- Thomas Enqvist
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Thomas Enqvist
country= SWE
residence=Monte Carlo ,Monaco
datebirth= birth date and age|1974|3|13
placebirth=Stockholm ,Sweden
height= height|m=1.90
weight= convert|88|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 1991
retired= 2005
plays= Right-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney=US$ 10,461,641
singlesrecord= 448–297
singlestitles= 19
highestsinglesranking= No. 4 (November 15 ,1999 )
AustralianOpenresult= F (1999)
FrenchOpenresult= 4R (2001)
Wimbledonresult= QF (2001)
USOpenresult= 4R (1993, 1996, 2000)
doublesrecord= 35–46
doublestitles= 1
highestdoublesranking= No. 169 (May 8 ,2000 )Thomas Enqvist (born
March 13 ,1974 inStockholm ) is a former professionaltennis player fromSweden , who played on the ATP circuit since turning pro in 1991. He announced his retirement from tennis in April, 2006.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of
Stefan Edberg andBjörn Borg , and was ranked as high as No. 4 (which he attained in 1999) on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team. In 1997, he helped Sweden reach the finals of the Davis Cup for the fourth time in four years.
Throughout his career, Enqvist finished a year ranked in the top 10 four times 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 arepetitive strain injury . Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some impressive victories, including wins overPete Sampras ,Juan Carlos Ferrero , andAndy Roddick .Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the biggest being
ATP Masters Series titles at Paris (1996), Stuttgart (1999) and Cincinnati (2000). He also won one doubles title.His best showing at a Grand Slam event was in 1999, when he lost the
Australian Open final toYevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia. He also reached the quarterfinals at both Wimbledon (2001) and theAustralian Open (1996).Grand Slam singles finals
Runner-up
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External links
*ATP|id=E113
*ITF male profile|number=10000414
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=10000414
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