Simon Aspelin

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Simon Aspelin (born May 11, 1974 in Saltsjöbaden) is a professional doubles player (tennis) from Sweden who turned professional in 1998. Aspelin has achieved a career-high singles ranking relevant as of March 23, 2007, of World Number 436 which he reached on August 17, 1998.

A memorable part of Aspelin's career was when he and doubles partner Todd Perry were playing in the 2006 Wimbledon Championships men's doubles quarterfinals as the eighth-seeded doubles team against third-seeded Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor. Knowles and Nestor won the match by winning the final set 23-21.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, seeded tenth with his partner Julian Knowle, Aspelin achieved the greatest triumph of his career by winning the U.S. Open, his first Grand Slam. In the first two rounds, they won over Kubot/Skoch 6–2 6–2 and got a walkover over Calleri/Horna. They went on to upset the eighth seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the third round. In the quarterfinals, they shocked the top seeds Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan 7–5 6–4, having lost to them only weeks before. In the semifinals, they held off unseeded Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 7–6(2) 1–6 6–3, before winning the final 7–5 6–4 over the ninth seeds, Pavel Vizner and Lukas Dlouhy. He had never before reached a Grand Slam semifinal. This win put them into the #5 position in the ATP Doubles Race, and also gave Aspelin his career-high ranking of #13. His Davis cup record is 2–5 in doubles.

Another notable performance in 2007 was the final against Knowles/Nestor in Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, which he lost with Julian Knowle.

1 Career titles
2 Grand Slam men's doubles finals (1)
3 External links and sources

[edit] Career titles

[edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals (1)

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2007	U.S. Open	Julian Knowle	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	7–5, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (0)

[edit] Doubles (10)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (9)

Titles by Surface
Hard (4)
Clay (4)
Grass (1)
Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 7, 2000	Marseille	Hard	Johan Landsberg	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr.	7–6, 6–4
2.	May 19, 2003	St. Pölten	Clay	Massimo Bertolini	Sargis Sargsian Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
3.	July 7, 2003	Båstad	Clay	Massimo Bertolini	Lucas Arnold Mariano Hood	6–7, 6–0, 6–4
4.	January 31, 2005	Delray Beach	Hard	Todd Perry	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	6–3, 6–3
5.	February 14, 2005	Memphis, Tennessee	Hard (i)	Todd Perry	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
6.	October 23, 2006	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Todd Perry	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	6–1, 7–6
7.	May 26, 2007	Pörtschach	Clay	Julian Knowle	Leoš Friedl David Škoch	7–6, 5–7, [10-5]
8.	June 17, 2007	Halle	Grass	Julian Knowle	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 7–6 (5)
9.	July 15, 2007	Båstad	Clay	Julian Knowle	Martin García Sebastián Prieto	6–2, 6–4
10.	September 7, 2007	U.S. Open, New York City	Hard	Julian Knowle	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	7–5, 6–4