Jonas Bengt Svensson (; born 21 October 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
During his career, Svensson was a French Open semi-finalist twice (in 1988 and 1990) both times as unseeded player. In the 1988 French Open he defeated Ivan Lendl in the quarters and lost to Henri Leconte in the semis. In the 1990 French Open he defeated Sergi Bruguera in 5 sets in the 2nd round, who had earlier defeated Stefan Edberg, the top seed in the 1st round. He lost to Andre Agassi in the semis. In the 1989 Australian Open he defeated Boris Becker in the 4th round.
He won five top-level singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10.
He later married Swedish hurdler Frida Svensson.
Career finals Singles: 14 (5 wins, 9 losses)
Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP Tour (5–8)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Apr 1986 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Stefan Eriksson 6–7, 6–2, 6–2Loss 1–1 Sep 1986 Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany Clay Martín Jaite 5–7, 2–6Loss 1–2 Nov 1986 Wembley, U.K. Carpet Yannick Noah 2–6, 3–6, 7–6(14–12), 6–4, 5–7Win 2–2 Oct 1987 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Amos Mansdorf 1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5Loss 2–3 Nov 1987 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Stefan Edberg 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 3–3 Feb 1988 Metz, France Carpet Michiel Schapers 6–2, 6–4Loss 3–4 May 1988 Munich, West Germany Clay Guillermo Pérez Roldán 5–7, 3–6Loss 3–5 Nov 1988 Wembley, U.K. Carpet Jakob Hlasek 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 4–6, 0–6, 5–7Loss 3–6 Mar 1990 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Brad Gilbert 1–6, 3–6Win 4–6 Oct 1990 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Fabrice Santoro 7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss 4–7 Feb 1991 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet Stefan Edberg 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6Win 5–7 Mar 1991 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Anders Järryd 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2Loss 5–8 Mar 1993 Zaragoza, Spain Carpet Karel Nováček 6–3, 2–6, 1–6Loss 5–9 Oct 1993 Kuala Lumpur-2, Malaysia Hard Michael Chang 0–6, 4–6
Singles performance timeline
Tournament1985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1RNHA4RQF4R3R2R2R3R0 / 816–8French OpenA1R2RSF2RSFA1R3RA0 / 714–7WimbledonA2R3R3R3R3RAA1RA0 / 69–6US OpenA3R4R2R1R2R2R3R2R1R0 / 911–9Win–loss0–13–36–311–47–411–43–23–34–42–20 / 3050–30ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsTournaments Were NotMasters Series EventsBefore 1990AAAAA0 / 00–0MiamiAAAAA0 / 00–0Monte Carlo2RQF1RQF1R0 / 56–5Rome3R2R1R1R1R0 / 53–5Hamburg1R2RA2RA0 / 31–3CanadaAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati1R1RAAA0 / 20–2Stockholm2R1R2RQF1R0 / 54–5ParisSFSFA2RA0 / 37–3Win–loss6–66–61–38–50–30 / 2321–23Ranking1032130224111298133183
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