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.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1983 French Open Clay Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2Loss 1985 French Open Clay Schlomo Glickstein Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick 3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
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) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Apr 1981 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Anders Järryd Brad Drewett Pavel Složil 6–4, 7–6Loss 1–1 Jul 1981 Båstad, Sweden Clay Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald 6–2, 5–7, 0–6Win 2–1 Oct 1981 Barcelona, Spain Clay Anders Järryd Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez 6–1, 6–4Win 3–1 Mar 1982 Linz, Austria Hard Anders Järryd Rod Frawley Paul Kronk 6–2, 6–0Loss 3–2 May 1982 Hamburg, Germany Clay Anders Järryd Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd 4–6, 3–6Win 4–2 Jul 1982 Båstad, Sweden Clay Anders Järryd Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander 0–6, 6–3, 7–6Loss 4–3 Sep 1982 Bordeaux, France Clay Anders Järryd Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez 4–6, 2–6Win 5–3 Oct 1982 Barcelona, Spain Clay Anders Järryd Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta 6–3, 6–2Win 6–3 Nov 1982 Ancona, Italy Carpet (i) Anders Järryd Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton 4–6, 6–3, 7–6Loss 6–4 Mar 1983 Brussels, Belgium Carpet Mats Wilander Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 2–6, 4–6Win 7–4 Jun 1983 French Open, Paris Clay Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2Loss 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, 6–3Win 9–5 Nov 1983 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Anders Järryd Peter Fleming Johan Kriek 6–3, 6–4Loss 9–6 Jan 1984 WCT World Doubles, London Carpet (i) Anders Järryd Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6Win 10–6 Oct 1984 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) Anders Järryd Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart 6–4, 6–4Loss 10–7 Jun 1985 French Open, Paris Clay Shlomo Glickstein Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 3–6Win 11–7 Jul 1985 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Stefan Simonsson Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde 6–3, 6–4
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