Stefan Edberg
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Stefan Edberg 2009 in Paris | |||||||||||||
Nation: | Sweden | ||||||||||||
Birthday: | January 19, 1966 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 188 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 77 kg | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 1983 | ||||||||||||
Resignation: | 1996 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Right, one-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 20,630,941 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 806: 270 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 41 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 1 (August 13, 1990) | ||||||||||||
Weeks as No. 1: | 72 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 283: 153 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 18th | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 1 (June 9 1986) | ||||||||||||
Weeks as No. 1: | 15th | ||||||||||||
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Jan Stefan Edberg (born January 19, 1966 in Västervik ) is a former Swedish tennis player . He won a total of 41 individual titles, including six in Grand Slam tournaments , and led the ATP world rankings for a long time in the early 1990s . From January 2014 to December 2015 he was next to Severin Lüthi coach of the 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer .
Career
Until 1983: Great success as a young player
Stefan Edberg started playing tennis at the age of seven. At the age of 14 he became European Junior Champion in singles and doubles. At 16, he left school to become a professional tennis player. In 1982 Edberg was again European champion in the individual, this time in the U-16 category. In the same year, the Swede won the most important junior tournament in the world, the Orange Bowl . In 1983 Edberg managed the Grand Slam as a junior ; to this day he is the only tennis player who has succeeded in this. He first won the French Open ; then he won at Wimbledon , where he defeated Boris Becker in the first round . At the junior tournament of the US Open there was a tragic accident; a hard serve by Edberg hit a linesman unlucky in the abdomen. The man fell from his chair and fractured his skull on the hard court, which resulted in his death. Edberg coped with this incident, won the US Open and then the Australian Open , making the Grand Slam perfect. 15 months later he was already in the top ten of the professionals.
First professional season 1984: Davis Cup victory and Olympic gold
1984 Edberg u. a. the demonstration competition at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles . He celebrated his first major professional successes in doubles alongside Anders Järryd . At the US Open , the two Swedes defeated John McEnroe and Peter Fleming in the semi-finals , but then failed in the final. In the Davis Cup final in 1984 Edberg and Järryd won again against McEnroe / Fleming and thus secured Sweden the Davis Cup .
1985: First Grand Slam as a professional and another victory in the Davis Cup
In 1985 Edberg won his first Grand Slam tournament win among the professionals when he won the Australian Open . Outstanding was his victory in the round of 16 over local hero Wally Masur , who was already leading 2-0 by sets and had two match points in the third set. In the semifinals, the then 19-year-old Edberg prevailed against Ivan Lendl in five sets . To this day, the game is considered one of the best in tennis history. Edberg won the fifth set 9: 7. In the final, he didn't give his compatriot Mats Wilander a chance. Two weeks later Edberg won the Davis Cup again with the Swedish team . This time the northerners triumphed over Germany in the final . Edberg won the all-important fifth game against Michael Westphal in four sets. This made him the youngest player to win a crucial fifth game in a Davis Cup final.
1986: Number 1 in the double world rankings
Three weeks later, in January 1986, Edberg won the Masters in doubles with Anders Järryd. 1986 Edberg reached the semifinals in 15 of 20 tournaments. He celebrated three tournament wins in singles and four in doubles. On June 9, 1986 he was number 1 in the double world rankings for the first time. He had previously reached the double finals with Järryd at the French Open , but the two lost it at 12:14 in the fifth set. At the end of the year Edberg and Järryd repeated their triumph at the Masters.
