9 Vitas Gerulaitis. His other notable achievements of 1982 were two quarterfinals in Guaruja and in Toulouse. In February 1983, Simonsson reached the semifinals in Caracas and in the same month, he reached the quarterfinals at the Cairo Challenger. During the first three weeks of May, he made three semifinals, first at the Parioli Challenger, thereafter at Florence and at the Italian Open in Rome. After his performance during May, he broke into the top 50 in the world rankings for the first time. Simonsson played in two quarter-finals in 1983 at Båstad and Bordeaux. At the Bordeaux Open he was successful in the doubles and won his first Grand Prix title with fellow Swede Magnus Tideman. In November and alongside Stanislav Birner, he played in his second doubles final at Ferrara, and the following week, he and Jan Gunnarsson reached the semifinals in Toulouse. 1984–1986 The 1984 season was less successful, with only one quarterfinal at Florence during May. In doubles, he made three semifinals: in Metz and Cologne, with Hjertquist and in Palermo with Ronnie Bathman. In July 1985, Simonsson teamed with his brother and reached the semifinals at Båstad, and they won the doubles title in Hilversum, his second Grand Prix doubles title. Simonsson had one doubles semifinal at Florence with Mike De Palmer. In singles, he made one quarterfinal at Båstad. In 1986, Simonsson reached one quarterfinal on the Challenger Tour at Marrakesh, and he played his last singles match at Kitzbühel, losing in the first round. Grand Prix career finals Singles: 1 (1 loss) Doubles: 3 (2 wins, 1 loss) Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Challenger titles Singles: (1) Doubles: (1) See also List of Sweden Davis Cup team representatives References External links Swedish male tennis players 1960 births Living people