Coordinates | 56°09′″N40°25′″N |
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Name | Sergi Bruguera |
Country | Catalonia, Spain |
Residence | Barcelona |
Birth date | January 16, 1971 |
Birth place | Barcelona, Spain |
Height | |
Weight | |
Turnedpro | 1988 |
Retired | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Careerprizemoney | US$11,632,199 |
Singlesrecord | 447–271 |
Singlestitles | 14 |
Highestsinglesranking | No. 3 (1 August 1994) |
Australianopenresult | 4R (1993) |
Frenchopenresult | W (1993, 1994) |
Wimbledonresult | 4R (1994) |
Usopenresult | 4R (1994, 1997) |
Doublesrecord | 49–50 |
Doublestitles | 3 |
Grandslamsdoublesresults | yes |
Australianopendoublesresult | - |
Frenchopendoublesresult | 3R (1990) |
Wimbledondoublesresult | - |
Usopendoublesresult | QF (1990) |
Highestdoublesranking | No. 49 (6 May 1991) }} |
Sergi Bruguera Torner () (born 16 January 1971, in Barcelona, Spain) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.
Bruguera earned a reputation as a top clay court player in the early 1990s, winning titles in Estoril, Monte Carlo, and Athens in 1991, and in Madrid, Gstaad, and Palermo in 1992.
In 1993, following wins over Pete Sampras and Andrei Medvedev, Bruguera reached his first Grand Slam final at the French Open, where he faced two-time defending champion and the current World No. 2 Jim Courier. Courier was overwhelmingly favoured to win his third title, but ultimately Bruguera won a gruelling five-set final. The victory was one of five titles Bruguera captured that year. The following year Bruguera defended his title at the French Open, defeating, once again, Courier and Medvedev and fellow Spaniard Alberto Berasategui in the final.
Bruguera won the men's singles silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. He was defeated in straight sets in the final by Andre Agassi.
Bruguera reached the French Open final for the third time in 1997. But Gustavo Kuerten defeated Bruguera in straight sets.
Outside tennis, Bruguera is a long-time fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and would often attend their games while playing at tournaments in the United States. In Miami on 28 March 1997, during the same tournament where he defeated World No. 1 Sampras in the semifinals, Bruguera sank three shots (layup, free throw, top of key) during a time-out of a game between the Lakers and the Miami Heat to earn US$500. This money was given to ATP Charities in his name. Bruguera has also played semi-professional Football in his native Spain.
Bruguera earned the ATP's Comeback Player of Year award in 1997 after returning from an ankle injury the previous year and improving his ranking from World No. 81 to World No. 8.
Bruguera won a total of 14 top-level singles titles and 3 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 3. He is currently the director of the Bruguera Tennis Academy Top Team.
In a 2006 interview featuring questions from fans by the BBC Sport website, a question was asked about the frequent comparisons between Roger Federer and Sampras. In his reply, Bruguera claimed that Federer is ten times better than Sampras.
Bruguera is one of the few players to have a winning record against Sampras, winning three of their five matches: 1–0 on hardcourt, 2–1 on clay, and 0–1 on carpet.
