Jan Gunnarsson (; born 30 May 1962) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one singles title in Vienna in 1985 (beating Libor Pimek in the final) and nine doubles titles on the world tour during his professional career. In 1989 he reached the semi-finals of Australian Open where he lost in straight sets to Miloslav Mečíř.
Along with Michael Mortensen he won the longest tie-break in tennis history at Wimbledon in 1985. The Swedish/Danish duo defeated John Frawley and Víctor Pecci in the first round.
The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 25 in December 1985.
Summer 2012 Olympics controversy
Gunnarsson was an expert commentator for the Summer 2012 Olympic Games. His position on Swedish television became controversial after he made xenophobic comments in response to negative comments made by the Swedish Culture and Sports Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth about financial support for future Swedish applications for major championships. On his Facebook page, Gunnarsson posted the comment, "There's not enough money when the state is paying welfare for 27,000 Somalis." His comment was criticized by SVT's sports editor Per Yng, and he removed the comment shortly after.
Career finals
Singles (1 title, 4 runner-ups) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Metz, France Carpet Ramesh Krishnan 3–6, 3–6Win 1–1 Nov 1985 Vienna, Austria Carpet Libor Pimek 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5Loss 1–2 Oct 1986 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Guy Forget 6–4, 3–6, 2–6Loss 1–3 Jul 1987 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Miloslav Mečíř 0–6, 2–6Loss 1–4 May 1991 Bologna, Italy Clay Paolo Canè 7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Doubles (9 titles, 10 runner-ups) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 1982 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Mark Dickson Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan 7–6, 6–7, 6–4Win 2–0 Mar 1983 Nancy, France Hard (i) Anders Järryd Ricardo Acuña Belus Prajoux 7–5, 6–3Loss 2–1 May 1983 Rome, Italy Clay Mike Leach Francisco González Víctor Pecci 2–6, 7–6, 4–6Win 3–1 Apr 1984 Nice, France Clay Michael Mortensen Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez 6–1, 7–5Loss 3–2 Apr 1984 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Mats Wilander Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart 2–6, 1–6Win 4–2 Jul 1984 Båstad, Sweden Clay Michael Mortensen Juan Avendaño Fernando Roese 6–0, 6–0Loss 4–3 Oct 1984 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Joakim Nyström Wojciech Fibak Sandy Mayer 1–6, 3–6Loss 4–4 Nov 1984 Treviso, Italy Clay Sherwood Stewart Pavel Složil Tim Wilkison 2–6, 3–6Win 5–4 Nov 1984 Toulouse, France Carpet Michael Mortensen Pavel Složil Tim Wilkison 6–4, 6–2Loss 5–5 Sep 1985 Barcelona, Spain Clay Michael Mortensen Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 3–6Loss 5–6 Oct 1985 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Peter Lundgren Alex Antonitsch Michiel Schapers 4–6, 5–7Loss 5–7 Apr 1986 Cologne, West Germany Hard (i) Peter Lundgren Kelly Evernden Chip Hooper 4–6, 7–6, 3–6Win 6–7 Sep 1986 Barcelona, Spain Clay Joakim Nyström Carlos di Laura Claudio Panatta 6–3, 6–4Loss 6–8 Oct 1986 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Tomáš Šmíd Guy Forget Yannick Noah 6–7, 4–6Win 7–8 Jul 1987 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Tomáš Šmíd Loïc Courteau Guy Forget 7–6, 6–2Loss 7–9 Feb 1989 Rotterdam, Netherlands Clay Magnus Gustafsson Miloslav Mečíř Milan Šrejber 6–7, 0–6Win 8–9 Oct 1989 Vienna, Austria Carpet Anders Järryd Paul Annacone Kelly Evernden 6–2, 6–3Loss 8–10 Jul 1990 Båstad, Sweden Clay Udo Riglewski Rikard Bergh Ronnie Båthman 1–6, 4–6Win 9–10 Apr 1991 Nice, France Clay Rikard Bergh Vojtěch Flégl Nicklas Utgren 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
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