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Swedish tennis hottie Joachim Johansson has been nicknamed 'Pim Pim' which is a popular Swedish candy. No wonder! Due to a shoulder injury had no other option than to retire from tennis in 2008. Joachim turns 32 today.
Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semi-finals of the 2004 US Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9.
Johansson was born in Lund and currently lives in Södertälje, Sweden. His father, Leif Johansson, was also a tennis player and represented Sweden in the Davis Cup in the 1970s. He goes by the nickname "Pim Pim", which he has been called since he was a newborn. His elder brother pronounced Joachim as "Joapim" which later became "Pim Pim". In 2005, Swedish hurdler Jenny Kallur became his girlfriend but in August 2008 they separated. Lleyton Hewitt's sister, Jaslyn Hewitt, was his girlfriend for five years from 2000 to 2005. Since April 2009 he is engaged to Johanna Westerberg, a Swedish professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour, and they are expecting their first child.
He is not related to fellow Swedish tennis player Thomas Johansson.
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He held the record for most aces served in one match as he aced Andre Agassi 51 times in the 4th round of the 2005 Australian Open (though he still lost the match in four sets). In the post-match press conference, Johansson said he felt he could have served better. Ivo Karlović equalled the record on 21 June 2005 at Wimbledon against Daniele Bracciali, and at the 2009 French Open, Karlovic broke the record with 55 aces against Lleyton Hewitt in the first round but lost in 5 sets. Johansson still has a record – most aces served in 4-set match (51).
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