1. Joachim Johansson was born on 1 July 1982 and is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden.
43 Facts About Joachim Johansson
1. 2.
Joachim Johansson reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No 9 in February 2005.
3.
Joachim Johansson's father, Leif Johansson, was a tennis player and represented Sweden in the Davis Cup in the 1970s.
4.
Joachim Johansson goes by the nickname "Pim Pim", which he has been called since he was a newborn.
5.
Joachim Johansson is married to Johanna Westerberg, a Swedish professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour, and they have one child.
6.
Joachim Johansson is not related to fellow Swedish tennis player Thomas Johansson.
7.
Joachim Johansson competed in his first professional tour match in the 2000 Wideyes Swedish Open, where he retired against Markus Hipfl.
8.
Joachim Johansson then claimed his first win in a Challenger event in Sweden, defeating Alexander Peya.
9.
Joachim Johansson then competed in the 2000 Scania Stockholm Open losing to Bohdan Ulihrach.
10.
In 2001 Joachim Johansson focused on Challengers and only competed in one ATP tour tournament: the 2001 Stockholm Open, losing to Andreas Vinciguerra.
11.
Joachim Johansson however reached two Futures semifinals, in Great Britain and New Zealand, and two finals in Germany and Austria.
12.
Joachim Johansson won his first Futures tournament in Australia, defeating Todd Perry.
13.
In 2002 Joachim Johansson won three Futures events: in Poland, in Austria, and Sweden, and reached a final in Poland.
14.
Joachim Johansson won his first ATP Tour level match in his home tournament in the 2002 Stockholm Open, defeating Albert Portas before losing to Fabrice Santoro.
15.
In 2003 Joachim Johansson made his Grand Slam Debut in the 2003 Australian Open losing to American Mardy Fish.
16.
Joachim Johansson then represented Sweden against Australia in the Davis Cup, however he lost to Wayne Arthurs.
17.
Joachim Johansson then competed in Newport losing to Zack Fleishman.
18.
Joachim Johansson won two Challengers and reached two finals that year.
19.
Joachim Johansson subsequently competed in 2004 Siebel Open where he lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals.
20.
Joachim Johansson continued his good form by winning his first ATP title in the 2004 Kroger St Jude defeating en route James Blake, Mardy Fish and German Nicolas Kiefer in the finals.
21.
Joachim Johansson's losses included his debut in the 2004 French Open loss against Fernando Verdasco, Mario Ancic and Juan Monaco.
22.
Joachim Johansson then went to the 2004 Wimbledon losing to Florian Mayer in the fourth round after defeating Arnaud Clement, Mardy Fish and Jonas Bjorkman.
23.
Joachim Johansson then reached his first Masters series quarterfinal at the 2004 Canada Masters losing to compatriot Thomas Johansson.
24.
An unusual aspect of the match was that Roddick won 24 points more than Joachim Johansson, but was defeated nonetheless.
25.
Joachim Johansson subsequently lost his semifinal against Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets.
26.
Joachim Johansson ended the year with four straight quarterfinal appearances: in the 2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon losing to eventual champion Robin Soderling; in the 2004 Kremlin Cup; in the 2004 Madrid Masters; and in the 2004 Stockholm Open.
27.
Joachim Johansson then underwent shoulder surgery in July 2005, forcing him to stop playing the rest of the year.
28.
Joachim Johansson was forced to skip tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, until beginning a second comeback in July 2006 by playing Challenger and Futures tournaments.
29.
In October 2006, Joachim Johansson made a triumphant return to the ATP Tour in the Stockholm Open.
30.
Joachim Johansson defeated Davide Sanguinetti in the first round, as a wildcard.
31.
Joachim Johansson stunned the top seed and world number two, Rafael Nadal, in straight sets in the second round.
32.
Joachim Johansson was forced to withdraw from his next match due to a throat infection.
33.
Joachim Johansson retired from professional tennis on 1 February 2008 due to his persistent shoulder injury.
34.
Joachim Johansson said there was "no other option" than to quit.
35.
Joachim Johansson was given a wild card to compete in the 2008 Stockholm Open.
36.
Joachim Johansson stamped his return by beating Nicolas Mahut in the first round before losing to David Nalbandian in the second round.
37.
Joachim Johansson then got a wildcard entry at the Malaysian Open and made a surprise win over Lleyton Hewitt in the first round before losing to Richard Gasquet.
38.
Joachim Johansson defeated Peter Luczak and Juan Monaco but then lost to Thomaz Bellucci.
39.
In 2010, Joachim Johansson played his first match of 2010 in singles during the 2010 Davis Cup tie against Argentina, which he lost in four sets to Argentine Leonardo Mayer.
40.
Joachim Johansson received a wildcard at a Challenger Tour at the 2011 Internazionali di Tennis di Bergamo Trofeo Trismoka.
41.
In October 2013, Joachim Johansson announced a mini-comeback to qualify for the 2013 If Stockholm Open.
42.
Joachim Johansson defeated Alejandro Falla in the first round of the main draw, before losing to Milos Raonic.
43.
Joachim Johansson held the record for the most aces served in one match, with 51 against Andre Agassi, in the 4th round of the 2005 Australian Open.