Jon Persson

Career

Jon Persson competed at the 2008 European Table Tennis Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia. He partnered with Robert Svensson in the men’s doubles against Apolonia Tiago and Freitas Marcos of Portugal to reach the semifinals and win a bronze medal.

The duo had defeated Salifou Abdel-Kader and Christophe Legoût of France 3-1 in the round of 32 and Tomas Konecny Lubomír Jančařík of Czech 3-0 in the round of 16. During the quarterfinal stage, Persson and Svensson defeated Adrian Crisan and Andrei Filimon of Romania 4-0. They advanced to the semifinals, losing 4-0 to Trinko Keen of the Netherlands and Werner Schlager from Austria.

During the 2014 European Team Table Tennis Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal, Persson won a bronze medal in the men’s team category alongside Kristian Karlsson, Pär Gerell, Harald Andersson, and Jens Lundqvist. The tournament employed a Group system and then a knockout competition. It featured a Challenge Division comprising 16 teams, and a Championship Division comprising 16 teams, with the remaining teams in the Standard Division. After the final results, the winning Challenge division team and the top 14 Championship Division teams earned direct qualification for the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Germany was the defending champion, with Greece coming second in the previous edition of table tennis held in Austria in 2013.

In the Group C stage match against Poland, Jon Persson beat Robert Floras 12-10, 11-4, 11-7, Kristian Karlsson defeated Daniel Gorak 8-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-7, and Par Gerell overcame Wang Zengyi 11-9, 12-10, 11-5. Sweden was the runner-up in Group C, and they advanced to the quarterfinal, where they defeated the Spanish team 3-1 before losing to Portugal in the semifinal, which won gold in the men’s team event.

Jon Persson partnered with Par Gerell and won 3-0 against Yaroslav Zhmudenko and Ivan Katkov of Ukraine in the first round of the men’s team at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the quarterfinals, Persson was beaten 3-1 by Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany.

Persson competed at the 2017 ITTF European Table Tennis Team Championships. He won 3-0 against Luka Mladenovic of Luxembourg in the Group C category and 3-0 against Levgen Pryshchepa of Ukraine in the quarterfinal of the men’s team category. He defeated Frane Kojic of Croatia 3-0 and finished in the 5th position.

Jon Persson, Truls Möregard, and Mattias Falck recorded a 3-1 against Hungary in the men’s team event at the Liebherr 2019 ITTF European Table Tennis Championships held in Nates, France,

Jon Persson competed against Anton Kallberg in the men’s single-event final at the Swedish National Table Tennis Championships 2020.

At the 2021 European Team Table Tennis Championship that took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Persson and teammates Truls Möregårdh, Mattias Falck, and Anton Källberg won a bronze medal in the men’s team event. Sweden had been a 14-time champion in the men’s team before losing to Russia in the semifinals. Lev Katsman beat Truls Moregard 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, Jon Persson lost to Vladimir Sidorenko 9-11, 11-1, 12-10, 6-11, 13-11 and Maksim Grebnev defeated Anton Kallberg 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 to cruise to the semifinal.

Jon Person competed in the men’s singles category and won 4-0 against Nandor Ecseki of Hungary in round one of the last 64. He defeated Tiago Apolonia of Portugal 4-1 in the second round of the last 32 and Robert Gardos of Austria 4-1 in round three of the last 16. He advanced to the quarterfinals, where he lost 0-4 to compatriot Mattias Falck of Sweden.

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At the European Table Tennis Championships 2022 in Munich, Germany, Persson competed as the number 16 seed in the men’s singles. Jon Persson participated in the men’s doubles event with Anton Kallberg and won a bronze medal. He defeated Sam Walker of England 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7 in the round of 64 and made it to 32 in the men’s singles at the tournament.

Honors and Achievements

Besides Jon Persson's table tennis ranking among the top players in the world, he has had numerous wins in the men’s singles over stronger opponents such as Daniel Habesohn of Austria, Cedric Nuytinck of Belgium, Walther Ricardo of Germany and Emmanuel Lebesson of France.

Medal Records

Jon Persson won a bronze medal in the men’s team event at the 2014 European Team Table Tennis Championships. He also won the men’s singles title at the 2016 Swedish National Table Tennis Championships.

Persson won a bronze medal with Robert Svensson in the men’s doubles at the 2008 European Table Tennis Championships and with Anton Kallberg at the 2022 European Table Tennis Championships. He also became a bronze medalist in the men’s team at the 2021 European Team Table Tennis Championship.

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Playing Style

Jon Persson is an attacking player who uses a powerful backhand technique. With this playing style, you need to lower your shoulders to generate enough force for a backhand topspin since the major force comes from your shoulders and elbow. Also, you should hit forwards and not upwards to maintain the consistency and power of your shots. Your wrist should remain straight at the point of contact.

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