1987: Fight for the top of the world against Ivan Lendl and end of the double era with Järryd
1987 started by winning the Australian Open . In the final, he defeated the later Wimbledon winner Pat Cash . In addition to the single title, Edberg also won the doubles competition with Järryd. The tournament was last played on grass in Kooyong. By the start of the clay court season, Edberg had a match balance of 30: 3, he won three titles and was in the final of another tournament. In 1987 Edberg won a total of seven tournaments in singles and six in doubles. In the course of the year, an exciting duel for the top of the world rankings developed, which Ivan Lendl narrowly won despite victories at the French Open and the US Open and a participation in the finals at Wimbledon . An injury during the clay court season cost Edberg first place in the world rankings. He failed in Wimbledon and at the US Open just barely in the semifinals. In doubles, however, he had another Grand Slam title follow with Järryd; they won the competition at the US Open. Edberg and Järryd were later named Doubles Team of the Year. In December 1987, however, Edberg ended his successful double partnership with Järryd. The trigger for this was that the organizers did not take Edberg's double burden into consideration. At the US Open, his singles semi-final against Mats Wilander was brought forward to 10:00 a.m., although Edberg had to go over five sets in the double final the day before and the game was only decided in the tie-break of the fifth set. Edberg lost the singles semi-finals and had to be content with the title in doubles. Since such attachments increased, Edberg wanted to concentrate on the individual from now on. The year ended with another victory in the Davis Cup, Sweden defeated India 5-0 in the final .
1988 to 1990: Jump to the top of the world and climax of the rivalry with Boris Becker
Outstanding were Edberg's results at Wimbledon , where he reached the final three times in a row between 1988 and 1990, each against Boris Becker . The duels in 1988 and 1990 Edberg won, in 1989 he was defeated by the German. 1989 Edberg reached the final of the French Open for the only time, but was defeated there by Michael Chang . On August 13, 1990, after his victory at the Super 9 tournament in Cincinnati, Edberg dethroned Ivan Lendl and became number 1 in the tennis world rankings for the first time .
1991 to 1996: Two victories at the US Open, dry spell and last major triumph
In 1991 Edberg was defeated in the Wimbledon semifinals by the eventual tournament winner Michael Stich 6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 7, 6: 7, although he never gave up his serve. In the same year Edberg won the US Open when he defeated Jim Courier in the final in three straight sets. To this day, this triumph is described as one of the most commanding Grand Slam successes of all time. In the 6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 0 success Courier could only win six games. Already in the elimination rounds Edberg had defeated the top players Michael Chang, Javier Sánchez and Ivan Lendl in three sets. In 1992 Edberg repeated his success at Flushing Meadows and defeated the aspiring Pete Sampras in four straight sets. The two titles on the hard court in New York were the only single Grand Slam successes for Edberg that he did not win on grass (the Australian Open was played on grass until 1988).
In 1992 and 1993 Edberg reached the final of the Australian Open, but was defeated in both games by the powerful Jim Courier. Edberg celebrated his last significant individual tournament victory in 1992 at Rothenbaum in Hamburg ; he finished the year number 2 in the world. In 1993 and 1994 he reached the final of Cincinnati and stayed in the top ten even without significant tournament victories. At the end of 1994 he won the Davis Cup with Sweden for the fourth time.
After finishing 1995 only as number 24 in the world rankings, Edberg announced the end of his active career after the following season. In his last year on the tour, he caught up with the world's best, finished the year in 14th place and celebrated his last great triumph together with the Czech Petr Korda , the victory in the double final of the Australian Open .
Retired in 1996 and returned to Sweden
After the 1996 season, Edberg ended his career. His prize money totaled over $ 20 million. Because of his services to the sport, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004 . In 1990 he was honored with the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal for his achievements and was named Europe's Sportsman of the Year .
In 2000 Edberg moved back to Växjö in Sweden from London . There he runs a forestry and real estate company. He also runs a Stockholm-based investment company. Their offers were initially aimed specifically at athletes who wanted to invest money after their career. The company has now opened up to a wide range of customers. He also founded the Stefan Edberg Foundation , which awards scholarships to young Swedish players.
Edberg initially only practiced tennis as a hobby, apart from occasional exhibition fights and his commitment to youth work. Instead, he tried another setback game with respectable success ; from 2006 he was part of the first division team of the squash club of Växjö for several years .
2008: Return to the limelight - ATP Champions Tour
Edberg has been playing on the ATP Champions Tour since 2008 . He made his debut with a tournament victory in Paris when he prevailed in the final against Sergi Bruguera . In 2009 he reached the finals of the tournaments in the Algarve and London, and in 2010 he won the tournament in Zurich. In 2012 he lost to Carlos Moyá in the final in Zurich . In March 2013 he celebrated his third tournament victory in Stockholm when he defeated John McEnroe 6: 4 and 6: 3 in the final in front of his idol Björn Borg.
