Johanna Larsson

Larsson has won two singles and fourteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are No. 45 in singles, achieved in September 2016, and No. 20 in doubles, set on 30 October 2017.

In 2017, Larsson qualified for the WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time with her partner Kiki Bertens reaching the final upsetting fourth seeds Barty and Dellacqua and second seeds Vesnina and Makarova. They lost in the final against Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková.

Johanna began the year with a second-round finish in Auckland, losing to 2nd seed Ana Ivanovic. Despite a competitive opening set she lost in the first round of Australian Open to Victoria Azarenka. Larsson had her best ever indoor result in a WTA event when she qualified and made the second round in Paris. Two first-round losses occurred in Rio and Florianpolis. Her drop in ranking meant she played qualifying in both Indian Wells & Miami; she failed to qualify in either event. She made a quarterfinal appearance at the ITF event in Osprey, and took her 16th ITF doubles title with Kiki Bertens at the ITF event in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

Larsson won her first WTA singles title at the 2015 Swedish Open.

Larsson broke her cycle of losing in all three opening events of the season with a quarterfinal appearance in Auckland, beating Julia Görges in the second round. Larsson lost in the opening Grand Slam of the season to Jelena Janković. She lost in two consecutive first rounds in Memphis and Acapulco. A third-round appearance in Indian Wells was recorded after Larsson took out 24th-ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round. Johanna struggled in the lead-up to the French Open but made the quarterfinals in Strasbourg once again. She lost to Sorana Cîrstea in the second round of the French Open. After the French Open, Larsson struggled once again; she went on to exit Wimbledon in the first round. A major improvement in form saw Larsson beat Mathilde Johansson in Båstad, to reach her second final there. Larsson made it to the final of the women's singles at the Swedish Open where she lost to 1st seed Serena Williams in straight sets, 4–6, 1–6. In the lead-up to the US Open, she lost in qualifying in three U.S. hardcourt events. She lost in the second round of the US Open for the second year in a row. In the WTA event in Ningbo, Johanna made the semifinals losing to Bojana Jovanovski. She ended the year with a loss to country-woman Sofia Arvidsson at the ITF event in Poitiers.

2011 was another top-100 season for Johanna. She began the year with three consecutive losses in Auckland, Hobart and at the Australian Open. A step down to ITF level saw Larsson lose in the second round in a $25k event in Stockholm before an improvement in form saw her make it to the semifinals of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel. Johanna had a victory over Li Na in the second round in Miami, before losing to Alexandra Dulgheru. In the lead up to the French Open, she made a semi-final appearance in Estoril losing to Kristina Barrois. She defeated former French Open Champion Ana Ivanovic in three sets at the French Open, but lost in the second round to Ekaterina Makarova.

In a repeat of 2011, Johanna lost in the first round of her opening three events. Johanna posted a 3–6 win-loss record between (and including) the tournaments of Memphis and Estoril. Her first quarterfinal of the year occurred in Strasbourg where she lost to Francesca Schiavone. A second quarterfinal was recorded two tournaments later, this time in Bad Gastein. Following a disappointing Wimbledon first-round exit Johanna took a wild card into a $100k event. She defeated the fourth, sixth & third seeds en route to taking the title. Larsson then reached the semifinals of Sony Swedish Open in Båstad, losing to Mathilde Johansson. In the run up to the US Open, In Cincinnati Johanna recorded a win over Marion Bartoli (ranked 11 at the time) before losing to Li Na. In the final Grand Slam of the year she faced Dominika Cibulková, despite taking the first set on a tie-break she went on to lose in three sets. She ended the year playing mostly qualifying in WTA events in Asia.

2010 would be Johanna's first top-100 season she started the year playing two $25k events in the United States; in the first tournament in Plantation, Larsson made the final knocking out top seed Maret Ani en route. Larsson was beaten in the final by Ajla Tomljanović. In the second event in Lutz, Larsson made the quarterfinals where she was defeated by Mariana Duque. Larsson stayed unbeaten in singles and doubles throughout the four ties she played in Fed Cup, Sweden won promotion to the World Group II playoffs. Unseeded at the $50k tournament in Biberach, Larsson was the winner. Larsson captured her tenth ITF singles title in Clearwater, Florida.

Larsson began the year at the Australian Open, where she lost in the first qualifying round. She was included in the 2009 Swedish Fed Cup team, along with Sofia Arvidsson, Sandra Roma and Ellen Allgurin. Larsson recorded a 3–1 singles win-loss record (including a win over top-70 player Monica Niculescu), and a 2–1 doubles win-loss ratio. After the Fed Cup, Larsson travelled to South America to play qualifying in two WTA events. In Bogotá, Larsson had three wins in qualifying taking her into the main draw where she lost to Carla Suárez Navarro. In her next tournament in Acapulco, Larsson was forced to retire with a knee injury while trailing top seed Ágnes Szávay one set down. A series of $25k clay tournaments saw Larsson reach two finals, a semi- and a quarterfinal. Larsson took the singles and doubles titles at the $50k event in Barnstaple, her best singles result in her career so far. Johanna then took another singles title at the $25k event in Glasgow, the following week Johanna made the final in Istanbul before losing to Maret Ani.

2008 was Johanna Larsson's breakthrough year, winning two $25k events in Stockholm and in Sutton. She also made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open where she made the second qualifying round. Larsson went on to make the second qualifying round at Wimbledon and the US Open final qualifying round. In September, Larsson also captured the $75k Shrewsbury doubles event. Larsson ended the season playing Swedish team tennis for Helsingborg alongside Sofia Arvidsson.

Larsson began playing international tennis on the ITF junior circuit, with a career-high junior world ranking at No. 79 in September 2006. During the Fed Cup in 2005 she made a significant career achievement when defeating Anna Kremer. Larsson went on to defeat Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Joanna Sakowicz. She was awarded a wild card for a WTA event In Stockholm, beating Kristina Barrois in three sets before losing to Swedish No. 1, Sofia Arvidsson in a close match. Towards the end of 2006, Larsson suffered an injured hamstring, made a came back in early 2007, and played mainly in the USA. She won the $10,000 Falkenberg title in back to back seasons. Larsson returned to Fed Cup in 2007, losing to Maša Zec Peškirič and beating Vojislava Lukić and Naomi Cavaday, both ranked in the top 300, giving Sweden 9th place.

Larsson made her debut for the Sweden Fed Cup team in 2005, accumulating an overall win-loss record of 50–30.

Johanna Larsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈlɑ̌ːʂɔn] ; born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish former tennis player.