Peter Lundgren

Peter Lundgren (born 29 January 1965) is a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay.

For the Swedish politician, see Peter Lundgren (politician).

Peter Lundgren

Lundgren coaching Stanislas Wawrinka
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Hunnebostrand and Monte Carlo
Born	(1965-01-29) 29 January 1965 Gudmundrå, Sweden
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,130,516
Singles
Career record	119–136
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 25 (16 December 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1988, 1991)
French Open	2R (1991)
Wimbledon	4R (1989)
US Open	2R (1985, 1987, 1989, 1990)
Doubles
Career record	100–134
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 36 (26 November 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1988)
French Open	3R (1992)
Wimbledon	2R (1988, 1990)
US Open	2R (1987

Playing career

Lundgren was one of the second generation of Swedish players along with Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Joakim Nyström, Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström, Hans Simonsson and Kent Carlsson that followed after the success of Björn Borg. He left Sundsvall as an 18-year-old and moved to Stockholm,[1] to further his tennis career.

In 1984 Lundgren finished the year ranked at 265.[2] At the end of the 1985 season Lundgren jumped up 234 places on ranking list to finish at number 31.[2] In the process he won his first title in Cologne as a qualifier defeating Wojtek Fibak, Goran Prpić, Jeremy Bates and Tim Wilkison before defeating Ramesh Krishnan in the final.[3] After the title win he was hailed as "the new Björn Borg", in reference to his talent and the long hair that bore resemblance to Borg and that he had trained with him as well.[4] Lundgren's best ranking was 25th in the world, but at the time he was only the 7th best Swede behind Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd, Joakim Nyström, Henrik Sundström and Jan Gunnarsson.[2]

This was the golden age of Swedish tennis in which Lundgren said "We had at most 14 players in the top 100. ( Don’t forget the size of the Swedish population, it makes it even better this achievement)".[5] Lundgren while managing to have some big wins over Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Thomas Muster and Pete Sampras, was not able to achieve consistency and he said himself that "I was a little up and down. Sometimes I could lose motivation and then suddenly get thrashed against lower ranked players."[5] He played his last match on tour against Karol Kučera in Copenhagen Open and retired at 30 years of age and then went into coaching.[4]

Coaching

Lundgren first made a name for himself as a coach when he took Marcelo Ríos into the top 10 and then they split ways, when Lundgren said that "he needed a psychologist more than a coach".[4] After that he was working for the Swiss Tennis Federation helping out with the juniors, he replaced Peter Carter as coach for Roger Federer they worked together from 2000 to end of 2003 before eventually splitting.

Lundgren then took over coaching Marat Safin and guided him to the 2005 Australian Open championship and worked with him until August 2006. In September 2006, it was announced that he would be helping out the British Davis Cup team for the next two years.

He was given a "leave of absence" from the LTA in June 2007.[6] In 2008 Lundgren took some time away from his job, because his father was ill, though he later expressed interest to return to work with British tennis.[7] During 2008 he started coaching the Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis. In February 2009 Lundgren started coaching Grigor Dimitrov from Bulgaria. He then coached Stanislas Wawrinka. In September 2011 Lundgren and Wawrinka split. Lundgren has since gone on to teach Vicht virtual tennis coaching in Houston, Texas. In March 2014 Lundgren began to coach Daniela Hantuchová.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 loss)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	Australian Open	Hard	Jeremy Bates	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 2–6, 3–6

Career finals

Singles (3 wins, 3 losses)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0–0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)

ATP Masters Series (0–1)

ATP Championship Series (0–1)

ATP Tour (3–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1985	Cologne, West Germany	Hard (i)	Ramesh Krishnan	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Aug 1987	Rye Brook, U.S.	Clay	John Ross	6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 1987	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Jim Pugh	6–1, 7–5
Loss	3–1	Nov 1988	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Boris Becker	4–6, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	3–2	Jul 1989	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Jim Pugh	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	3–3	Aug 1990	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Boris Becker	3–6, 4–6

Doubles (3 wins, 6 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1985	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Jan Gunnarsson	Alex Antonitsch Michiel Schapers	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 1986	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Jan Gunnarsson	Kelly Evernden Chip Hooper	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1986	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	John Letts	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jan 1988	Australian Open	Hard	Jeremy Bates	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Feb 1988	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Mikael Pernfors	Kevin Curren David Pate	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Jul 1988	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Kelly Jones	Scott Davis Dan Goldie	6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–5	Jul 1990	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Broderick Dyke	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	1–6, 6–7
Loss	2–6	Aug 1990	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Paul Wekesa	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	3–6	Oct 1990	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard	Broderick Dyke	Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl	6–2, 6–4

References

1. "Historik" (in Swedish). Sundsvall TK. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008.
2. "Peter Lundgren – rankings history". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. "Cologne Victory". ITF. 29 May 2008.
4. "I Paris ska Grand Slam-samlingen bli komplett" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 29 May 2008.
5. "Peter Lundgren Profile". Tennisfest Sweden. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
6. "GB coach given a leave of absence". BBC. 29 May 2008.
7. "Lundgren wants quick return". Eurosport. 29 May 2008.

External links

• Peter Lundgren at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Peter Lundgren at the International Tennis Federation
• Peter Lundgren at the Davis Cup

Awards
Preceded by Mikael Pernfors	ATP Most Improved Player 1987	Succeeded by Andre Agassi