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Stefan Karlsson

Sweden · Men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's singles · 1973 to 1988

Born 5 November 1955

37
matches
46%
won
2
senior titles
5
finals
World ranking

Not on a world ranking list we hold: the full lists are kept from September 2026 and the weekly top lists from 2013, so a player outside them has none.

Our ratingHow it works
1,508Men's doubles
last rated 1988

Highest 1,555. Men's singles: 1,445. Mixed doubles: 1,532.

Form
2/10won of the last
10 matches
  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. L
  8. L
  9. L
  10. W

Latest: lost to Choi Sang-bum / Lee Gwang-jin, Thomas Cup 1988, group b. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

  • Played
  • Won
  • A title that year
1 '73
'75
'77
'79
1
'81
1
'83
'85
'87
'88
Show the numbers
YearPlayedWonTitles
1988400
1986620
1985860
1984510
1983420
1982321
1981100
1980221
1978100
1976100
1973221
Titles

2 senior titles.

Every final won, newest first. Each opens that edition's draw.

  1. 1982 European Championships Men's doubles, with Thomas Kihlström beat Martin Dew / Mike Tredgett 15–9 15–3
  2. 1980 European Championships Men's doubles, with Claes Nordin beat Bengt Fröman / Thomas Kihlström 18–16 9–15 15–13
Recent matches

The last 20 matches.

Scores read from Stefan Karlsson's side.

Thomas Cup 1988Men's doubles, with Peter Axelsson Group B Choi Sang-bum / Lee Gwang-jin 13–18 15–17 Lost
Group B Max Gandrup / Thomas Lund 12–15 15–17 Lost
Group B Bobby Ertanto / Liem Swie King 4–15 7–15 Lost
European Championships 1988Men's doubles, with Peter Axelsson Semi-final Jan Paulsen / Steen Fladberg 10–15 15–7 10–15 Lost
Thomas Cup 1986Men's doubles, with Thomas Kihlström Group A Steen Fladberg / Jesper Helledie 15–6 15–12 Won
Group A Bobby Ertanto / Liem Swie King 5–15 8–15 Lost
Group A Kim Moon-soo / Park Joo-bong 7–15 10–15 Lost
European Championships 1986Men's doubles, with Thomas Kihlström Final Jesper Helledie / Steen Fladberg 12–15 17–18 Lost
European Championships 1986Mixed doubles, with Maria Bengtsson Semi-final Nigel Tier / Gillian Gowers 11–15 12–15 Lost
European Championships 1986Men's doubles, with Thomas Kihlström Semi-final Mark Christiansen / Michael Kjeldsen 15–8 15–6 Won
World Championships 1985Mixed doubles, with Maria Bengtsson Final Park Joo-bong / Yoo Sang-hee 10–15 15–12 12–15 Lost
Round of 16 Zhang Xinguang / Lao Yujing 12–15 15–4 15–9 Won
Round of 32 Dipak Tailor / Nora Perry 17–16 15–6 Won
World Championships 1985Men's doubles, with Thomas Kihlström Round of 32 Hariamanto Kartono / Liem Swie King 16–18 8–15 Lost
World Championships 1985Mixed doubles, with Maria Bengtsson Round of 64 Leroy D'Sa / Madhumita Bisht 15–5 15–7 Won
World Championships 1985Men's doubles, with Thomas Kihlström Round of 64 Shinji Matsuura / Shuji Matsuno 15–7 15–4 Won
World Championships 1985Mixed doubles, with Maria Bengtsson Round of 128 Alex White / Maxine Evans 15–3 15–9 Won
World Championships 1985Men's doubles, with Thomas Kihlström Round of 128 Alfredo Salazar / Gustavo Salazar 15–1 15–2 Won
Thomas Cup 1984Men's doubles, with Thomas Kihlström Group B He Shangquan / Jiang Guoliang 15–11 9–15 10–15 Lost
Thomas Cup 1984Men's singles Group B Luan Jin 17–15 2–15 3–15 Lost
Partners and rivals

Who with, and who against.

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.

Partners

Rivals