Stefan Edberg
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| Country | Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | |
| Residence | Växjö, Sweden | |
| Date of birth | January 19 1966 | |
| Place of birth | Västervik, Sweden | |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb/12.1 st) | |
| Turned Pro | 1983 | |
| Retired | 1996 | |
| Plays | Right; One-handed backhand | |
| Career Prize Money | $20,630,941 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 806-270 (74.9%) | |
| Career titles: | 42 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 1 (August 13, 1990) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | W (1985, 1987) | |
| French Open | F (1989) | |
| Wimbledon | W (1988, 1990) | |
| U.S. Open | W (1991, 1992) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 283-153 | |
| Career titles: | 18 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 1 (June 9, 1986) | |
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Tennis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1988 Seoul | Singles | |
| Bronze | 1988 Seoul | Doubles | |
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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[edit] Career
Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player. He won all four of the Grand Slam junior titles in 1983 to become the first-ever player to achieve the "Junior Grand Slam."
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, he beat Pat Cash in five sets to win the last Australian Open held on grass courts. Edberg also won the Australian Open and U.S. 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 Boris Becker. Edberg won their first encounter in a four-set match spread over three days because of rain delays. A year later, Becker won in straight sets. The closest of their matches came in the 1990 final, when Edberg won in five sets.
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 U.S. Open, with wins over Jim Courier in the 1991 final and Pete Sampras in the 1992 final, who was just months away from being ranked No. 1 in the world.
Edberg's last Grand Slam singles final appearances were at the Australian Open, where he lost in four sets to Jim Courier in both 1992 and 1993.
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 17-year old Michael Chang, who became the youngest ever male winner of a Grand Slam singles title.
Edberg was most comfortable playing tennis on fast-playing surfaces. Of his six Grand Slam singles titles, four were won on grass courts at the Australian Open (1985 and 1987) and Wimbledon (1988 and 1990) and two were won on hardcourts at the US Open (1991 and 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.
Edberg was also a member of the Swedish teams that 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.
During his career, Edberg won a total of 42 top-level singles titles and 18 doubles titles and appeared in a then record 54 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments (since then broken by Wayne Ferreira) [1]. He was ranked the World No. 1 for a total of 72 weeks. Edberg was also a five-time recipient of the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) Sportsmanship Award (1988-90, 1992, and 1995). 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, United States.
[edit] Records
- Edberg won singles titles in 12 different countries: Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Qatar, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.
- Edberg was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1990.
- Edberg was involved in a freak accident during the boys' singles final at the 1983 U.S. Open, when Richard Wertheim, a linesman, was struck in the groin by a ball struck by Edberg. Wertheim fell backwards, fracturing his skull, and died in hospital shortly thereafter.[2]
- Edberg was a childhood hero of current World No. 1 Roger Federer.
- Edberg is one of the few players who reached the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments, winning three of them. In the 1989 French Open final, Edberg lead the match by two sets to one over Michael Chang and had numerous break points throughout the fourth and fifth sets. He eventually led the match by a break in the fifth set but could not win it.
- Edberg won several Grand Slam matches after being down a break of service in the fifth and deciding set. Notable examples include the 1988 Wimbledon semifinal against Miloslav Mečíř, the 1989 French Open semifinal against Boris Becker, and the 1990 Wimbledon final against Becker. In the 1992 U.S. Open, Edberg did it in three consecutive matches, against Richard Krajicek in the round of 16, Ivan Lendl in the quarterfinals, and Chang in the semifinals.
- Edberg's distinctive serve is used as the logo for the Australian Open.
