Björn Rehnquist

Björn Rehnquist
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Gothenburg, Sweden
Born	January 5, 1978 (age 43); Borås, Sweden
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$363,014
Singles
Career record	4–11
Career titles	0; 5 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 146 (9 December 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2006, 2009)
French Open	Q2 (2003, 2009)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2002, 2008)
US Open	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 345 (22 September 2003)
	Last updated on: November 28, 2012.

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 Slam results:

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.

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win		Australian Open	Hard	Mattias Hellstrom	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss		French Open	Clay	Alberto Martín	3–6, 6–7

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures titles[]

Singles: 8[]

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5)
ITF Futures Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	May 2000	Tampa, USA F11	Clay	Kristian Capalik	6–7^(7–2), 7–5, 6–1
2.	Mar 2001	Ashburton, New Zealand F1	Hard	Chris Magyary	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
3.	Mar 2001	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Martin Lee	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
4.	Apr 2003	Kalamata, Greece F2	Hard	Petr Kralert	6–0, 6–1
5.	Jun 2003	Atlantic City, USA	Hard	Jeff Salzenstein	6–4, 6–4
6.	Nov 2005	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Tomas Cakl	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–4)
7.	Feb 2008	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2
8.	Jul 2008	Manchester, Great Britain	Grass	Richard Bloomfield	7–6^(10–8), 0–6, 6–3

Doubles: 6[]

Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1)
ITF Futures Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Jun 1999	Oulu, Finland F1	Clay	Mikael Maatta	Mikhail Elgin Timo Nieminen	7–6, 6–4
2.	Oct 1999	Leeds, Great Britain F1	Hard	Nicklas Timfjord	Yves Allegro Olivier Patience	6–4, 7–6
3.	Oct 2000	Vierumäki, Finland F1	Hard	Mattias Kempe-Bergman	Mattias Pennonen Tobias Steinel-Hansson	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
4.	Mar 2001	Christchurch, New Zealand F2	Hard	Henrik Andersson	Luke Bourgeois Andrew Painter	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
5.	Sep 2001	Gothenburg, Sweden F1	Hard	Johan Kareld	Jonas Fröberg Robin Soderling	7–6, 6–4
6.	Oct 2002	Burbank, USA	Hard	Louis Vosloo	Daniel Melo Ivan Miranda	7–6, 6–1

References[]

^ Rehnquist. "Player profile". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

External links[]

Björn Rehnquist at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Björn Rehnquist at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] Rehnquist. "Player profile". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2019-10-10.

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