Magnus Norman

Magnus Norman

Country	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1976-05-30) 30 May 1976 Filipstad, Sweden
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14.1 st)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,537,247
Singles
Career record	244–177
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 2 (June 12, 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (2000)
French Open	F (2000)
Wimbledon	3R (1997, 1999)
US Open	4R (1999, 2000)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2000)
Olympic Games	3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	24–48
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 133 (May 7, 2001)

Magnus Norman (born 30 May 1976 in Filipstad) is a retired Swedish professional tennis player who was runner-up at the 2000 French Open and ranked briefly as world no. 2. He won 12 singles titles, including the 2000 Tennis Masters Series tournament in Rome, Italy. He is now running his own tennis academy called the Good to Great Tennis Academy.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior Norman posted a singles win/loss record of 46-24.

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: 2R (1994)
French Open: QF (1994)
Wimbledon: 1R (1993)
US Open: QF (1994)

Pro tour

Norman reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 on 12 June 2000. This ranking resulted from his success during the first half of the year: he reached the semifinals of the 2000 Australian Open, won the Rome Masters, beating Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil, and was the runner-up at the French Open, where Kuerten took revenge. His decline began late that year at the Sydney Olympics, when he lost in the third round to Frenchman Arnaud di Pasquale in straight sets (di Pasquale went on to win the bronze medal).

Norman underwent corrective surgery for a heart valve condition in 1998. In the same year he had a key role in Swede's Davis Cup victory. He retired due to hip and knee injuries in 2004.

After tennis

Magnus has coached such players as Thomas Johansson and Robin Söderling. He is currently teamed with Mikael Tillström, another Swedish tennis player based in Monte Carlo, in the Good to Great Tennis Academy, which counts among its students Swiss no. 2 Stanislas Wawrinka and rising Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov.

Personal life

Growing up he also played bandy. His brother Marcus is the Secretary General of the Swedish Bandy Association.[1]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2000	French Open	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(6)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2000	Rome	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Career finals

Singles: 18 (12–6)

Wins (12)

Legend Grand Slam (0–1) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (1–0) ATP International Series Gold (1–1) ATP International Series (10–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (5–3) Grass (0–0) Clay (7–2) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	13 July 1997	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Juan Antonio Marín	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	19 October 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Karol Kučera	2–6 ret.
Runner-up	2.	27 July 1998	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	3–6, 6–7(0)
Winner	2.	9 August 1998	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Richard Fromberg	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	25 April 1999	Orlando, USA	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	6–0, 6–3
Winner	4.	25 July 1999	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Tommy Haas	6–7(6–8), 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–0, 6–3
Winner	5.	1 August 1999	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Jeff Tarango	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	29 August 1999	Long Island, USA	Hard	Àlex Corretja	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	10 October 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	Marcelo Ríos	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	8.	16 January 2000	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Michael Chang	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	9.	14 May 2000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	11 June 2000	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	2–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	10.	16 July 2000	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Andreas Vinciguerra	6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	11.	27 August 2000	Long Island, USA	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	12.	22 October 2000	Shanghai, China	Hard	Sjeng Schalken	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	14 January 2001	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	11 March 2001	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Francisco Clavet	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	6 October 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	6–7(6–8), 3–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Runner-ups (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	5 January 1997	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Patrik Fredriksson	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Career SR	Career win-loss
Australian Open	A	LQ	LQ	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	SF	4R	A	A	0 / 6	9–6
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	2R	1R	F	1R	1R	1R	0 / 7	12–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	3R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–4
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	4R	4R	A	1R	1R	0 / 6	8–6
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 24	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	7–4	2–4	6–4	15–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	N/A	34–24
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–3
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	QF	1R	A	LQ	0 / 3	4–3
Miami Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	3R	A	LQ	0 / 4	3–4
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	0 / 5	5–5
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	2R	A	W	1R	1R	1R	1 / 5	7–4
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	2R	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 3	1–3
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 3	1–3
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart)	1R	A	LQ	A	A	A	2R	3R	3R	A	2R	A	0 / 5	3–5
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4
Total Titles	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	0	0	0	N/A	12
Hardcourt Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–6	9–10	6–13	22–10	39–16	19–12	7–10	5–7	N/A	113–84
Grass Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	N/A	7–8
Carpet Win-Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	11–7	3–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	N/A	15–14
Clay Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	7–4	20–7	17–13	20–8	27–7	5–9	5–9	5–12	N/A	109–71
Overall Win-Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	13–10	42–26	28–31	44–22	67–25	25–22	12–19	10–19	N/A	244–177
Year End Ranking	690	588	1003	170	86	22	52	15	4	49	107	125	N/A	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.

LQ = lost in the qualifying draw.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

External links

• Magnus Norman at the Association of Tennis Professionals