Ville Jansson (born 10 April 1965) is a former professional

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player from Sweden.

Biography

Born in Timrå, Jansson grew up in the town of

Värnamo Värnamo (), historically known as Wernamo, is a town in Jönköping County in the south of Sweden. It is situated on the river Lagan (Sweden), Lagan just north of the lake Vidöstern. It is the seat of Värnamo Municipality and has 19,822 inhab ...

. Prior to touring professionally he played collegiate tennis for

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. He earned

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n honours in 1986 and graduated in 1988. From 1989 he joined the professional circuit, where he competed for two years. He beat Chris Pridham to win a Challenger tournament in Coquitlam in 1989, in addition to three Challenger titles he won in doubles. In 1990 he appeared in the main draw of the men's doubles at the

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and

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. Since retiring he has lived mostly in Texas. In 2017 he became the Director of Sports at Lost Creek Country Club in

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Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (3)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jansson, Ville 1965 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Sportspeople from Värnamo Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's tennis players Swedish expatriate tennis players in the United States Swedish emigrants to the United States 20th-century Swedish sportsmen