Play style
As a player, Edberg was best known for his spectacular and elegant serve-and-volley game . Often he even went to the net immediately after the second serve to make the point immediately. For a long time Edberg was considered the player with the best volley worldwide. His one-handed backhand, often played as a slice , is still considered exemplary today. Edberg's kick serves were not among the hardest, but they were among the most effective on the tour. With his service, which is difficult to return, he bought himself the time he needed to get on the network. This aggressive style of play demanded polished footwork and good fitness.
Edberg was also known for being extremely fair on the pitch. He was awarded the ATP Sportmanship Trophy , which later took his name, no less than five times (1988 to 1990, 1992, 1995) .
Stefan Edberg as Roger Federer's super coach
In December 2013, Roger Federer hired his idol Stefan Edberg as a so-called super coach. A few months later, sports journalist Peter Bodo attributed it to Edberg's influence that Federer's performance stabilized at a high level again in 2014. At the beginning of Edberg's engagement, Federer was ranked 8th in the world, only six months later he had worked his way back to 3rd place. "Nobody can say that Edberg's coaching has nothing to do with it, even if he doesn't sell car insurance on television or meets the reporters after every game to cuddle," said the tennis expert. The “stoic” Edberg encouraged Federer to play more aggressively and to look for the network more often. Edberg accompanied Federer at all important tournaments and supported the coaching staff around Federer's head coach Severin Lüthi . In December 2015 he resigned as a coach for Federer because he wanted to spend more time with his family in Sweden again.
Private
Edberg has been married since 1992, has two children and lives on a farm near Växjö in Sweden.
Trivia
- Edberg's wife Annette was previously in a relationship with his rival Mats Wilander .
- Edberg has been a Leeds United supporter since childhood , but has also kept his fingers crossed for Chelsea FC since his time in London .
- Edberg is a role model for world number one Roger Federer.
- Edberg's unmistakable serve was the template for the logo of the Australian Open .
- Edberg's serve-and-volley game was born out of necessity. As a young player, he was of the opinion that the best way to hide his backhand weakness was to storm the net after each serve.
Career record
Tournament / statistics | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
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Australian Open | 2R | VF | S. | - | S. | HF | VF | F. | HF | F. | F. | HF | AF | 2R |
French Open | - | 2R | VF | 2R | 2R | AF | F. | 1R | VF | 3R | VF | 1R | 2R | AF |
Wimbledon | 2R | 2R | AF | 3R | HF | S. | F. | S. | HF | VF | HF | 2R | 2R | 2R |
US Open | 1R | 2R | AF | HF | HF | AF | AF | 1R | S. | S. | 2R | 3R | 3R | VF |
Tournament victories | 0 | 1 | 4th | 3 | 7th | 3 | 2 | 7th | 6th | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
World ranking | 53 | 20th | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 23 | 14th |
AF = round of 16; VF = quarter finals; HF = semifinals; F = final; S = tournament victory; Digit = 1.-3. Tournament round
Tournament victories
Legend (victories in brackets) |
Grand Slam (9) |
ATP World Championship / Tennis Masters Cup (3) |
ATP Masters Series (5) |
ATP International Series Gold (9) |
ATP International Series (33) |
singles
No. | date | competition | Topping | Final opponent | Bottom line |
1. | March 25, 1984 | Milan | Carpet (i) | Mats Wilander | 6: 4, 6: 2 |
2. | 4th February 1985 | Memphis | Carpet (i) | Yannick Noah | 6: 1, 6: 0 |
3. | September 30, 1985 | San Francisco | Carpet (i) | Johan Kriek | 6: 4, 6: 2 |
4th | October 21, 1985 | Basel (1) | Hard court (i) | Yannick Noah | 6: 7 7 , 6: 4, 7: 6 5 , 6: 1 |
5. | December 9, 1985 | Australian Open (1) | race | Mats Wilander | 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 3 |
6th | July 14, 1986 | Gstaad | sand | Roland Stadler | 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 2 |
