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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.
As a professional he won 41 singles and 18 doubles titles. He won 801 singles matches, seventh best in history, and ranks fifth all-time in winning percentage at the Australian Open (85 percent). In major tournament play, Edberg won 178 matches, eighth best all-time.
This is a list of the main career statistics of former professional tennis player Stefan Edberg.
Dec 9, 2021 · Sweden’s first-rate synthesis of competition and camaraderie harkened back to the great Australians who’d ruled tennis from 1950-75. A thoroughly tranquil Edberg volleyed that day with the ...
Aug 13, 1990 · In successfully defending the Cup the following year in Munich, a 3-2 victory over Germany, Edberg won it at the wire, a thrilling, rebounding fifth-match decision over Michael Westphal. Though he didn't play in the 1987 final, he had an earlier hand in winning that Cup.
Stefan Edberg ended Ivan Lendl's 80-week stint at No. 1 in the the PIF ATP Rankings on 13 August 1990, the day after winning his second ATP Masters 1000 crown of the year in Cincinnati. The Swede held the No. 1 ranking for 24 weeks before dropping it to Becker on 27 January 1991.
Feb 13, 2018 · Starting in 1988, Edberg won two of three Wimbledon finals over Boris Becker; in 1990, he ascended to the No. 1 ranking for the first time; and after a series of early frustrations at the US Open...
Edberg won six Grand Slam singles titles and three doubles titles during his career. He was ranked world number one in both singles and doubles, the only man other than John McEnroe to achieve this in the Open Era. Edberg finished his career with more than $20 million in prize money.
Jun 12, 2018 · 50 for 50: Stefan Edberg, 1991 and 1992 men’s singles champion. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the US Open, we look back at the 50 champions who have left an indelible mark on this inimitable event. For the first eight years of his career, Flushing Meadows bedeviled Stefan Edberg.
Official tennis player profile of Stefan Edberg on the ATP Tour. Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more.
