- Jonas Björkman is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup doubles championships.
On 20 November 2006, he replaced Dick Norman as the oldest player in the ATP top 100 (singles) when Norman dropped out of the top 100 for the last time. On 9 June 2008, aged 36 years and 2 months, Björkman was himself succeeded in this honor by Fabrice Santoro.
Björkman has had long-term successful doubles partnerships with Patrick Rafter, Jan Apell, Jacco Eltingh, Nicklas Kulti, Max Mirnyi, Kevin Ullyett, and Todd Woodbridge. He has won the career Grand Slam in men's doubles, holding a total of nine major championships.
In his ATP career, he won six singles titles and 54 titles in doubles, including nine Grand Slam titles in doubles. He made his Davis Cup debut in 1994 and has played regularly for Sweden ever since. He has compiled a 21-14 record in doubles and a 14-9 record in live singles rubbers. He was a member of Sweden's Davis Cup championship teams in 1994, 1997, and 1998.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
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