Thomas Enqvist

Thomas Enqvist

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1974-03-13) 13 March 1974 Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$10,461,641
Singles
Career record	448–297
Career titles	19
Highest ranking	No. 4 (15 November 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	F (1999)
French Open	4R (2001)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	4R (1993, 1996, 2000)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1995)
Grand Slam Cup	SF (1999)
Olympic Games	3R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	35–46
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 169 (8 May 2000)

Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist (born 13 March 1974) is a former top-five professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached the final of the Australian Open in 1999, and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. In November 1999, he reached a career-high ranking of 4.

Tennis career

Throughout his career, Enqvist finished four seasons ranked inside the top 10 four and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some impressive victories, including wins over world no. 1 Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Roddick.

Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the most significant being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris (1996), Stuttgart (1999) and both the singles and doubles titles in Cincinnati (2000). In winning the Stuttgart Masters, he defeated four top 10 players, including world no. 1 Andre Agassi.

His best showing at a Grand Slam event was in 1999, when he beat Jan-Michael Gambill, Byron Black, Pat Rafter, Mark Philippoussis, Marc Rosset and Nicolás Lapentti before he lost the Australian Open final to Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia. He also reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2001 and at the 1996 Australian Open.

Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team. In 1998, he helped Sweden reach the finals of the Davis Cup for the fourth time in five years.

From 2017 to 2019, Enqvist was Captain of the Swedish Davis Cup team. He currently works as a commentator for Eurosport, Sweden.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 6–7(1–7)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1996	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–4, 7–5
Win	1999	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Richard Krajicek	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	2000	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Àlex Corretja	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win	2000	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Tim Henman	7–6(7–5), 6–4

Career singles finals

Wins (19–7)

Legend Grand Slam (0–1) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (3–1) ATP Championship Series (2–1) ATP Tour (14–4)

Titles by surface Hard (13–7) Grass (0–0) Clay (2–0) Carpet (4–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Oct 1992	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet (i)	Arnaud Boetsch	6–1, 1–6, 7–6(9–7)
Win	2.	Aug 1993	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Brett Steven	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Win	3.	Jan 1995	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Chuck Adams	6–2, 6–1
Win	4.	Feb 1995	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Michael Chang	0–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	5.	May 1995	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Javier Frana	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1.	Aug 1995	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Michael Stich	7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win	6.	Aug 1995	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Bernd Karbacher	6–4, 6–3
Win	7.	Nov 1995	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arnaud Boetsch	7–5, 6–4
Win	8.	Apr 1996	New Delhi, India	Hard	Byron Black	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win	9.	Nov 1996	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–4, 7–5
Win	10.	Nov 1996	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Todd Martin	7–5, 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Win	11.	Feb 1997	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Marcelo Ríos	6–4, 1–0, ret.
Loss	2.	Jul 1997	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Jim Courier	4–6, 4–6
Win	12.	Feb 1998	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3.	Mar 1998	Philadelphia, U.S.	Hard (i)	Pete Sampras	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Win	13.	May 1998	Munich, Germany	Clay	Andre Agassi	6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	14.	Jan 1999	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	4.	Feb 1999	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win	15.	Nov 1999	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Richard Krajicek	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Win	16.	Nov 1999	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Magnus Gustafsson	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	5.	Jan 2000	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	Mar 2000	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Àlex Corretja	4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win	17.	Jul 2000	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Tim Henman	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	7.	Aug 2000	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Magnus Norman	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	18.	Oct 2000	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Roger Federer	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–1
Win	19.	Feb 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Escudé	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	2R	1R	2R	3R	QF	4R	2R	F	1R	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 13	21–12
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	3R	2R	3R	4R	2R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 12	11–12
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	3R	3R	4R	QF	2R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 11	15–11
U.S. Open	A	A	A	Q1	4R	3R	2R	4R	A	A	1R	4R	1R	3R	2R	2R	A	0 / 10	16–10
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–4	3–3	3–3	8–4	3–1	5–3	9–4	8–4	7–3	5–4	1–4	7–4	0–3	0 / 46	63–45
Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	Did Not Qualify						SF	RR	DNQ		RR	Did Not Qualify						0 / 3	5–4
Grand Slam Cup	NH	Was Not Invited									SF	Not Held						0 / 1	1–1
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME	A	A	A	Q1	A	3R	2R	2R	QF	1R	F	2R	QF	1R	1R	3R	0 / 11	16–11
Miami	NME	A	A	A	1R	A	4R	2R	2R	QF	SF	4R	3R	3R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 12	15–11
Monte Carlo	NME	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 10	4–10
Rome	NME	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	1R	A	Q1	0 / 7	7–7
Hamburg	NME	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	1–4
Canada	NME	A	A	A	A	QF	SF	QF	QF	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	Q2	1R	A	0 / 9	13–9
Cincinnati	NME	A	A	A	Q1	3R	SF	SF	2R	A	2R	W	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	1 / 10	20–9
Stuttgart	NME	A	1R	3R	1R	2R	QF	3R	2R	A	W	2R	QF	A	2R	Q2	A	1 / 11	16–9
Paris	NME	A	A	A	A	A	2R	W	SF	1R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	1R	Q1	1 / 8	11–7
Win–Loss	N/A	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–4	6–3	15–7	14–7	6–6	6–5	13–7	19–7	8–9	8–7	4–5	0–6	2–2	3 / 82	103–77
Year End Ranking	1103	472	231	63	88	59	7	9	28	22	5	9	24	44	96	72	133	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament
LQ = lost in the qualifying draw