- Edberg is a supporter of English football team Leeds United
[edit] Career finals
[edit] Grand Slam singles finals (11)
[edit] Wins (6)
| Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1985 | Australian Open | Grass | Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Wilander | 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1987 | Australian Open (2) | Grass | Image:Flag of Australia.svg Pat Cash | 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3 |
| 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Boris Becker | 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1990 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Boris Becker | 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 |
| 1991 | U.S. Open | Hard | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jim Courier | 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1992 | U.S. Open (2) | Hard | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Pete Sampras | 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 |
[edit] Runner-ups (5)
| Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1989 | French Open | Clay | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Chang | 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1989 | Wimbledon | Grass | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Boris Becker | 6-0, 7-6, 6-4 |
| 1990 | Australian Open | Hard | Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Ivan Lendl | 4-6, 7-6, 5-2 retired |
| 1992 | Australian Open | Hard | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jim Courier | 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1993 | Australian Open | Hard | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jim Courier | 6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 |
[edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals
[edit] Wins (3)
| Year | Championship | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in Final | Score/Final |
| 1987 | Australian Open | Grass | Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd | Image:Flag of Australia.svg Peter Doohan Image:Flag of Australia.svg Laurie Warder | 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 |
| 1987 | U.S. Open | Hard | Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ken Flach Image:Flag of the United States.svg Robert Seguso | 7-6, 6-2, 4-6, 5-7, 7-6 |
| 1996 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Petr Korda | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien Image:Flag of Canada.svg Sébastien Lareau | 7-5, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 |
[edit] Runner-ups (2)
| Year | Championship | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in Final | Score/Final |
| 1984 | U.S. Open | Hard | Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd | Image:Flag of Australia.svg John Fitzgerald Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Tomáš Šmíd | 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1986 | French Open | Clay | Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd | Image:Flag of Australia.svg John Fitzgerald Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Tomáš Šmíd | 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 14-12 |
[edit] Masters Series singles finals (9)
[edit] Wins (4)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1990 | Indian Wells | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi | 6-4, 5-7, 7-6, 7-6 |
| 1990 | Cincinnati | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Brad Gilbert | 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1990 | Paris | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Boris Becker | 3-3 Ret. |
| 1992 | Hamburg | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Michael Stich | 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 |
[edit] Runner-ups (5)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1990 | Key Biscane | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi | 6-1, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 |
| 1990 | Stockholm | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Boris Becker | 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1991 | Stockholm | Image:Flag of Germany.svg Boris Becker | 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1993 | Cincinnati | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Chang | 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 |
| 1994 | Cincinnati | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Michael Chang | 6-2, 7-5 |
[edit] All finals
[edit] Singles
[edit] Wins (42)
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[edit] Runner-ups (36)
[edit] Doubles titles (18)
[edit] Runner-ups (11)
[edit] Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
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| Grand Slams | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | QF | W | NH | W | SF | QF | F | SF | F | F | SF | 4R | 2R | 2 / 13 | 56-11 |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 4R | F | 1R | QF | 3R | QF | 1R | 2R | 4R | 0 / 13 | 30-13 |
| Wimbledon | A | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | SF | W | F | W | SF | QF | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2 / 14 | 49-12 |
| U.S. Open | A | 1R | 2R | 4R | SF | SF | 4R | 4R | 1R | W | W | 2R | 3R | 3R | QF | 2 / 14 | 43-12 |
| Win-Loss | 0-0 | 1-3 | 6-4 | 16-3 | 8-3 | 17-3 | 18-3 | 19-3 | 13-3 | 21-3 | 19-4 | 16-4 | 8-4 | 7-4 | 9-4 | N/A | 178-48 |
| SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 6 / 54 | N/A |
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | W | NH | NH | NH | SF | NH | NH | NH | 1R | NH | NH | NH | NH | ||
| Year-End Championship | |||||||||||||||||
| Masters | A | A | A | 1R | SF | SF | SF | W | F | A | RR | RR | RR | A | A | 1 / 9 | |
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | F | 2R | 2R | W | SF | A | 2R | SF | SF | 2R | 1 / 9 | |
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | QF | SF | QF | A | A | F | SF | 3R | QF | QF | 2R | 4R | 0 / 10 | |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | SF | 2R | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | SF | SF | 1R | 2R | 0 / 8 | |
| Rome Masters | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 0 / 3 | |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | W | 3R | 2R | A | A | 1 / 5 | |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | QF | F | F | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | QF | QF | SF | W | F | F | W | QF | SF | F | F | 1R | 2R | 2 / 13 | |
| Stuttgart Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | F | A | W | A | 2R | 2 / 4 | |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | W | 3R | QF | SF | 2R | A | QF | 1 / 7 | |
Note 1: These events were designated as the 'Masters Series' only after the ATP took over the running of the men's tour in 1990.
Note 2: The 1984 Olympic Games event was a demonstration event.
A = did not participate in the tournament
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
[edit] Quote
- "If he hadn't lived," Edberg later said of Van Allen, "Michael and I might still be out there playing!"
