Fred Simonsson (born 27 November 1994) is a Swedish tennis player.

Fred Simonsson
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
Born (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 (age 29)
Lidingö, Sweden
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
CoachPeter Carlsson
Prize money$63,441
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 633 (1 August 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open JuniorQ1 (2012)
French Open JuniorQ1 (2012)
Doubles
Career record3–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2 Challengers, 14 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 195 (20 February 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2012)

Simonsson has a career high ATP singles ranking of 633, achieved on 1 August 2016. His career high ATP doubles ranking of 195 was achieved on 20 February 2017.[1]

Tennis career edit

Simonsson made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the 2012 Swedish Open. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Swedish Open partnering Jonathan Mridha and repeated the achievement at the 2016 Swedish Open partnering Isak Arvidsson.

In March 2016 Simonsson won the ATP Challenger Tour doubles tournament RC Hotel Open partnering Isak Arvidsson. With the same partner he won the 2016 Båstad Challenger in July.[2] Simonsson retired in 2019 and shortly thereafter started to work as an assistant producer for Day International AB, an independent production agency in photo, film and digital content production.

Personal life edit

Simonsson is a big supporter of the Stockholm team Djurgårdens IF since childhood.

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures titles edit

Singles: 1 edit

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0)
ITF Futures Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. May 2015 Karlskrona, Sweden F1 Clay   Timon Reichelt 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 16 edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2)
ITF Futures Tour (14)
No.    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. Oct 2012 Jönköping, Sweden F7 Hard   Filip Bergevi   Kalle Averfalk
  Robin Olin
6–2, 6–3
2. Sep 2013 Falun, Sweden F6 Hard   Milos Sekulic   Jesper Brunström
  Henri Kontinen
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
3. May 2015 Båstad, Sweden F2 Clay   Jonathan Mridha   Daniel Appelgren
  Mikael Ymer
6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
4. May 2015 Båstad, Sweden F3 Clay   Jonathan Mridha   Serdar Bojadjieva
  Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
7–6(7–4),6–2
1. Mar 2016 Jönköping Challenger, Sweden Hard   Isak Arvidsson   Markus Eriksson
  Milos Sekulic
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
5. Mar 2016 Heraklion, Greece F1 Hard   Isak Arvidsson   Maxim Dubarenco
  Markus Eriksson
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
6. May 2016 Karlskrona, Sweden F1 Clay   Isak Arvidsson   Marc Dijkhuizen
  Colin Van Beem
w/o
2. Jul 2016 Båstad Challenger, Sweden Clay   Isak Arvidsson   Johan Brunström
  Andreas Siljeström
6–3, 7–5
7. Oct 2016 Falun, Sweden F5 Hard   Isak Arvidsson   Markus Eriksson
  Milos Sekulic
7–6(7–1), 4–6, [11–9]
8. Nov 2016 Mishref, Kuwait F1 Hard   Daniel Altmaier   Sanjar Fayziev
  Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev
7–6(7–3), 6–2
9. May 2017 Båstad, Sweden F2 Clay   Isak Arvidsson   Fred Gil
  Mario Vilella Martínez
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
10. Sep 2017 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy F29 Clay   Corrado Summaria   Cristian Carli
  Andrea Vavassori
6–1, 6–4
11. Mar 2018 Doha, Qatar F1 Hard   Jonas Merckx   Zizou Bergs
  Scott Griekspoor
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–4]
12. Mar 2018 Doha, Qatar F2 Hard   Zizou Bergs   Marek Gengel
  Matej Vocel
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
13. May 2018 Karlskrona, Sweden F1 Clay   Markus Eriksson   Otto Virtanen
  Louis Wessels
6–1, 1–6, [10–5]
14. Sep 2018 Stockholm, Sweden F4 Hard   Markus Eriksson   Antoine Bellier
  Johannes Härteis
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Fred Simonsson Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Fred Simonsson Titles". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

External links edit