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Stefan Edberg is a male Swedish tennis player born in Västervik on January 19, 1966. He competes right-handed and speaks Swedish. His professional career began in 1983 and ended in 1996. He represented Sweden in international competition, including the 1984 and 1992 Summer Olympics, as well as tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – men's singles. He also participated in the Davis Cup as a member of the Sweden Davis Cup team.
Edberg achieved a singles record of 801–270 and a doubles record of 283–153. He earned prize money totaling 20,630,941. He has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He resides in London.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Sweden
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stefan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Västervik
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Participant in
- tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Sweden Davis Cup team
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Stefan Edberg 2012-04-25 001.jpg
- Height
- 188
- Residence
- London
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- Stefan Edberg
- date of birth
- 1966-01-19
- handedness
- right-handedness
- singles record
- 801–270
- doubles record
- 283–153
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- prize money
- 20630941
- end of work period
- 1996-00-00
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- ranking
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
Stefan Edberg ( Swedish: [ˈstěːfan ˈêːdbærj]; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), one of two players in the Open Era to hold both positions (alongside John McEnroe). Edberg won 41 career singles titles and 18 doubles titles, including nine majors: six in singles and three in men's doubles. A major practitioner of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, Edberg also won the 1989 year-end championships, led Sweden to four Davis Cup titles, and won four Masters Series titles and four Championship Series titles. After retirement, Edberg coached Roger Federer from January 2014 to December 2015.
Career
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