Legend |
Grand Slam (2–1) |
Olympic Silver medal (0–1) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) |
ATP Masters Series (2–3) |
ATP Championship Series (0–4) |
ATP Tour (10–12) |
Titles by surface |
Hard (1–3) |
Grass (0–0) |
Clay (13–16) |
Carpet (0–2) |
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1. | 13 May 1990 | Clay | Jim Courier | Udo Riglewski Michael Stich | 7–6, 6–2 | |
2. | 17 June 1990 | Clay | Horacio de la Peña | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||
3. | 15 September 1991 | Clay | Marc Rosset | Per Henricsson Ola Jonsson | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
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Coordinates | 56°09′″N40°25′″N |
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Name | Stefan Edberg |
Country | Sweden |
Residence | Växjö, Sweden |
Birth date | January 19, 1966 |
Birth place | Västervik, Sweden |
Height | |
Weight | |
Turnedpro | 1983 |
Retired | 1996 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Careerprizemoney | $20,630,941
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tennishofyear | 2004 |
tennishofid | stefan-edberg |
Singlesrecord | 806–270 (74.9%) |
Singlestitles | 42 |
Highestsinglesranking | No. 1 (13 August 1990) |
Australianopenresult | W (1985, 1987) |
Frenchopenresult | F (1989) |
Wimbledonresult | W (1988, 1990) |
Usopenresult | W (1991, 1992) |
Othertournaments | Yes |
Masterscupresult | W (1989) |
Olympicsresult | W (1984, demonstration event)Bronze medal (1988) |
Doublesrecord | 283–153 |
Doublestitles | 18 |
Highestdoublesranking | No. 1 (9 June 1986) |
Othertournamentsdoubles | Yes |
Grandslamsdoublesresults | yes |
Australianopendoublesresult | W (1987, 1996) |
Frenchopendoublesresult | F (1986) |
Wimbledondoublesresult | SF (1987) |
Usopendoublesresult | W (1987) |
Olympicsdoublesresult | Bronze Medal (1988) |
Updated | 19 August 2006 }} |
In 1984, Edberg won his first top-level singles title in Milan. Edberg also won the tennis tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics when the sport was an exhibition event and partnered with fellow Swede Anders Järryd to reach the final of the US Open. Edberg also reached the French Open doubles final with Järryd in 1986 and consequently was World No. 1 in doubles in that year.
U.S. fans first took notice of Edberg's professional career when he won the U.S. Indoor in Memphis in February 1985. Edberg's first two Grand Slam singles titles came at the Australian Open. In December 1985, he defeated Mats Wilander in straight sets to claim his first major title. In January 1987, he defended his title by defeating Pat Cash in five sets to win the last Australian Open held on grass courts. Edberg also won the Australian Open and US Open men's doubles titles in 1987 (partnering fellow Swede Anders Järryd).
In 1988, Edberg reached the first of three consecutive finals at Wimbledon. In all three finals, he played Boris Becker in what became one of Wimbledon's greatest rivalries. Edberg won their first encounter in a four-set match spread over two days because of rain delays. A year later, Becker won in straight sets. The closest of their matches came in the 1990 final, when Edberg won in five sets after being down a break in the fifth set.
In 1990, an abdominal muscle injury forced Edberg to retire from the Australian Open final while trailing Ivan Lendl 5–2 (including two breaks of serve) in the third set. Edberg nevertheless took the World No. 1 ranking from Lendl on 13 August 1990 by winning the Super 9 tournament in Cincinnati. He held it for the rest of that year and for much of 1991 and 1992. Edberg spent a total of 72 weeks as World No. 1.
Edberg's final two Grand Slam singles triumphs came at the US Open, with wins over Jim Courier in the 1991 final and Pete Sampras in the 1992 final, who was just months away from being ranked No. 1 in the world.
Edberg's last Grand Slam singles final appearances were at the Australian Open, where he lost in four sets to Jim Courier in both 1992 and 1993.
In 1996, Edberg won his third and final Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open with Petr Korda.
The only Grand Slam singles title Edberg never won was the French Open. He reached the French Open final in 1989 but lost in five sets to 17-year old Michael Chang, who became the youngest ever male winner of a Grand Slam singles title.
Edberg was most comfortable playing tennis on fast-playing surfaces. Of his six Grand Slam singles titles, four were won on grass courts at the Australian Open (1985 and 1987) and Wimbledon (1988 and 1990) and two were won on hardcourts at the US Open (1991 and 1992).
He is married to Annette Hjort Olsen. They have two children, Emilie and Christopher. (Olsen was before her marriage to Edberg at one time romantically connected to Edberg's tennis rival Mats Wilander.)
Edberg is a supporter of English football team Leeds United and the Swedish ice hockey team Växjö Lakers.
width=200 | Grand Slam | width=120Years || | Record accomplished | Player tied |
Australian Open | 1985–93| | List_of_Australian_Open_Singles_Finals_appearances#Men>5 finals overall | Roger Federer | |
Australian Open | 1985–87| | 2 consecutive wins | Ken Rosewall Guillermo Vilas Johan Kriek Mats Wilander Ivan Lendl Jim Courier Andre Agassi Roger Federer | |
Grand Slam Tournaments | 1985-91| | Finalist in all four majors | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall Ivan Lendl Jim Courier Andre Agassi Roger Federer Rafael Nadal |
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