Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg (born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former world no. 1 professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles) from Sweden. 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 and the only player ever to win the 'Junior Grand Slam'. He also won one season-ending championship title, the Masters Grand Prix and an Olympic Gold medal in Singles in 1984 when Tennis was an exhibition sport. In addition he won four Masters Series titles and four Championship Series titles, was ranked in the Singles Top 10 for ten successive years per ATP Rankings data, 9 years on the trot in the Top 5, and is considered one of the greatest players of his era. Edberg is the childhood idol of Roger Federer.