Jan Gunnarsson

Tennis Player

1962 –

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Who is Jan Gunnarsson?

Jan Gunnarsson is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one singles in Vienna in 1985 and nine doubles titles on the world tour during his professional career. In 1989 he reached the semi-finals of Australian Open where lost in straight sets to Miloslav Mečíř.

Along with Michael Mortensen he won the longest tie-break in tennis history at Wimbledon in 1985. The Swedish/Danish duo defeated John Frawley and Víctor Pecci 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 in the first round.

The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 25 in December 1985.

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Born
May 30, 1962
Sweden
Lived in
  • Monte Carlo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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