Björn Rehnquist (born January 5, 1978, in Borås, Sweden) is a professional Swedish tennis player.
Tennis career Juniors Rehnquist had an outstanding junior career, winning the Australian Open Boys' Singles in 1996 and reaching as high as No. 3 in the world in singles the same year (and No. 7 in doubles).
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1996Australian OpenHard Mathias Hellström2–6, 6–2, 7–5Loss1996French OpenClay Alberto Martín3–6, 6–7
Australian Open: W (1996) French Open: F (1996) Wimbledon: 3R (1995) US Open: QF (1994)
Pro tour The Swede competed in the 2006 Australian Open, losing to 20th seed Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 6–2, 6–2, and at the 2009 Australian Open, but lost in the first round 6–0, 6–2, 6–2 to eventual semi-finalist Andy Roddick.
Rehnquist won 5 Challenger titles in his career.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 15 (8–7) LegendATP Challenger (5–2)ITF Futures (3–5)Finals by surfaceHard (5–4)Clay (1–2)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Finland F1, OuluFuturesClay Johan Örtegren4–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss0–2Norway F1, OsloFuturesCarpet Johan Settergren3–6, 2–6Win1–2USA F11, TampaFuturesClay Kristian Capalik6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–1Win2–2New Zealand F1, AshburtonFuturesHard Chris Magyary6–2, 5–7, 6–2Loss2–3New Zealand F2, ChristchurchFuturesHard Vasilis Mazarakis0–6, 3–6Win3–3Hamilton, New ZealandChallengerHard Martin Lee3–6, 6–2, 6–0Loss3–4Great Britain F3, BournemouthFuturesClay Todd Larkham2–6, 0–6Loss3–5Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Robby Ginepri6–7(6–8), 1–6Win4–5Greece F2, KalamataFuturesHard Petr Kralert6–0, 6–1Win5–5Atlantic City, United StatesChallengerHard Jeff Salzenstein6–4, 6–4Loss5–6Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit4–6, 6–4, 5–7Win6–6Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Tomáš Cakl7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)Loss6–7Sweden F4, GothenburgFuturesHard Joachim Johansson1–6, 6–7(4–7)Win7–7Guangzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Danai Udomchoke2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2Win8–7Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Richard Bloomfield7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–3
Doubles: 7 (6–1) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (5–0)Finals by surfaceHard (5–1)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Finland F1, OuluFuturesClay Mikael Maatta Mikhail Elgin Timo Nieminen7–6, 6–4Win2–0Great Britain F11, LeedsFuturesHard Nicklas Timfjord Yves Allegro Olivier Patience6–4, 7–6Win3–0Finland F1, VierumäkiFuturesHard Matthis Kempe-Bergman Mattias Pennonen Tobias Steinel-Hansson3–6, 6–2, 7–5Win4–0New Zealand F2, ChristchurchFuturesHard Henrik Andersson Luke Bourgeois Andrew Painter3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win5–0Sweden F1, GothenburgFuturesHard Johan Kareld Jonas Froberg Robin Söderling7–6(7–3), 6–4Win6–0Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Louis Vosloo Daniel Melo Iván Miranda7–6(8–6), 6–1Loss6–1Cardiff, United KingdomChallengerHard Filip Prpic Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20022003200420052006200720082009SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ2Q1Q1A1RAQ21R0 / 20–2French OpenQ1Q2Q1Q1AAQ1Q20 / 00–0WimbledonQ2Q1Q1Q1Q1AQ2Q10 / 00–0US Open1RQ1Q2Q1AAQ2A0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–10–00–00–10 / 30–3
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