Jonas Lars Björkman (born March 23, 1972, Alvesta,
Sweden) is a Swedish professional male tennis player
and former World No. 4 in singles and World No. 1 in
doubles. He is as of the 2008 Season the oldest
player in the ATP Top 100 (singles), a status he has
held continuously for over a year now since Dick
Norman last dropped out of the Top 100 on November
20, 2006.
The son of tennis coach and mailman Lars Björkman,
Jonas began playing tennis at the age of six.[1] At
18, he won the Swedish Junior Championship and was
among the top 5 junior Swede players. He married
Petra on December 2, 2000 in Stockholm and has a
son, Max (born January 15, 2003). He plays
right-handed and has a particularly good record
against left-handed players. He claims it's because
his father plays left-handed.
