Thomas Johansson - 2002 Australian Open Champion
Episode description
In today´s episode we welcome 2002 Australian Open Champion and former world number 7 Thomas Johansson!
Thomas began his career in the heyday of Swedish tennis, preceded and surrounded by legends such as Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg. As a result, he went under the radar until his career defining run at the Australian Open in 2002. He beat 9th seed Marat Safin to become the first male player seeded 16th to win a major in the Open Era.
He is one of only 7 players to win the Men´s title in Melbourne since 2000!
Thomas has since gone on to have a fantastic career as a coach, working with top 10 tour level players like David Goffin and most recently Sorana Cirstea, who knocked out world number 4 Elena Rybakina at the 2023 US Open.
Thomas gives us some great stories from his time at the top of the game, and explains why he thinks building a team was the most successful formula for Swedish tennis.
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Links mentioned in this Episode:-- Follow Thomas on Instagram | Twitter
- Thomas’ charities:
- https://www.tapprabarn.se/
- https://zbfoundation.se/
- SotoTennis Academy
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