Stefan Edberg

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Stefan Edberg
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Country: Sweden
Residence: Vaxjo, SWE
Height: 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight: 77 kg (170 lb)
Plays: Right
Turned pro: 1983
Retired: 1996
Highest singles ranking: 1 (Aug 13th, 1990)
Singles titles: 42
Career Prize Money: US$20,630,941
Grand Slam Record
Titles: 6
Australian Open W ('85, '87)
French Open F (1989)
Wimbledon W ('88, '90)
US Open W ('91, '92)

Stefan Bengt Edberg (born January 19, 1966 in Västervik, Sweden) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles play) from Sweden. During his career, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles. Edberg is well known as one of the best serve and volley players of all time, for his superb volleying skills, and as a gentleman and ambassador for the sport.

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Career

Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a brilliant junior player. He won all four of the Grand Slam junior titles in 1983.

As a professional, Edberg won his first career doubles title in Basel in 1983, and his first top-level singles title at Milan in 1984.

Edberg's first two Grand Slam singles titles came at the Australian Open. In 1985, he defeated Mats Wilander in straight sets to claim his first major title. Two years later, in 1987 he beat Pat Cash in a memorable five-set final to win the last Australian Open to be held on grass courts. Edberg also won the Australian Open and US Open men's doubles titles in 1987 (partnering fellow-Swede Anders Järryd).

In 1988, Edberg reached the first of three consecutive finals at Wimbledon. In all three finals he played against Boris Becker in what is remembered as one of Wimbledon's great rivalries. Edberg won their first encounter in a four-set match spread over three days because of rain delays. A year later, in 1989, Becker won in straight sets. The best of their matches came in the 1990 final, when Edberg won an epic five-set encounter.

Edberg claimed the World No. 1 ranking in August 1990 by winning the Cincinnati Masters. He held it for the rest of that year, and for much of 1991 and 1992.

Edberg's final two Grand Slam singles triumphs came at the US Open, with wins over Jim Courier in 1991 final, and Pete Sampras in the 1992 final.

In 1996, Edberg won his third Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open with Petr Korda. The only Grand Slam singles title Edberg never won was the French Open. He reached the French Open final in 1989, but lost in five sets to Michael Chang in a match best remembered for making the 17-year old Chang the youngest ever male winner of a Grand Slam singles title. Generally Edberg was most comfortable playing tennis on fast-playing surfaces. Of his six Grand Slam singles titles, three were won on grass courts at the Australian Open (1985) and Wimbledon (1988, 1990), and three were won on hardcourts at the Australian Open (1987) and the US Open (1991, 1992).

Edberg also played on four Swedish Davis Cup winning teams in 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1994. He appeared in seven Davis Cup finals—a record for a Swedish player.

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Men's Tennis
Bronze 1988 Singles
Bronze 1988 Doubles

Edberg was also a member of the Swedish teams which won the World Team Cup in 1988, 1991 and 1995.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where tennis was a demonstration sport, Edberg won the men's singles Gold Medal. Four years later, at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, tennis became a full medal sport and Edberg won Bronze Medals in both the men's singles and the men's doubles for Sweden.

During his career, Edberg won a total 42 top-level singles titles and 18 doubles titles, and appeared in a record 54 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. He was ranked the World No. 1 for a total of 72 weeks. Edberg was also a five-time recipient of the ATP's Sportsmanship Award (1988-90, 92 and 95). In recognition of this achievement, the ATP renamed the award the "Edberg Sportsmanship Award" in 1996. In 2004, Edberg was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

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Grand Slam singles finals

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Wins (6)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1985 Australian Open Mats Wilander 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1987 Australian Open Pat Cash 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3
1988 Wimbledon Boris Becker 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2
1990 Wimbledon Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4
1991 US Open Jim Courier 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
1992 US Open Pete Sampras 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2
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Runner-ups (5)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1989 French Open Michael Chang 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1989 Wimbledon Boris Becker 6-0, 7-6, 6-4
1990 Australian Open Ivan Lendl 4-6, 7-6, 5-2 (retired)
1992 Australian Open Jim Courier 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1993 Australian Open Jim Courier 6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
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Singles Titles (42)

  • 1984
    • Milan, Los Angeles Olympics (demonstration sport)
  • 1985
    • Memphis, San Francisco, Basel, Australian Open (Grass)
  • 1986
    • Gstaad, Basel, Stockholm
  • 1987
    • Australian Open (Hard), Memphis, Rotterdam, Tokyo Outdoor, Cincinnati, Tokyo Indoor, Stockholm
  • 1988
    • Rotterdam, Wimbledon, Basel
  • 1993
    • Madrid
  • 1995
    • Doha
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Performance timeline

Tournament 19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996 Career
Australian Open 2r QF W - W SF QF F SF F F SF 4r 2r 2
French Open - 2r QF 2r 2r 4r F 1r QF 3r QF 1r 2r 4r 0
Wimbledon 2r 2r 4r 3r SF W F W SF QF SF 2r 2r 2r 2
U.S. Open 1r 2r 4r SF SF 4r 4r 1r W W 2r 3r 3r QF 2
Indian Wells Masters - - - - - - - W SF - 2r SF SF 2r 1
Miami Masters - - - - - - - F SF 3r QF QF 2r 4r 0
Monte Carlo Masters - - - - - - - 3r 2r - SF SF 1r 2r 0
Rome Masters - - - - - - - - - - - - QF QF 0
Hamburg Masters - - - - - - - - QF W 3r 2r - - 1
Canada Masters - - - - - - - - - - - - 2r - 0
Cincinnati Masters - - - - - - - W QF SF F F 1r 2r 1
Stuttgart Masters - - - - - - - F ? SF QF ? 2r 2r ?
Paris Masters - - - - - - - W 3r QF SF 2r - QF 1
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See also

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