Top 8 Swedish tennis players of all time

#6 Jonas Bjorkman

Jonas Bjorkman with Bjorn Borg

When you hear the name Jonas Bjorkman, you tend to think of a successful doubles player. That may be true, but what many people don't know is that Jonas Bjorkman was an accomplished singles player before transitioning to doubles.

Bjorkman was ranked a career-high World Number 4 in November 1997. At the US Open of that year, he made the semi-finals after defeating the likes of Gustavo Kuerten and Petr Korda.

Bjorkman won 6 ATP singles titles overall. He was a member of Sweden's Davis Cup championship teams in 1994, 1997 and 1998.

Remarkably, at the age of 34, nine years after his first Grand Slam semifinal appearance, Bjorkman made the semis at the All England Club in 2006. He thus became the oldest man since Jimmy Connors at the time to make the semis of a Major.

In doubles, Bjorkman completed a Career Slam, with nine Grand Slam doubles titles and 54 titles overall.