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Tenny Svensson

SWE Age 73 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1971–1981

Tenny Svensson represented Sweden on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 117. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 34–84 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

117 (Oct 15, 1973)

Elo peak

1558 (20th percentile)

Singles record

34–84 (28.8%)

Singles titles

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 →

Tenny Svensson's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Mats Wilander	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1981*	R32	Swedish Open	ATP 250	Clay
Konstantin Pugayev	6-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 20, 1980*	QF	Sofia	ATP 250	Carpet
Peter Szoke	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1980*	R16	Sofia	ATP 250	Carpet
Bernhard Pils	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 18, 1980*	R32	Sofia	ATP 250	Carpet
Michael Grant	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1980*	R32	Bournemouth	ATP 250	Clay

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Tenny Svensson's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Balazs Taroczy	2	2	4	Oct 25, 1979	H2H
Jairo Velasco	1	2	3	Apr 6, 1976	—
Raul Ramirez	0	2	2	Nov 1, 1979	H2H
Corrado Barazzutti	0	2	2	Oct 26, 1979	H2H
Patrice Dominguez	0	2	2	Mar 2, 1979	H2H

Career Results

Tenny Svensson career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1971	18	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1972	19	1	7	8	12.5%	—	—
1973	20	6	8	14	42.9%	133	142
1974	21	5	14	19	26.3%	148	166
1975	22	5	14	19	26.3%	168	131
1976	23	1	11	12	8.3%	156	206
1977	24	4	4	8	50.0%	207	207
1978	25	4	10	14	28.6%	173	200
1979	26	2	9	11	18.2%	215	215
1980	27	5	4	9	55.6%	241	241
1981	28	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		34	84	118	28.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Tenny Svensson 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 %
1971	18	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1972	19	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%
1973	20	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	6	8	14	42.9%
1974	21	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
1975	22	0	3	3	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
1976	23	0	1	1	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	11	12	8.3%
1977	24	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
1978	25	0	2	2	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	10	14	28.6%
1979	26	2	5	7	28.6%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
1980	27	2	1	3	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	5	4	9	55.6%
1981	28	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	9	22	31	29.0%	10	39	49	20.4%	4	7	11	36.4%	11	16	27	40.7%	34	84	118	28.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Tenny Svensson 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	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	0	0	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%
1974	21	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1975	22	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1977	24	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1978	25	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1979	26	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	0	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1980	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		1	3	4	25.0%	2	12	14	14.3%	6	13	19	31.6%	0	3	3	0.0%	9	31	40	22.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 40/118 (33.9%) of Tenny Svensson's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Tenny Svensson 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
1971	18	1511	112.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.78	1–0	0–1	—	-0.27
1972	19	1473	101.4	—	—	—	—	+46	—	—	22.2%	-2.33	0–2	1–0	—	-0.01
1973	20	1534	111.4	—	—	—	—	+59	-5	-17	42.9%	-0.83	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	102.7	+0.34
1974	21	1472	108.1	—	—	—	—	+33	+24	+37	36.7%	-0.92	2–7 (22%)	3–2 (60%)	96.3	+1.22
1975	22	1477	117.5	—	—	—	—	+32	-31	—	33.3%	-1.09	3–4 (43%)	3–3 (50%)	100.4	+0.16
1976	23	1387	101.6	—	—	—	—	—	-5	—	21.4%	-1.39	0–4 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	93.2	+1.22
1977	24	1457	110.8	—	—	—	—	+66	—	—	50.0%	-0.17	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.73
1978	25	1478	120.5	—	—	—	—	—	-37	—	26.7%	-1.47	2–2 (50%)	0–2	—	+0.13
1979	26	1484	121.9	—	—	—	—	+20	-64	—	29.6%	-1.70	0–3 (0%)	1–0	—	-0.86
1980	27	1536	109.7	—	—	—	—	+21	-105	—	52.6%	+0.11	1–0	2–2 (50%)	—	+1.27
1981	28	1522	97.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.11
Career		1558	118.3	—	—	—	—	+40	-23	+14	34.3%	-1.10	12–24 (33%)	15–16 (48%)	97.3	+3.42

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Tenny Svensson Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	20	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1974	21	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1975	22	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1979	26	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	2–7 (22%)

ATP 500

Tenny Svensson ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1975	22	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1976	23	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	25	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

ATP 250

Tenny Svensson ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	FLR	MAD	NAP	NWP	PAR	SOF	STO	STU	VIE	WAS	BEC	BOU	BRE	CAL	CAR	CHI	COL	COP	DAY	DUT	HAM	HEL	LAG	LON	LOS	LOU	NEW	NIC	NOR	EAS	OSL	PAL	QUE	SAL	SAL	SAN	TEL	TEM	U.S	VAL	W-L Win %
1971	18	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1972	19	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–7 (12%)
1973	20	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–7 (42%)
1974	21	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	5–12 (29%)
1975	22	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
1976	23	R64	R32	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	1–10 (9%)
1977	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1978	25	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	4–9 (31%)
1979	26	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	2–8 (20%)
1980	27	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
1981	28	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–9 (10%)	3–3 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	5–9 (36%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	32–73 (30%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

117

Career-high date

Oct 15, 1973

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Tenny Svensson ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	117	142	142
1974	21	—	—	148	149	153	170	138	147	162	—	170	166
1975	22	168	—	182	189	127	136	—	—	—	—	—	131
1976	23	—	—	—	—	—	156	—	—	—	—	—	206
1977	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	207	—	—	—	—	—
1978	25	171	—	—	—	—	—	190	—	—	—	—	200
1979	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	215
1980	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	241
1983	30	831	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Tenny Svensson's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Ramiro Benavides	BOL	#124	1,562	152	44	108	28.9%	$2,159	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Doug Crawford	USA	#117	1,509	68	19	49	27.9%	—	1970–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Rick Fisher	USA	#113	1,589	153	49	104	32.0%	$33	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Farrell	GBR	#120	1,543	60	17	43	28.3%	—	1970–1980	Rivalries	Match log
David Lloyd	GBR	#128	1,554	106	35	71	33.0%	—	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Martin Robinson	GBR	#105	1,581	49	13	36	26.5%	$600	1974–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Emilio Montano	MEX	#99	1,552	68	19	49	27.9%	—	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Guillermo Aubone	ARG	#133	1,546	46	12	34	26.1%	—	1969–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Zan Guerry	USA	#98	1,596	118	41	77	34.7%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Olle Palmer	SWE	#140	1,516	8	2	6	25.0%	—	1973–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Alvaro Betancur	COL	#89	1,600	112	34	78	30.4%	—	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Henry Bunis	USA	#103	1,587	87	28	59	32.2%	—	1969–1978	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Tenny Svensson?: Tenny Svensson is 73 years old, born on September 21, 1952.
Which country does Tenny Svensson represent?: Tenny Svensson represents Sweden in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Tenny Svensson left-handed or right-handed?: Tenny Svensson plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Tenny Svensson won?: Tenny Svensson has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Tenny Svensson won?: TennisDB does not group any of Tenny Svensson's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Tenny Svensson's highest ATP ranking?: Tenny Svensson's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 117, first achieved on October 15, 1973.
What is Tenny Svensson's career win-loss record?: Tenny Svensson has a career ATP singles record of 34 wins and 84 losses (28.8%).
Which seasons of Tenny Svensson's career appear in TennisDB?: Tenny Svensson appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1971 through 1981.
On which surface does Tenny Svensson have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Tenny Svensson's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on carpet: 40.7% (11–16).
Who has Tenny Svensson faced most often?: Tenny Svensson's most frequent opponent is Balazs Taroczy, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.