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Jan Stefan Edberg ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstěːfan ˈêːdbærj]; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. A major practitioner of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles between 1985 and 1996.
Aug 13, 2020 · Because on the Monday after the final, on August 13, 1990, the then 24-year-old should be at the top of the ATP world rankings for the first time. It was of course deserved. Edberg had just won Wimbledon (against Boris Becker), then in Los Angeles, now Cincinnati.
Dec 8, 2023 · Alexandre Sokolowski. What exactly happened on that day? On this day, December 8 in 1985, 19-year-old Stefan Edberg upset world No 1 Ivan Lendl in the semi-finals of the Australian Open (6-7, 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 9-7).
Beating the 1983-84 champ, countryman Mats Wilander, in the final, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, Stefan took the Australian in 1985, his first major. He repeated two years later, the last man to win it on grass, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3 over Pat Cash. Flushing Meadow was almost the mystery to him that it had been for Borg (no titles in 10 tries).
Dec 9, 2023 · Stefan Edberg, unlike his famous countrymen Bjorn Borg and Mats Wilander, played serve-and-volley tennis. Born in 1966, he was very successful in junior tournaments: in 1983, he achieved the junior Grand Slam but almost quit the sport the same year at the age of 17 after one of his serves accidentally resulted in the death of a line judge in ...
Like his childhood idol Borg, Edberg began playing tennis at a young age. At age 7 in 1973, he first hit the courts. Ten years later, in 1983, he became the first and only player to win a junior singles Grand Slam. At the Australian and US Opens, he defeated Australian Simon Youl for two legs of the four major titles he earned as a junior.
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Dec 9, 2021 · He’d won his first of six Roland Garros titles at the age of 18 in 1974. The next year, he’d led Sweden to its first Davis Cup triumph. In 1976, Borg won the first of five straight...
