Johan Anderson (born 29 September 1971 in
Västerås
Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...
, Sweden) is an Australian former
tennis
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player.
Tennis career
In 1988, Anderson won the
boys' singles title at the
Australian Open
The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ...
. He also partnered
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian broadcaster and former professional tennis player. During his playing career, he formed multiple Grand-Slam winning doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (nicknamed " The Wo ...
to win the Australian Open and Roland Garros junior boys doubles in 1989. However, after playing on the men's professional tennis circuit for a short period, he decided not to pursue a professional tennis career.
Anderson is currently coaching tennis at Sydney tennis academy.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
Doubles: 2 (2–0)
Performance timeline
Singles
References
Sources
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1971 births
Living people
Australian male tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Australian people of Swedish descent
French Open junior champions
Naturalised citizens of Australia
Naturalised tennis players
People from Västerås
Sportsmen from New South Wales
Swedish emigrants to Australia
Tennis players from Sydney
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
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