Mathilde Johansson

Mathilde Johansson (born 28 April 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish-born retired French tennis player.[1]

Mathilde Johansson

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne Billancourt, France
Born	(1985-04-28) 28 April 1985 Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,446,131
Singles
Career record	386-319
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (6 April 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
US Open	1R (2007 2009, 2011, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	70-90
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 110 (10 May 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2009)
French Open	2R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	1R (2011, 2012)

Professional career

Mathilde Johansson returns a shot at the 2011 New Haven Open qualifying tournament

She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to sixth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. In 2006, she reached the second round, losing to Russian youngster Maria Kirilenko in straight sets.[1]

In 2009, she reached the quarterfinals twice; in Acapulco[2] and in Bogotá (where she was seeded No. 6).[3]

In 2011, Johansson reached her first WTA Tour final in Bogotá, losing to Lourdes Domínguez Lino in three sets.[1]

In April 2012, as a lucky loser, she reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix in Fès (Marrocco) eventually falling to Laura Pous Tio.[4] Later, in May, she reached for the first time the third round of a major tournament, the French Open, falling to Sloane Stephens.[5] In July, Johansson reached the finals of the Swedish Open losing to Polona Hercog in three sets.[6]

For one of her last tournaments in the season, Mathilde reached the quarterfinals in Guangzhou, beaten by Hsieh Su-wei in straight sets.[2] Overall in 2012, she fell in the first round ten times.

In 2016, Johansson decided to retire after the French Open singles qualifying tournament where she was beaten in the second round by Ivana Jorović.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2011	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	International	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2012	Swedish Open, Bastad	International	Clay	Polona Hercog	6–0, 4–6, 5–7

ITF finals

Singles (14–6)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–2) Clay (9–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 June 2001	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Zuzana Kučová	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	1 July 2001	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Isabel Collischonn	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	21 November 2004	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	3 July 2005	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Natalia Gussoni	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	17 July 2005	Vittel, France	Clay	Hanna Nooni	2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	30 October 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Florence Haring	w/o
Winner	4.	5 November 2006	Mexico City	Hard	Larissa Carvalho	6–1, 7–6^(9–7)
Winner	5.	12 November 2006	Mexico City	Hard	Yvonne Meusburger	7–5, 6–2
Winner	6.	10 February 2008	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Ekaterina Shulaeva	3–6, 6–0, 6–1
Winner	7.	27 July 2008	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Renata Voráčová	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner	8.	13 June 2010	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Tímea Babos	6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 6–0
Winner	9.	20 June 2010	Montpellier, France	Clay	Claire de Gubernatis	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	10.	25 July 2010	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Monica Niculescu	6–3, 6–3
Winner	11.	19 September 2010	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Carla Suárez Navarro	6–4, 3–1 ret.
Runner-up	4.	9 October 2010	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	1–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	18 July 2011	Petange, Luxembourg	Hard	Petra Cetkovská	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	5 April 2015	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	21 June 2015	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Rebecca Peterson	2–6, 1–6
Winner	13.	28 June 2015	Périgueux, France	Clay	Chloé Paquet	6−4, 6−2
Winner	14.	8 November 2015	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Andreea Mitu	6−3, 6−4

Doubles (1–2)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	14.	21 June 2004	Orestiada, Greece	Hard	Aurélie Védy	Belen Karbalai Luciana Sarmento	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	4 July 2009	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	Akgul Amanmuradova Darya Kustova	7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	4 April 2015	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Julie Coin	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(2–7)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	2R	Q1	1R	1R	1R	Q2	Q1	Q1	1–5
French Open	Q1	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	Q2	6–11
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	1R	2R	A	2R	A	2R	Q2	A	A	3–4
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q3	1R	Q1	1R	1R	1R	A	Q1	A	0–5
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–4	0–1	1–4	2–3	2–4	0–1	0–1	0–0	10–25

Doubles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open							1R			1R	2R				1–3
French Open	1R		1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	5–13
Wimbledon									1R						0–1
US Open									1R	1R					0–2
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	6–19

References

1. Mathilde Johansson at WTA Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine WTAtour.com. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
2. 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
3. 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas – Singles
4. 2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
5. 2012 French Open – Women's Singles
6. "Hercog defends Bastad title". Retrieved 23 July 2012.

External links

• Mathilde Johansson at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mathilde Johansson at the International Tennis Federation