7th | October 20, 1986 | Basel (2) | Hard court (i) | Yannick Noah | 7: 6 5 , 6: 2, 6: 7 7 , 7: 6 5 |
8th. | November 10, 1986 | Stockholm (1) | Hard court (i) | Mats Wilander | 6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 1 |
9. | January 26, 1987 | Australian Open (2) | race | Pat Cash | 6: 3, 6: 4, 3: 6, 5: 7, 6: 3 |
10. | February 16, 1987 | Memphis (2) | Hard court (i) | Jimmy Connors | 6: 3, 2: 1, task |
11. | March 23, 1987 | Rotterdam (1) | Carpet (i) | John McEnroe | 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1 |
12. | April 20, 1987 | Tokyo (1) | Hard court | David godfather | 7: 6 2 , 6: 4 |
13. | August 24, 1987 | Cincinnati (1) | Hard court | Boris Becker | 6: 4, 6: 1 |
14th | October 26, 1987 | Tokyo (1) | Carpet (i) | Ivan Lendl | 6: 7 7 , 6: 4, 6: 4 |
15th | November 9, 1987 | Stockholm (2) | Hard court (i) | Jonas Svensson | 7: 5, 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4 |
16. | February 15, 1988 | Rotterdam (2) | Carpet (i) | Miloslav Mečíř | 7: 6 5 , 6: 2 |
17th | 4th July 1988 | Wimbledon (1) | race | Boris Becker | 4: 6, 7: 6 2 , 6: 4, 6: 2 |
18th | October 10, 1988 | Basel (3) | Hard court (i) | Jakob Hlasek | 7: 5, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2 |
19th | April 24, 1989 | Tokyo (2) | Hard court | Ivan Lendl | 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 4 |
20th | 4th December 1989 | New York City | Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | 4: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 3, 6: 1 |
21st | March 12, 1990 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard court | Andre Agassi | 6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6 1 , 7: 6 6 |
22nd | April 16, 1990 | Tokyo (3) | Hard court | Aaron Krickstein | 6: 4, 7: 5 |
23. | July 9, 1990 | Wimbledon (2) | race | Boris Becker | 6: 2, 6: 2, 3: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
24. | August 6, 1990 | los Angeles | Hard court | Michael Chang | 7: 6 4 , 2: 6, 7: 6 3 |
25th | August 13, 1990 | Cincinnati Masters (2) | Hard court | Brad Gilbert | 6: 1, 6: 1 |
26th | August 27, 1990 | long Island | Hard court | Goran Ivanišević | 7: 6 3 , 6: 3 |
27. | 5th November 1990 | Paris Masters | Carpet (i) | Boris Becker | 3: 3, task |
28. | February 25, 1991 | Stuttgart (1) | Carpet (i) | Jonas Svensson | 6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2 |
29 | April 15, 1991 | Tokyo (4) | Hard court | Ivan Lendl | 6: 1, 7: 5, 6: 0 |
30th | June 17, 1991 | Queen's Club | race | David Wheaton | 6: 2, 6: 3 |
31. | September 9, 1991 | US Open (1) | Hard court | Jim Courier | 6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 0 |
32. | October 7, 1991 | Sydney | Hard court (i) | Brad Gilbert | 6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 2 |
33. | October 14, 1991 | Tokyo (2) | Carpet (i) | Derrick Rostagno | 6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2 |
34. | May 11, 1992 | Hamburg Masters | sand | Michael Stich | 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1 |
35. | August 24, 1992 | New Haven | Hard court | MaliVai Washington | 7: 6 4 , 6: 1 |
36. | September 14, 1992 | US Open (2) | Hard court | Pete Sampras | 3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 5 , 6: 2 |
37. | April 26, 1993 | Madrid | sand | Sergi Bruguera | 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 2 |
38. | January 10, 1994 | Doha (1) | Hard court | Paul Haarhuis | 6: 3, 6: 2 |
39. | February 21, 1994 | Stuttgart (2) | Carpet (i) | Goran Ivanišević | 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 2 |
40. | July 25, 1994 | Washington | Hard court | Jason Stoltenberg | 6: 4, 6: 2 |
41. | January 9, 1995 | Doha (2) | Hard court | Magnus Larsson | 7: 6 4 , 6: 1 |
Double
No. | date | competition | Topping | partner | Final opponent | Bottom line |
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1. | 1984 | Hamburg | sand | Järryd is different |
Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy |
6: 3, 6: 1 |
2. | 1985 | Brussels | Carpet (i) | Järryd is different |
Kevin Curren Wojtek Fibak |
6: 3, 7: 6 |
3. | 1985 | Båstad (1) | sand | Järryd is different |
Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario |
6-0, 7-6 |
4th | 1985 | Cincinnati | Hard court | Järryd is different |
Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander |
4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3 |
5. | 1985 | New York City (1) | Carpet (i) | Järryd is different |
Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander |
6: 1, 7: 6 |
6th | 1986 | Rotterdam | Carpet (i) | Slobodan Živojinović |
Wojciech Fibak Matt Mitchell |
2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 |
7th | 1986 | los Angeles | Hard court | Järryd is different |
Peter Fleming John McEnroe |
3: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 |
8th. | 1986 | London (2) | Carpet (i) | Järryd is different |
Guy Forget Yannick Noah |
6: 3, 7: 6, 6: 3 |
9. | 1987 | Australian Open (1) | race | Järryd is different |
Peter Doohan Laurie Warder |
6: 4, 6: 4, 7: 6 |
10. | 1987 | Rotterdam | Carpet (i) | Järryd is different |
Chip Hooper Mike Leach |
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 |
11. | 1987 | Båstad (2) | sand | Järryd is different |
Emilio Sánchez Vicario Javier Sánchez |
7: 6, 6: 3 |
12. | 1987 | Montreal | Hard court | Pat Cash |
Peter Doohan Laurie Warder |
6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4 |
13. | 1987 | US Open | Hard court | Järryd is different |
Ken Flach Robert Seguso |
7: 6, 6: 2, 4: 6, 5: 7, 7: 6 |
14th | 1987 | Stockholm | Hard court (i) | Järryd is different |
Jim Grabb Jim Pugh |
6: 3, 6: 4 |
15th | 1991 | Tokyo | Hard court | Todd Woodbridge |
John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd |
6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4 |
16. | 1993 | Monte Carlo Masters | sand | Petr Korda |
Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans |
3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 |
17th | 1995 | Doha | Hard court | Magnus Larsson |
Andrei Olchowski Jan Siemerink |
7: 6, 6: 2 |
18th | 1996 | Australian Open (2) | Hard court | Petr Korda |
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien |
7: 5, 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 1 |
team
- Davis Cup winner with Sweden: 1984 , 1985 , 1987 , 1994
- World Team Cup winner with Sweden: 1988, 1991, 1995
Awards and special features
youth
- He is the only tennis player to date who has succeeded in winning the "Junior Grand Slam" as a young player (1983).
ATP records and awards
- Edberg and John McEnroe are the only players who have been number one in the world in both singles and doubles since the introduction of the ATP world rankings.
- Edberg is one of the few Open Era players who has won several Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles (six singles and three doubles). Besides him, only John McEnroe (seven and nine), Jimmy Connors (eight and two) and Evgeni Kafelnikow (two and four) succeeded in doing this .
- Only seven players took part in more individual finals in Grand Slam tournaments than Edberg.
- Since the beginning of the Open Era in 1968, Edberg has been one of only nine players who have made it to the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments in their career. After Rod Laver , Ken Rosewall and Ivan Lendl, he was the fourth player to achieve this.
- Edberg was eliminated only four times in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament in the course of his career.
- He is the only player to date who has been recognized by the ATP as both Player of the Year (1990 and 1991) and in a doubles team of the year (with Anders Järryd 1986).
- Edberg's record participation in 54 Grand Slam tournaments in a row was only stopped in 2004 by Wayne Ferreira .
- Edberg is one of nine players who managed to win the Australian Open twice in a row (the record was broken by Novak Đoković in 2013 ).
- He reached the final of the Australian Open five times (record now set by Reger Federer).
- He was honored five times with the ATP Sportsmanship Award for his exemplary behavior on the tennis court (1988-90, 1992 and 1995). The trophy, whose record winner is now Roger Federer, was renamed in 1996 in honor of the Swede in "Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award".
