Björn Rehnquist Explained

Björn Rehnquist
Residence:Gothenburg, Sweden
Birth Date:5 January 1978
Birth Place:Borås, Sweden
Turnedpro:1997
Retired:2010
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$363,078
Singlesrecord:4–11
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 146 (9 December 2002)
Australianopenresult:1R (2006, 2009)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (2003, 2009)
Wimbledonresult:Q2 (2002, 2008)
Usopenresult:1R (2002)
Doublesrecord:0–2
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 345 (22 September 2003)
Updated:May 29, 2022

Björn Rehnquist (born January 5, 1978, in Borås, Sweden) is a professional Swedish tennis player.[1]

Tennis career

Juniors

Rehnquist had an outstanding junior career, winning the Australian Open Boys' Singles in 1996 and reaching as high as No. 3 in the world in singles the same year (and No. 7 in doubles).

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1996Australian OpenHard Mathias Hellström2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss1996French OpenClay Alberto Martín3–6, 6–7

Australian Open: W (1996)
French Open: F (1996)
Wimbledon: 3R (1995)
US Open: QF (1994)

Pro tour

The Swede competed in the 2006 Australian Open, losing to 20th seed Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 6–2, 6–2, and at the 2009 Australian Open, but lost in the first round 6–0, 6–2, 6–2 to eventual semi-finalist Andy Roddick.

Rehnquist won 5 Challenger titles in his career.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 15 (8–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–2)
ITF Futures (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Finland F1, OuluFuturesClay Johan Örtegren4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss0–2Norway F1, OsloFuturesCarpet Johan Settergren3–6, 2–6
Win1–2USA F11, TampaFuturesClay Kristian Capalik6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–1
Win2–2New Zealand F1, AshburtonFuturesHard Chris Magyary6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Loss2–3New Zealand F2, ChristchurchFuturesHard Vasilis Mazarakis0–6, 3–6
Win3–3Hamilton, New ZealandChallengerHard Martin Lee3–6, 6–2, 6–0
Loss3–4Great Britain F3, BournemouthFuturesClay Todd Larkham2–6, 0–6
Loss3–5Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Robby Ginepri6–7(6–8), 1–6
Win4–5Greece F2, KalamataFuturesHard Petr Kralert6–0, 6–1
Win5–5Atlantic City, United StatesChallengerHard Jeff Salzenstein6–4, 6–4
Loss5–6Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win6–6Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Tomáš Cakl7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Loss6–7Sweden F4, GothenburgFuturesHard Joachim Johansson1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win7–7Guangzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Danai Udomchoke2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win8–7Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Richard Bloomfield7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (6–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (5–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Finland F1, OuluFuturesClay Mikael Maatta Mikhail Elgin
Timo Nieminen		7–6, 6–4
Win2–0Great Britain F11, LeedsFuturesHard Nicklas Timfjord Yves Allegro
Olivier Patience		6–4, 7–6
Win3–0Finland F1, VierumäkiFuturesHard Matthis Kempe-Bergman Mattias Pennonen
Tobias Steinel-Hansson		3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win4–0New Zealand F2, ChristchurchFuturesHard Henrik Andersson Luke Bourgeois
Andrew Painter		3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win5–0Sweden F1, GothenburgFuturesHard Johan Kareld Jonas Froberg
Robin Söderling		7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win6–0Burbank, United StatesChallengerHard Louis Vosloo Daniel Melo
Iván Miranda		7–6(8–6), 6–1
Loss6–1Cardiff, United KingdomChallengerHard Filip Prpic Philipp Petzschner
Alexander Peya		6–4, 3–6, [7–10]

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament20022003200420052006200720082009SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Openstyle=background:#ecf2ffQ2style=background:#ecf2ffQ1style=background:#ecf2ffQ1Astyle=background:#afeeee1RAstyle=background:#ecf2ffQ2style=background:#afeeee1R0 / 20–2
French Openstyle=background:#ecf2ffQ1style=background:#ecf2ffQ2style=background:#ecf2ffQ1style=background:#ecf2ffQ1AAstyle=background:#ecf2ffQ1style=background:#ecf2ffQ20 / 00–0
Wimbledonstyle=background:#ecf2ffQ2style=background:#ecf2ffQ1style=background:#ecf2ffQ1style=background:#ecf2ffQ1style=background:#ecf2ffQ1Astyle=background:#ecf2ffQ2style=background:#ecf2ffQ10 / 00–0
US Openstyle=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#ecf2ffQ1style=background:#ecf2ffQ2style=background:#ecf2ffQ1AAstyle=background:#ecf2ffQ2A0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–00–00–00–10–00–00–10 / 30–3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player profile. Rehnquist. www.itftennis.com. 2019-10-10.

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