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Kjell Johansson

SWE Age 75 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1969–1982

Kjell Johansson represented Sweden on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 32. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 111–130 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

32 (Aug 21, 1978)

Elo peak

1808 (72nd percentile)

Singles record

111–130 (46.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$49,711

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Kjell Johansson's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Fernando Luna #77	1-6 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 1982*	R32	Cairo	ATP 250	Clay
Zoltan Kuharszky #90	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 11, 1982*	R32	Caracas	ATP 250	Hard
Diego Perez #94	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 5, 1982*	R16	Argentina Open	ATP 250	Clay
Ricardo Rivera	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 4, 1982*	R32	Argentina Open	ATP 250	Clay
Raul Ramirez #34	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 1982*	QF	Vina Del Mar	ATP 250	Clay

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Kjell Johansson's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Manuel Orantes	0	7	7	May 15, 1980	H2H
Jose Higueras	1	5	6	Feb 7, 1981	H2H
Tom Okker	2	4	6	Mar 6, 1980	H2H
Nicola Spear	4	1	5	Jul 20, 1979	H2H
Balazs Taroczy	0	4	4	Apr 16, 1981	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Kjell Johansson singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1978	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Lagos
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Kjell Johansson career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1969	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1970	19	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1971	20	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1972	21	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1973	22	20	17	37	54.1%	203	61
1974	23	7	16	23	30.4%	63	138
1975	24	11	20	31	35.5%	147	97
1976	25	14	19	33	42.4%	81	96
1977	26	13	10	23	56.5%	96	70
1978	27	18	9	27	66.7%	66	51
1979	28	4	8	12	33.3%	51	107
1980	29	10	9	19	52.6%	83	88
1981	30	9	8	17	52.9%	88	100
1982	31	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—
Career		111	130	241	46.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kjell Johansson career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1969	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1970	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1971	20	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1972	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1973	22	5	4	9	55.6%	12	11	23	52.2%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	20	17	37	54.1%
1974	23	0	2	2	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	16	23	30.4%
1975	24	0	2	2	0.0%	6	9	15	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	11	20	31	35.5%
1976	25	1	4	5	20.0%	13	11	24	54.2%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	14	19	33	42.4%
1977	26	6	3	9	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	13	10	23	56.5%
1978	27	0	1	1	0.0%	17	7	24	70.8%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	18	9	27	66.7%
1979	28	0	1	1	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1980	29	—	—	—	—	10	8	18	55.6%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	10	9	19	52.6%
1981	30	3	3	6	50.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	9	8	17	52.9%
1982	31	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%
Career	—	15	25	40	37.5%	80	75	155	51.6%	2	6	8	25.0%	14	24	38	36.8%	111	130	241	46.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kjell Johansson career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	22	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	1	0	1	100.0%	6	5	11	54.5%
1974	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1975	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1976	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	26	0	5	5	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	0	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1978	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	8	6	14	57.1%
1979	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%	0	0	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1980	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	0	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
1981	30	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	0	—	—	3	8	11	27.3%
1982	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
Career		1	12	13	7.7%	2	12	14	14.3%	23	29	52	44.2%	6	2	8	75.0%	32	55	87	36.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 87/241 (36.1%) of Kjell Johansson's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kjell Johansson advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1969	18	1498	102.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.23
1970	19	1486	105.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.60	—	—	—	-0.30
1971	20	1487	105.9	—	—	—	—	—	+40	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	+0.15
1972	21	1472	105.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22.2%	-1.55	—	0–1	—	+0.33
1973	22	1675	125.3	—	—	—	—	-26	-47	—	53.2%	+0.27	4–3 (57%)	2–2 (50%)	102.7	+1.25
1974	23	1576	112.5	—	—	—	—	+9	+7	-38	36.4%	-0.96	2–5 (29%)	2–1 (67%)	98.7	+0.93
1975	24	1590	126.2	—	—	—	—	-28	+24	—	40.6%	-0.56	2–7 (22%)	2–4 (33%)	93.9	+0.51
1976	25	1624	124.7	—	—	—	—	-133	+64	—	44.3%	-0.56	4–6 (40%)	5–2 (71%)	102.3	+0.78
1977	26	1701	133.4	—	—	—	—	-48	-37	—	55.6%	+0.37	3–3 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	103.5	+0.96
1978	27	1760	133.1	—	—	—	—	-101	-8	—	58.5%	+0.32	9–4 (69%)	5–1 (83%)	107.8	+1.72
1979	28	1690	126.1	—	—	—	—	—	+4	—	38.7%	-0.68	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	96.4	-0.40
1980	29	1666	128.7	—	—	—	—	—	+28	—	54.0%	+0.30	4–6 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	98.6	+1.14
1981	30	1688	127.1	—	—	—	—	-79	+43	—	55.3%	+0.05	1–3 (25%)	4–0 (100%)	101.2	+0.11
1982	31	1650	114.0	—	—	—	—	—	+58	—	40.0%	-0.53	1–0	2–0	—	+0.24
Career		1808	133.2	—	—	—	—	-50	+13	-38	47.1%	-0.23	32–41 (44%)	30–15 (67%)	105.5	+3.06

