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Thomas Johansson (b. March 24, 1975, in Linkoping,
Sweden) is a professional tennis player. He joined
the pro tour for the first time in 1994 and has
won 8 top-level singles titles, including the 2002
Australian Open Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam
championship, which he unexpectedly won (on his
25th attempt at winning a Grand Slam title) after
defeating his heavily favored opponent, Marat
Safin, in four sets, 3-6 6-4 6-4 7-6. Safin later
admitted to being extremely nervous and tense
during the final, which may have contributed to
his loss. Johansson became the first Swedish man
to win a Slam since Stefan Edberg won the 1992 US
Open (tennis)|U.S. Open title, and the first Swede
to claim the Australian since Mats Wilander in
1988.

Johansson would later reach his career high
ranking of World No. 7 in June of 2002.

A knee injury robbed Johansson of the latter half
of the 2002 season and nearly all of 2003, and
Johansson was therefore unable to compete on the
tour full-time until 2004. In 2005, he became the
first Swedish player to reach the semifinals at
Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon since Stefan
Edberg in 1993, losing to Andy Roddick in a
tightly contested four set match, 7-6 2-6 6-7 6-7.

He has no relation to Joachim Johansson, another
Swedish tennis player.

==Titles (8)==

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|Legend (Singles)
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| Grand Slam (1)
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| Tennis Masters Cup (0)
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| ATP Masters Series (1)
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| ATP Tour (6)
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===Singles (8)===

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|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponent in the final
|Score
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| 1.
| Mar 10, 1997
| Copenhagen, Denmark
| Carpet
| Martin Damm (Czech Republic)
| 6-4 3-6 6-2
|-
| 2.
| Mar 17, 1997
| St. Petersburg, Russia
| Carpet
| Renzo Furlan (Italy)
| 6-3 6-4
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9" 
| 3.
| Aug 02, 1999             
| Montreal, Canada
| Hard
| Marat Safin (Russia) 
| 1-6 6-3 6-3
|-
| 4.
| Nov 20, 2000
| Stockholm, Sweden
| Hard
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia))
| 6-2 6-4 6-4
|-
| 5.
| Jun 11, 2001
| Halle, Germany
| Grass
| Fabrice Santoro (France) 
| 6-3 6-7 6-2
|-
| 6.
| Jun 18, 2001
| Nottingham, Great Britain
| Grass
| Harel Levy (Israel)
| 7-5 6-3
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" 
| 7.
| Jan 14, 2002
| Australian Open
| Hard
| Marat Safin (Russia)
| 3-6 6-4 6-4 7-6
|-
| 8.
| Jul 21, 2004
| Stockholm, Sweden
| Hard
| Andre Agassi (USA)
| 3-6 6-3 7-6
|}

===Singles Finalist (3)===
*1998: Rotterdam (lost to Jan Siemerink) 
*1998: Stockholm (lost to Todd Martin)
*2004: Nottingham (lost to Paradorn Srichaphan)