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General First nameKarl Johan Thomas
LastnameEnqvist
GenderMale
CountrySweden
Date of birth1974-03-13
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden


About

He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Björn Borg, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg, and was ranked as high as World No. 4 (which he attained in 1999) in the ATP Rankings, reaching the final of the Australian Open the same year
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 a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some impressive victories, including wins over Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy 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 to Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia. He also reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2001 and at the 1996 Australian Open.

Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team. In 1998, he helped Sweden reach the finals of the Davis Cup for the fourth time in five years.

He currently works as captain for the Swedish Davis Cup team and as an expert commentator for Eurosport Sweden.

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Archive statistics Career1992 - 2001
Tournament wins2
Matches46
Match wins25


Tournament wins 2000 - Swiss International Covered Courts (ATP)
1996 - Paris Masters (ATP)


Tournaments Wimbledon - 2001 Roland Garros - 2001 Wimbledon - 2000 US Open - 2000 Swiss International Covered Courts - 2000 Indian Wells - 2000 Australian Open - 1999 Wimbledon - 1999 Wimbledon - 1998 Indian Wells - 1998 Australian Open - 1997 Canadian International Championships - 1997 Australian Open - 1996 Wimbledon - 1996 US Open - 1996 Canadian International Championships - 1996 Paris Masters - 1996 Wimbledon - 1995 Australian Open - 1993 Wimbledon - 1993 Roland Garros - 1993 US Open - 1993 Australian Open - 1992