Magnus Norman

Magnus Norman

Country	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1976-05-30) 30 May 1976 (age 35) Filipstad, Sweden
Height	6'2" (187 cm)
Weight	205 lb (92 kg)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$4,537,247
Singles
Career record	244–177
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 2 (June 12, 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (2000)
French Open	F (2000)
Wimbledon	3R (1997, 1999)
US Open	4R (1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	24–48
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 133 (May 7, 2001)

Magnus Norman (born 30 May 1976 in Filipstad) is a retired Swedish professional tennis player who is best known for being the runner-up at the 2000 French Open and for briefly being ranked World No. 2. He won 12 singles titles, including the 2000 Tennis Masters Series tournament in Rome, Italy.

Norman reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 2 on 12 June 2000. This ranking resulted from his success during the first half of the year: he reached the semifinals of the 2000 Australian Open, won the Rome Masters, beating Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil, and was the runner-up at the French Open, where Kuerten took revenge. His decline began late that year at the Sydney Olympics, when he lost in the third round to Frenchman Arnaud di Pasquale in straight sets (di Pasquale went on to win the bronze medal).

Norman underwent corrective surgery for a heart valve condition in 1998. He retired due to hip and knee injuries in 2004. Magnus is the former coach of Thomas Johansson and Robin Söderling. He is now running his own tennis academy called the Good to Great Tennis Academy.

Growing up he also played bandy. His brother Marcus is the Secretary General of the Swedish Bandy Association.[1]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2000	French Open	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(6)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2000	Rome	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Career finals

Singles: 18 (12–6)

Wins (12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	13 July 1997	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Juan Antonio Marín	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	19 October 1997	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Karol Kučera	2–6, retired
Runner-up	2.	27 July 1998	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	3-6, 6-7(0)
Winner	2.	9 August 1998	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Richard Fromberg	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	25 April 1999	Orlando, USA	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	6–0, 6–3
Winner	4.	25 July 1999	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Tommy Haas	6–7(6–8), 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–0, 6–3
Winner	5.	1 August 1999	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Jeff Tarango	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	29 August 1999	Long Island, USA	Hard	Àlex Corretja	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	10 October 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	Marcelo Ríos	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	8.	16 January 2000	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Michael Chang	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	9.	14 May 2000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	11 June 2000	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	2–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	10.	16 July 2000	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Andreas Vinciguerra	6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	11.	27 August 2000	Long Island, USA	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	12.	22 October 2000	Shanghai, China	Hard	Sjeng Schalken	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	14 January 2001	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	11 March 2001	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Francisco Clavet	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	6 October 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	6–7(6–8), 3–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Runner-ups (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	5 January 1997	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Patrik Fredriksson	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament.

LQ = lost in the qualifying draw.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

External links

• Magnus Norman at the Association of Tennis Professionals