Top 10 wins

Season	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Total
Wins	0	0	0	0	10	5	1	5	10	3	1	3	1	2	0	41

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	ER
1995
1.	Andre Agassi	2	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet (i)	SF	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–2	43
2.	Michael Chang	6	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet (i)	F	0–6, 6–4, 6–0	43
3.	Goran Ivanišević	7	Montreal, Canada	Hard	3R	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 7–5	19
4.	Michael Chang	5	Montreal, Canada	Hard	QF	6–3, 6–4	19
5.	Goran Ivanišević	7	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	SF	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4	16
6.	Goran Ivanišević	7	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	QF	4–6, 6–0, 6–3	13
7.	Goran Ivanišević	7	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	SF	6–1, 1–6, 6–3	13
8.	Jim Courier	7	ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	RR	6–3, 6–2	8
9.	Michael Chang	4	ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	RR	6–1, 6–4	8
10.	Thomas Muster	3	ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	RR	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4	8
1996
11.	Richard Krajicek	8	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	3R	7–6(9–7), 6–2	12
12.	Pete Sampras	1	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	QF	6–3, 6–3	12
13.	Marcelo Ríos	10	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	QF	6–3, 2–6, 7–5	13
14.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	F	6–2, 6–4, 7–5	12
15.	Boris Becker	6	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Carpet (i)	RR	6–3, 7–6(7–1)	9
1997
16.	Marcelo Ríos	7	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	F	6–4, 1–0, ret.	10
1998
17.	Carlos Moyà	8	Sydney, Australia	Hard	1R	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4	27
18.	Richard Krajicek	9	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	SF	6–3, 6–7(1–7), 6–3	29
19.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	F	6–4, 6–1	29
20.	Greg Rusedski	5	Miami, United States	Hard	4R	6–2, 6–2	24
21.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	2R	4–6, 7–6(12–10), 7–6(7–4), 6–1	19
1999
22.	Patrick Rafter	4	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	3R	6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	21
23.	Àlex Corretja	4	Miami, United States	Hard	4R	7–5, 6–3	15
24.	Carlos Moyá	4	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	3–6, 6–1, 6–3	17
25.	Tim Henman	7	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	7–6(7–4), 6–4	17
26.	Gustavo Kuerten	5	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	3R	6–4, 5–7, 6–4	18
27.	Marcelo Ríos	9	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	QF	6–4, 6–2	18
28.	Andre Agassi	1	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	SF	6–3, 4–6, 6–0	18
29.	Richard Krajicek	8	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	F	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5	18
30.	Todd Martin	4	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	2R	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)	9
31.	Nicolas Kiefer	6	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Hard (i)	RR	6–4, 7–5	4
2000
32.	Cédric Pioline	10	London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	QF	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(8–6)	12
33.	Pete Sampras	2	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	QF	6–3, 3–6, 6–3	10
34.	Tim Henman	10	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	SF	6–1, 6–3	6
2001
35.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	5	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	2R	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	27
2002
36.	Sébastien Grosjean	9	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	QF	6–3, 7–5	24
37.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	4	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	SF	6–7(1–7), 7–6(12–10), 6–4	24
38.	Thomas Johansson	9	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	1R	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–4	22
2003
39.	Andre Agassi	2	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	1R	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–1	73
2004
40.	Mark Philippoussis	9	Davis Cup, Adelaide, Australia	Hard	RR	6–3, 6–4, 6–2	78
41.	Andy Roddick	2	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	QF	7–6(10–8), 6–3	80

External links

• Thomas Enqvist at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Thomas Enqvist at the International Tennis Federation
• Thomas Enqvist at the Davis Cup
• Thomas Enqvist fan site

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Yevgeny Kafelnikov	ATP Most Improved Player 1995	Succeeded by Tim Henman
Preceded by Goran Ivanišević	ATP Champions Tour Year-End No.1 2009, 2010	Succeeded by Carlos Moyá