R 2R 2R QF SF 4R 3R 3R 3R 1R 1R 0 12 15 11Monte Carlo A A A A 1R A 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R A 1R A 0 10 4 10Rome A A A A A A A 3R A 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 1R A Q1 0 7 7 7Hamburg A A A A 1R A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R A A A 0 4 1 4Canada A A A A A QF SF QF QF A 1R 3R 1R 1R Q2 1R A 0 9 13 9Cincinnati A A A A Q1 3R SF SF 2R A 2R W 1R 3R 2R 1R A 1 10 20 9Stuttgart Madrid A A 1R 3R 1R 2R QF 3R 2R A W 2R QF A 2R Q2 A 1 11 16 9Paris A A A A A A 2R W SF 1R 3R 2R 2R A A 1R Q1 1 8 11 7Win loss N A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 3 15 7 14 7 6 6 6 5 13 7 19 7 8 9 8 7 4 5 0 6 2 2 3 82 103 77Year end ranking 1103 472 231 63 88 59 7 9 28 22 5 9 24 44 96 72 133 N ATop 10 wins editSeason 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 TotalWins 0 0 0 0 10 5 1 5 10 3 1 3 1 2 0 41 Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score ER19951 nbsp Andre Agassi 2 Philadelphia United States Carpet i SF 7 6 7 5 5 7 6 2 432 nbsp Michael Chang 6 Philadelphia United States Carpet i F 0 6 6 4 6 0 433 nbsp Goran Ivanisevic 7 Montreal Canada Hard 3R 6 7 2 7 7 6 7 3 7 5 194 nbsp Michael Chang 5 Montreal Canada Hard QF 6 3 6 4 195 nbsp Goran Ivanisevic 7 Los Angeles United States Hard SF 6 7 3 7 6 4 6 4 166 nbsp Goran Ivanisevic 7 Cincinnati United States Hard QF 4 6 6 0 6 3 137 nbsp Goran Ivanisevic 7 Indianapolis United States Hard SF 6 1 1 6 6 3 138 nbsp Jim Courier 7 ATP Tour World Championships Frankfurt Germany Carpet i RR 6 3 6 2 89 nbsp Michael Chang 4 ATP Tour World Championships Frankfurt Germany Carpet i RR 6 1 6 4 810 nbsp Thomas Muster 3 ATP Tour World Championships Frankfurt Germany Carpet i RR 6 4 6 7 3 7 6 4 8199611 nbsp Richard Krajicek 8 Cincinnati United States Hard 3R 7 6 9 7 6 2 1212 nbsp Pete Sampras 1 Cincinnati United States Hard QF 6 3 6 3 1213 nbsp Marcelo Rios 10 Lyon France Carpet i QF 6 3 2 6 7 5 1314 nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Paris France Carpet i F 6 2 6 4 7 5 1215 nbsp Boris Becker 6 ATP Tour World Championships Hanover Germany Carpet i RR 6 3 7 6 7 1 9199716 nbsp Marcelo Rios 7 Marseille France Hard i F 6 4 1 0 ret 10199817 nbsp Carlos Moya 8 Sydney Australia Hard 1R 6 7 6 8 6 4 6 4 2718 nbsp Richard Krajicek 9 Marseille France Hard i SF 6 3 6 7 1 7 6 3 2919 nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Marseille France Hard i F 6 4 6 1 2920 nbsp Greg Rusedski 5 Miami United States Hard 4R 6 2 6 2 2421 nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 French Open Paris France Clay 2R 4 6 7 6 12 10 7 6 7 4 6 1 19199922 nbsp Patrick Rafter 4 Australian Open Melbourne Australia Hard 3R 6 4 4 6 6 4 6 4 2123 nbsp Alex Corretja 4 Miami United States Hard 4R 7 5 6 3 1524 nbsp Carlos Moya 4 World Team Cup Dusseldorf Germany Clay RR 3 6 6 1 6 3 1725 nbsp Tim Henman 7 World Team Cup Dusseldorf Germany Clay RR 7 6 7 4 6 4 1726 nbsp Gustavo Kuerten 5 Stuttgart Germany Hard i 3R 6 4 5 7 6 4 1827 nbsp Marcelo Rios 9 Stuttgart Germany Hard i QF 6 4 6 2 1828 nbsp Andre Agassi 1 Stuttgart Germany Hard i SF 6 3 4 6 6 0 1829 nbsp Richard Krajicek 8 Stuttgart Germany Hard i F 6 1 6 4 5 7 7 5 1830 nbsp Todd Martin 4 Paris France Carpet i 2R 4 6 7 6 7 5 7 6 8 6 931 nbsp Nicolas Kiefer 6 ATP Tour World Championships Hanover Germany Hard i RR 6 4 7 5 4200032 nbsp Cedric Pioline 10 London United Kingdom Hard i QF 7 6 7 3 4 6 7 6 8 6 1233 nbsp Pete Sampras 2 Indian Wells United States Hard QF 6 3 3 6 6 3 1034 nbsp Tim Henman 10 Basel Switzerland Carpet i SF 6 1 6 3 6200135 nbsp Juan Carlos Ferrero 5 Stuttgart Germany Hard i 2R 4 6 6 3 7 6 7 4 27200236 nbsp Sebastien Grosjean 9 Marseille France Hard i QF 6 3 7 5 2437 nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 Marseille France Hard i SF 6 7 1 7 7 6 12 10 6 4 2438 nbsp Thomas Johansson 9 Indian Wells United States Hard 1R 7 6 7 4 2 6 6 4 22200339 nbsp Andre Agassi 2 Scottsdale United States Hard 1R 6 7 6 8 6 4 6 1 73200440 nbsp Mark Philippoussis 9 Davis Cup Adelaide Australia Hard RR 6 3 6 4 6 2 7841 nbsp Andy Roddick 2 Memphis United States Hard i QF 7 6 10 8 6 3 80References editExternal links editThomas Enqvist at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Thomas Enqvist at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Thomas Enqvist at the Davis Cup nbsp Thomas Enqvist fan siteAwards and achievementsPreceded by nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov ATP Most Improved Player1995 Succeeded by nbsp Tim HenmanPreceded by nbsp Goran Ivanisevic ATP Champions TourYear End No 12009 2010 Succeeded by nbsp Carlos Moya Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas Enqvist amp oldid 1172648247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,