Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edbergis a Swedish former world no. 1 professional tennis player. A major proponent 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. He also won the Masters Grand Prix and was a part of the Swedish Davis Cup-winning-team four times. In addition he won four Masters Series titles, four Championship Series titles and the unofficial Olympic tournament 1984, was ranked in the singles...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth19 January 1966
CityVastervik, Sweden
CountrySweden
I'll play as long as I'm still willing to work this much, to do all these sacrifices
I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.
If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.
Since a month, two months ago, you know, I've started hitting the ball well. I'm playing some really good tennis. That really helps. I sort of have to motivate myself to get pumped up. It really helps my game a lot.
The crowds can be very loud, especially when you're playing in the evening.
I've been here playing against Connors and it can be very, very loud. It makes it exciting at the same time.
I think in 1991, when Jimmy got to the semifinals, it was just incredible all of the people coming out.
I played Chang here under the lights here. I think that was '91. Another good match. I've played a lot more good matches under the lights than I played bad. You tend to remember some of the bad ones unfortunately.
It was a tough year for me, '89, losing two Slam finals and losing another five finals. It wasn't until I won the Masters, or what's now called the ATP Finals, that things changed again. Suddenly I won seven tournaments in 1990 and became No. 1.
I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.
I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next to the heater. It just got so hot that it melted.
For me, and most of the other players, too, if you had to pick one of the four Grand Slams, you would pick Wimbledon. It's got tradition, it's got atmosphere, and it's got mystique.
Once you succeed in tennis, financially you become quite well off.
I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special.