- Between 1988 and 1990 rivals Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker were the first in the Open Era to compete against each other three times in a row in the Wimbledon final. Edberg won two of the finals. In 2008, Federer and Rafael Nadal set this record. The fourth final in a row for Edberg and Becker, who also reached the final in 1991, was prevented by the eventual tournament winner Michael Stich in a remarkable way by beating Edberg in the semifinals without having taken his serve even once (final result: 4 : 6, 7: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6 for stitch).
Davis Cup
- Edberg took part in seven Davis Cup finals (four wins), more often than any other Swedish player.
Sweden
- In 1990 Edberg was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal, which has been awarded since 1925, as Sweden's Sportsman of the Year.
- In total, Edberg took part in 16 finals at Grand Slam tournaments, setting Björn Borg's Swedish record (also 16) in 1996 . While Borg reached all finals in singles (and won eleven of them), Edberg was eleven times in singles and five times in doubles in a final (and won a total of nine of them). In 2008 Jonas Björkman set Borgs and Edbergs record when he reached his 17th Grand Slam final (none of them in singles, but 15 in doubles and two in mixed).
Others
- Awarded as Europe's Sportsman of the Year 1990.
- Awarded the Italian Gazzetta dello Sport as World Team of the Year 1984 (together with Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström and Mats Wilander) and World Sportsman of the Year 1990
- The individual balance against his long-term double partner Anders Järryd is clear for Edberg with 9: 2 wins.
- Edberg and Boris Becker are the only tennis players to have received the United Press International Athlete of the Year Award.
- Overall, Edberg led the ATP world rankings for 72 weeks and ended 1990 and 1991 as number one in the world.
- In 2004 Edberg was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .
- He was known for keeping his nerve even in difficult times. So he was able to win many Grand Slam games in which he was already behind with a break in the fifth set. Examples are the Wimbledon semifinals of 1988 against Miloslav Mečíř , the semifinals of the French Open 1989 against Boris Becker and the final of Wimbledon 1990 against Becker. At the US Open in 1992 Edberg managed this feat in three games in a row, against Richard Krajicek , Ivan Lendl and Michael Chang .
- Edberg was the inferior player when Michael Chang set the record for the youngest ever winner of a Grand Slam tournament in 1989 with his five-set win in the final of the French Open. Chang beat Edberg when he was only 17 years and 110 days old. It was also the only time that Edberg, who was already ahead with a break in the last set, was able to reach the final on the sand he did not love in Paris.
- After retiring from his career, Edberg worked as a developer of Nordic walking shoes in his native Sweden.
Web links
- ATP profile of Stefan Edberg (English)
- ITF profile of Stefan Edberg (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Stefan Edberg (English)
- Stefan Edberg in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung Online "The day after the accident was the worst" ( Memento from February 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE
- ↑ SVT.se
- ↑ Profile on Champions Tour homepage
- ↑ atpchampionstour.com
- ↑ Federer Adds Edberg To Coaching Team (atpworldtour.com from December 27, 2013, accessed October 19, 2014)
- ↑ Stefan Edberg mentoring Roger Federer as one of many 'supercoaches' in tennis ( memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (nationalpost.com of July 29, 2014, accessed October 19, 2014)
- ↑ Federer's coach Edberg one of the greats ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (torontosun.com from July 31, 2014, accessed October 19, 2014)
- ^ The man behind Roger Federer's success , espn.com. 15th August 2014.
- ↑ Stefan Edberg finds coaching to his liking with Roger Federer (indiatimes.com from August 5, 2014, accessed October 19, 2014)
- ↑ Stefan Edberg Finds Coaching to His Liking With Roger Federer (sports.ndtv.com August 5, 2014, accessed October 19, 2014)
- ↑ Telegraph
- ↑ rogerfederer.com ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stefan Edberg - Serve-and-Volley born out of necessity. July 14, 2020, accessed on July 14, 2020 (German).
- ↑ a b atpworldtour.com
- ↑ http://www.powersharesseries.com/player.php?id=7
- ↑ http://www.togon.de/1_data/2_togon.htm
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Edberg, Stefan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edberg, Jan Stefan (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Västervik , Sweden |