Stefan Edberg

Edberg married Annette Hjort Olsen. Prior to her marriage with Edberg, at some point of time Annette had a romantic association with Mats Wilander. The couple has two children, Christopher and Emilie.

He was born on January 19, 1966, in Västervik, Sweden, to Bengt Edberg and his wife Barbro Edberg.

When he was a six, his mother happened to notice an advertisement published in a local newspaper regarding a mini-tennis facility. The otherwise enthusiast of soccer and ice hockey was sent to the tennis facility on the very next day by his parents.

He used to receive training once a week through a year. Although initially he was not much interested in the game and thought of quitting it, he continued with it upon insistence of parents and gradually developed a knack for tennis.

By the time he was eight, he regularly started visiting the small tennis club that consisted of an indoor court and a couple of clay courts, where he was allowed to play free of charge.

As he was quite young at that time, he mostly played with players in the club who were older than him. He took part in many summer tournaments.

He achieved his first top-level singles titles in 1984 in Milan. The same year he won men’s singles competition and received a gold medal in the ‘Summer Olympics’ where tennis was re-introduced as an exhibition sport. Again in 1988 Olympics held at Seoul, he earned bronze medals in men’s singles as well as doubles tournament.

He and his partner Anders Järryd finished runner-up in the 1984 ‘US Open’ men’s doubles.

He was a member of the Swedish winning team for four times in the ‘Davis Cup’ tournament in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1994.

In February 1985 he secured a win at the U.S. Indoor in Memphis and the following year ended up as runner-up with partner Järryd in the ‘French Open’ men’s doubles final. On June 9, 1986 the duo attained World No. 1 ranking as a doubles team.

In December 1985, he won his first Grand Slam singles title in the ‘Australian Open’ beating Mats Wilander in straight sets. In January 1987 he defended and retained his title by defeating Pat Cash. The same year he partnered with Järryd to win both the ‘US Open’ and ‘Australian Open’ men’s doubles titles.

His childhood passion for ice hockey and soccer are still very much alive in him, which is noticeable from his support for the Swedish ice hockey team ‘Växjö Lakers’ and the English football team ‘Leeds United’.