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kjell Johansson Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	22	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	23	—	R64	R64	—	2–2 (50%)
1975	24	R64	R32	—	R32	4–3 (57%)
1976	25	—	R128	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
1977	26	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	27	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1979	28	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	29	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–7 (30%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	8–12 (40%)

ATP 500

Kjell Johansson ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	CAN	W-L Win %
1973	22	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	23	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	24	R64	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1978	27	R64	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–4 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–6 (14%)

ATP 250

Kjell Johansson ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	BAR	BUE	FLR	GEN	HAM	MAD	MC	MUN	NAP	PAR	QUE	ROT	STO	STU	VIE	APT	AVI	BER	BER	BOL	BOR	BOU	BRU	CAI	CAL	CAR	COL	COP	DUS	DUT	FRA	GOT	GUA	HEL	JOH	LAG	LON	LON	LOS	MAR	MAU	NIC	NOR	EAS	OSL	OVI	PAL	PHI	PRA	QUE	RIC	SAL	SAL	SAN	SOU	SOU	TEH	U.S	VAL	VIN	W-L Win %
1969	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1970	19	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1971	20	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1972	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1973	22	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	17–13 (57%)
1974	23	R16	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	5–13 (28%)
1975	24	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	7–14 (33%)
1976	25	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	F	—	12–17 (41%)
1977	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13–9 (59%)
1978	27	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	17–6 (74%)
1979	28	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1980	29	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–8 (56%)
1981	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	9–8 (53%)
1982	31	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	3–5 (38%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	8–8 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	8–6 (57%)	1–3 (25%)	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	4–10 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	7–1 (88%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	7–2 (78%)	5–2 (71%)	99–109 (48%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 21, 1978

First Top 100

Oct 15, 1973

First Top 50

May 22, 1978

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Kjell Johansson ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	71	59	61
1974	23	—	—	63	60	52	132	88	96	103	—	133	138
1975	24	147	—	121	111	121	128	—	—	—	—	—	97
1976	25	—	—	—	—	—	81	—	—	—	—	—	96
1977	26	98	100	—	80	72	82	94	100	—	92	65	70
1978	27	67	71	61	56	44	49	41	32	37	38	42	51
1979	28	51	49	64	74	—	—	87	97	86	99	100	107
1980	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	79	80	85	88
1981	30	62	57	69	83	80	79	85	89	100	—	—	—
1983	32	363	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985	34	—	—	—	—	—	632	660	674	668	663	668	660
1986	35	655	650	656	654	644	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Kjell Johansson's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Billy Martin	USA	#32	1,821	321	146	175	45.5%	—	1	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Raymond Moore	RSA	#32	1,879	740	363	377	49.1%	$328	1	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Haroon Rahim	PAK	#34	1,851	324	148	176	45.7%	—	2	1968–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Rolf Gehring	GER	#30	1,826	241	113	128	46.9%	$355,057	1	1973–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Jurgen Pohmann	GER	#30	1,828	253	125	128	49.4%	—	2	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Dick Crealy	AUS	#33	1,903	655	338	317	51.6%	—	2	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Colin Dowdeswell	GBR	#31	1,730	293	119	174	40.6%	$327,277	1	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Vladimir Zednik	CZE	#35	1,757	271	113	158	41.7%	—	2	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Jose Luis Damiani	URU	#32	1,781	114	50	64	43.9%	—	0	1978–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jurgen Fassbender	GER	#31	1,888	350	183	167	52.3%	—	3	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Carlos Kirmayr	BRA	#36	1,893	292	135	157	46.2%	$570,207	1	1972–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Fred Stolle	AUS	#30	1,922	344	177	167	51.5%	$328	6	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kjell Johansson?: Kjell Johansson is 75 years old, born on February 12, 1951.
Which country does Kjell Johansson represent?: Kjell Johansson represents Sweden in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Kjell Johansson left-handed or right-handed?: Kjell Johansson plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Kjell Johansson won?: Kjell Johansson has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Kjell Johansson won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kjell Johansson's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Kjell Johansson won?: Kjell Johansson has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Lagos in 1978.
What is Kjell Johansson's highest ATP ranking?: Kjell Johansson's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 32, first achieved on August 21, 1978.
What is Kjell Johansson's career win-loss record?: Kjell Johansson has a career ATP singles record of 111 wins and 130 losses (46.1%).
How much career prize money has Kjell Johansson earned?: Kjell Johansson has earned at least $49,711 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kjell Johansson's career appear in TennisDB?: Kjell Johansson appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1969 through 1982.
On which surface does Kjell Johansson have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kjell Johansson's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 51.6% (80–75).
Who has Kjell Johansson faced most often?: Kjell Johansson's most frequent opponent is Manuel Orantes, with a head-to-head record of 0–7 across 7 meetings.