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Mats Arne Olof Wilander (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmats vɪˈlǎnːdɛr]; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one major men's doubles title (at Wimbledon).
Unseeded 17-year-old Mats Arne Olof Wilander, a rugged 6-footer who beat powerful one-time champ Guillermo Vilas at his own baseline game, became the youngest of French champs. It was the first of seven singles majors for Wilander over a seven-year stretch when he competed at the top of the game, reaching No. 1 in 1988.
Swedish tennis champion Mats Wilander was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002.
Official tennis player profile of Mats Wilander on the ATP Tour. Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more.
Apr 11, 2018 · A seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, Mats Wilander saved perhaps his best major performance, at the 1988 US Open, for last. His final Slam trophy came with the greatest reward, as it gave the Swede the world No. 1 ranking for the first time in his career at the age of 24.
Jun 4, 2020 · Mats Wilander ended Ivan Lendl’s 157-week stint at No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings on 12 September 1988 after capturing the seventh — and final — major singles title of his career at the US Open. The Swede also won the Australian and French Opens that year, making what happened next extraordinary.
May 19, 2022 · Eurosport’s Mats Wilander looks back on Roland-Garros 1982, where he took the tennis world by storm and won the Grand Slam as an unseeded 17 year old. Featuring special appearances from John ...
Jun 2, 2015 · Wilander was just 17-years-old when he won the clay court crown at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, beating Argentine great Guillermo Vilas. "When you're younger, you just do your thing," says ...
Mats Wilander, the Swedish tennis champion, had a remarkable professional tennis career that spanned over a decade. He burst onto the scene in the early 1980s and quickly established himself as one of the top players in the world.
Feb 14, 2018 · But Mats wanted to be more than a Borg clone and a one-dimensional grinder; he wanted to win on hard courts and at the US Open, in the country he had made his home.
