The match went for 3 hours and 50 minutes. In his next match, against Onny Parun, he had to retire hurt in the second set. He made the quarter-finals in the men"s doubles at the 1975 United States Open, with Armistead Neely.
In the 1978 competition he represented the Sweden team in three ties.
Svensson played a 77-game opening round match against American John Andrews at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships, which he won 18–16 in the fifth set. Also in 1975, Svensson had a win over Björn Borg in a WCT tournament in Stockholm. This included the Europe Zone final against Hungary, which Sweden won. He won the Scandinavian Indoor Championships in 1979.
