| Country |  Sweden |
|---|---|
| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Born | 30 May 1976 Filipstad, Sweden |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14.1 st) |
| Turned pro | 1995 |
| Retired | 2004 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| 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) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (2000) |
| Olympic Games | 3R (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 was runner-up at the 2000 French Open and ranked briefly as world no. 2. He won 12 singles titles, including the 2000 Tennis Masters Series tournament in Rome, Italy. He is now running his own tennis academy called the Good to Great Tennis Academy.
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Tennis career[edit]
Juniors[edit]
As a junior Norman posted a singles win/loss record of 46-24.
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: 2R (1994)
French Open: QF (1994)
Wimbledon: 1R (1993)
US Open: QF (1994)
Pro tour[edit]
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. In the same year he had a key role in Swede's Davis Cup victory. He retired due to hip and knee injuries in 2004.
After tennis[edit]
Magnus has coached such players as Thomas Johansson and Robin Söderling. He is currently teamed with Mikael Tillström, another Swedish tennis player based in Monte Carlo, in the Good to Great Tennis Academy, which counts among its students Swiss no. 2 Stanislas Wawrinka and rising Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov.
Personal life[edit]
Growing up he also played bandy. His brother Marcus is the Secretary General of the Swedish Bandy Association.[1]
Major finals[edit]
Grand Slam finals[edit]
Singles: 1 (0–1)[edit]
| 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[edit]
Singles: 1 (1–0)[edit]
| 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[edit]
Singles: 18 (12–6)[edit]
- Wins (12)
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| 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 ret. |
| 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)[edit]
- 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[edit]
| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Career SR | Career win-loss |
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| Australian Open | A | LQ | LQ | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | 4R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 9–6 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 12–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 5–4 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 4R | 4R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 8–6 |
| Grand Slam SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 24 | N/A |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 7–4 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 15–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | N/A | 34–24 |
| Tennis Masters Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | RR | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–3 |
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | QF | 1R | A | LQ | 0 / 3 | 4–3 |
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | A | LQ | 0 / 4 | 3–4 |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | 2R | A | W | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1 / 5 | 7–4 |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) | 1R | A | LQ | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | A | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 |
| Total Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 12 |
| Hardcourt Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 22–10 | 39–16 | 19–12 | 7–10 | 5–7 | N/A | 113–84 |
| Grass Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | N/A | 7–8 |
| Carpet Win-Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 11–7 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | N/A | 15–14 |
| Clay Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 7–4 | 20–7 | 17–13 | 20–8 | 27–7 | 5–9 | 5–9 | 5–12 | N/A | 109–71 |
| Overall Win-Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 13–10 | 42–26 | 28–31 | 44–22 | 67–25 | 25–22 | 12–19 | 10–19 | N/A | 244–177 |
| Year End Ranking | 690 | 588 | 1003 | 170 | 86 | 22 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 49 | 107 | 125 | N/A | N/A |
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.
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