Mats Wilander

(Mats Arne Olof Wilander)

Thumb

Image Source Creative Commons logo

User Rating

(0 users)
Data Complete 70%

15%

Born
1964 (61 years old)
Shiny National flag

Växjö, Sweden

Position
Tennis Player

Status
Pundit

Ethnicity
White

Team Number

Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Outfitter

Kit
Side
Right

Wage Year

Player Cutout
No Cutout thumb

Archive

Full Body Render

Sport

Tennis

Team
_Retired Tennis

League
_Defunct Tennis Teams

Creative Commons Artwork
Creative Commons logo

Yes

Description

Mats Arne Olof Wilander (born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 20 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 1988. Wilander won 33 career singles titles, including seven majors (three each at the French Open and Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and seven career doubles titles, including a major in men's doubles at Wimbledon.

Wilander's breakthrough came suddenly and unexpectedly when he won the 1982 French Open at the age of 17. Wilander won his fourth major singles title at the age of 20, the youngest man in history to have achieved the feat. In 1988, he won three of the four singles majors to finish the year ranked as the world No. 1. Wilander also won eight Grand Prix Super Series titles (1983–88), the precursors to the current ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. He was also a driving force behind Sweden's run of seven consecutive Davis Cup finals and three titles in the 1980s. Wilander is one of seven men to have won major singles titles on grass courts, hard courts, and clay courts since the feat became achievable in 1978 (when US Open was first played on hard courts). Wilander, Nadal, and Djokovic are the only men to have won at least two major singles titles on each of the three surfaces. Wilander retired from the sport in 1996.

In 1983, Wilander won the Jerring Award. In 2002, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Trophies