- Background : Jimmy Van Allen (famed for his invention of the tennis tiebreak) died on the same day in 1991 that Michael Stich narrowly defeated Edberg in a Wimbledon semifinal 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(5), 7-6(2) where Edberg did not lose his serve.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- ATP Tour profile for Stefan Edberg
- ITF Profile
- International Tennis Hall of Fame profile
- Davis Cup record
- STE...fans - a tribute to the great Stefan Edberg from all his fans
- The Edberg Corner - Official Stefan Edberg Fanlisting
- Stefan Edberg at the Internet Movie Database
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ivan Lendl Boris Becker Boris Becker Jim Courier Jim Courier | World No. 1 August 13, 1990 - January 27, 1991 February 18, 1991 - July 7, 1991 September 9, 1991 - February 9, 1992 March 23, 1992 - April 12, 1992 September 14, 1992 - October 4, 1992 | Succeeded by Boris Becker Boris Becker Jim Courier Jim Courier Jim Courier |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Swedish national table tennis team | Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1990 | Succeeded by Pernilla Wiberg |
| Preceded by Ivan Lendl | ITF World Champion 1991 | Succeeded by Jim Courier |
| Preceded by Boris Becker | United Press International Athlete of the Year 1990 | Succeeded by Sergei Bubka |
World No. 1s in Men's tennis |
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| Ilie Năstase | John Newcombe | Jimmy Connors | Björn Borg | John McEnroe | Ivan Lendl | Mats Wilander | Stefan Edberg | Boris Becker | Jim Courier | Pete Sampras | Andre Agassi | Thomas Muster | Marcelo Ríos | Carlos Moyà | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Patrick Rafter | Marat Safin | Gustavo Kuerten | Lleyton Hewitt | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Andy Roddick | Roger Federer |
Australian Open men's singles champions* |
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* Open Era • (1969) Rod Laver • (1970) Arthur Ashe • (1971-72) Ken Rosewall • (1973) John Newcombe • (1974) Jimmy Connors • (1975) John Newcombe • (1976) Mark Edmondson • (1977 [Jan]) Roscoe Tanner • (1977 [Dec]) Vitas Gerulaitis • (1978-79) Guillermo Vilas • (1980) Brian Teacher • (1981-82) Johan Kriek • (1983-84) Mats Wilander • (1985) Stefan Edberg • (1986) No competition • (1987) Stefan Edberg • (1988) Mats Wilander • (1989-90) Ivan Lendl • (1991) Boris Becker (1992-93) Jim Courier • (1994) Pete Sampras • (1995) Andre Agassi • (1996) Boris Becker • (1997) Pete Sampras • (1998) Petr Korda • (1999) Yevgeny Kafelnikov • (2000-01) Andre Agassi • (2002) Thomas Johansson • (2003) Andre Agassi • (2004) Roger Federer • (2005) Marat Safin • (2006-07) Roger Federer |
Wimbledon men's singles champions* |
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* Open Era • (1968-69) Rod Laver • (1970–71) John Newcombe • (1972) Stan Smith • (1973) Jan Kodeš • (1974) Jimmy Connors • (1975) Arthur Ashe • (1976–80) Björn Borg • (1981) John McEnroe • (1982) Jimmy Connors • (1983–84) John McEnroe • (1985–86) Boris Becker • (1987) Pat Cash • (1988) Stefan Edberg • (1989) Boris Becker • (1990) Stefan Edberg (1991) Michael Stich • (1992) Andre Agassi • (1993–95) Pete Sampras • (1996) Richard Krajicek • (1997–00) Pete Sampras • (2001) Goran Ivanišević • (2002) Lleyton Hewitt • (2003–07) Roger Federer |
US Open men's singles champions* |
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* Open Era • (1968) Arthur Ashe • (1969) Rod Laver • (1970) Ken Rosewall • (1971) Stan Smith • (1972) Ilie Năstase • (1973) John Newcombe • (1974) Jimmy Connors • (1975) Manuel Orantes • (1976) Jimmy Connors • (1977) Guillermo Vilas • (1978) Jimmy Connors • (1979–81) John McEnroe • (1982–83) Jimmy Connors • (1984) John McEnroe • (1985–87) Ivan Lendl • (1988) Mats Wilander • (1989) Boris Becker • (1990) Pete Sampras • (1991–92) Stefan Edberg • (1993) Pete Sampras • (1994) Andre Agassi • (1995–96) Pete Sampras • (1997–98) Patrick Rafter • (1999) Andre Agassi • (2000) Marat Safin • (2001) Lleyton Hewitt • (2002) Pete Sampras • (2003) Andy Roddick • (2004–07) Roger Federer |
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