Jan Gunnarsson

Jan Gunnarsson (; born 30 May 1962) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one singles title in Vienna in 1985 (beating Libor Pimek in the final) and nine doubles titles on the world tour during his professional career. In 1989 he reached the semi-finals of Australian Open where he lost in straight sets to Miloslav Mečíř.

Along with Michael Mortensen he won the longest tie-break in tennis history at Wimbledon in 1985. The Swedish/Danish duo defeated John Frawley and Víctor Pecci in the first round.

The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 25 in December 1985.

Summer 2012 Olympics controversy

Gunnarsson was an expert commentator for the Summer 2012 Olympic Games. His position on Swedish television became controversial after he made xenophobic comments in response to negative comments made by the Swedish Culture and Sports Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth about financial support for future Swedish applications for major championships. On his Facebook page, Gunnarsson posted the comment, "There's not enough money when the state is paying welfare for 27,000 Somalis." His comment was criticized by SVT's sports editor Per Yng, and he removed the comment shortly after.

Career finals

Singles (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1984 Lorraine Open|Template:Dts]]	Metz, France	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ramesh Krishnan	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Nov 1985	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Oct 1986	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 1987	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř	0–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	May 1991	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Paolo Canè	7–5, 3–6, 5–7

Doubles (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1982	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Mark Dickson	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win	2–0	Mar 1983	Nancy, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Acuña Template:Flagicon Belus Prajoux	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–1	May 1983	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mike Leach	Template:Flagicon Francisco González Template:Flagicon Víctor Pecci	2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Apr 1984	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	Template:Flagicon Hans Gildemeister Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez	6–1, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Apr 1984	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mats Wilander	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 1–6
Win	4–2	Jul 1984	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	Template:Flagicon Juan Avendaño Template:Flagicon Fernando Roese	6–0, 6–0
Loss	4–3	Oct 1984	Cologne, West Germany	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	1–6, 3–6
Loss	4–4	Nov 1984	Treviso, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–4	Nov 1984	Toulouse, France	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–5	Sep 1985	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–6	Oct 1985	Cologne, West Germany	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	Template:Flagicon Alex Antonitsch Template:Flagicon Michiel Schapers	4–6, 5–7
Loss	5–7	Apr 1986	Cologne, West Germany	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	Template:Flagicon Kelly Evernden Template:Flagicon Chip Hooper	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	6–7	Sep 1986	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström	Template:Flagicon Carlos di Laura Template:Flagicon Claudio Panatta	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–8	Oct 1986	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	6–7, 4–6
Win	7–8	Jul 1987	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Loïc Courteau Template:Flagicon Guy Forget	7–6, 6–2
Loss	7–9	Feb 1989	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Magnus Gustafsson	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř Template:Flagicon Milan Šrejber	6–7, 0–6
Win	8–9	Oct 1989	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon Kelly Evernden	6–2, 6–3
Loss	8–10	Jul 1990	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Udo Riglewski	Template:Flagicon Rikard Bergh Template:Flagicon Ronnie Båthman	1–6, 4–6
Win	9–10	Apr 1991	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rikard Bergh	Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Flégl Template:Flagicon Nicklas Utgren	6–4, 4–6, 6–3

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