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30-474: In 1899, the tournament's first edition was held by the tennis club Münchner Tennis- und Turnierclub (MTTC) Iphitos , which was the first tennis club in Munich having been formed in 1892 by students. The club only had grass courts , and the first edition was therefore played on grass. The tournament was founded as a combined men's and women's event, until 1973 when the women's tournament was discontinued. From 1969

60-548: A five-set epic in the Australian Open semifinals stopped multiple times by rain and played over two days. He then defeated Mats Wilander in straight sets to claim his first major title. In January 1987, he defended his title by defeating local favourite 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

90-467: 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. Edberg 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. This

120-479: A grass court tournament beginning in 2016. Stefan Edberg 3 x ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Federer) Davis Cup (Federer) Jan Stefan Edberg ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈstěːfan ˈêːdbærj] ; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former world No. 1 professional tennis player. A major practitioner 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. He

150-644: A growing sport in Scandinavia , Edberg's pro-level tennis ability and emerging squash prowess made him highly competitive, despite his relative inexperience in badminton and table tennis. In September 2008, Stefan Edberg officially joined the "Black Rock Tour of Champions", a tour for professional tennis players who have retired from the ATP Tour . Edberg won his first tournament in Paris held on clay, winning matches against clay court specialists Thomas Muster in

180-490: Is Venus Williams, with five Wimbledon singles titles. Venus has won five out of her nine Wimbledon finals appearances (losing three to her sister, Serena), and the pair have won six titles in the ladies' doubles together. Compared to clay and hard courts, the professional grass court season is much shorter. Until 2014 it consisted only of Wimbledon, two weeks of tournaments in Britain and continental Europe leading up to it, and

210-426: Is noted as one of the finest serve-and-volley players of his era. Edberg did not possess a powerful dominating serve like Pete Sampras or Boris Becker , but his serve was still largely effective. Edberg often chose to use a less powerful serve, such as a kick or slice serve. The extra time from using a slower serve gave Edberg more time to get to the net, where he used his quick feet and athleticism to gain control of

240-649: Is one of only two men in the Open Era to have been ranked world No. 1 in both singles and doubles , the other being John McEnroe . Edberg also won the Masters Grand Prix and was a part of the Swedish Davis Cup -winning team four times. In addition, he won four Masters Series titles, four Championship Series titles and the unofficial 1984 Olympic tournament , was ranked in the singles top 10 for ten successive years and ranked nine years in

270-526: Is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis , originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Grass courts are made of grasses in different compositions depending on the tournament. While grass courts are more traditional than other types of tennis courts, they are far less commonly used today compared to hard courts and clay courts . There are several disadvantages with grass courts, in particular, they are much more expensive to maintain compared to other surfaces. Also, grass courts (in

300-752: The Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, Rhode Island, United States the week after. In 2015 it was extended, with an extra week between the French Open and Wimbledon. On the ATP Tour, the Stuttgart Open became a grass court tournament that year. In 2017 a new ATP 250 tournament in Antalya, Turkey, was played a week before Wimbledon. On the WTA Tour Mallorca , Spain, began hosting

330-585: 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. In 1991, Edberg again reached the semifinals of Wimbledon but lost to Michael Stich in a close match: 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 6–7. 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 (who

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360-460: The 1996 quarterfinals. Roger Federer is statistically the most successful male grass court player of the Open Era: he has won an Open Era-record 19 grass court titles, including ten Halle Open titles, an all-time record eight Wimbledon singles titles, and a Stuttgart Open title. Federer has contested an all-time record twelve Wimbledon singles finals, and has the longest grass court winning streak in

390-472: The Open Era are Arthur Ashe , Ken Rosewall , Boris Becker , John McEnroe , Stefan Edberg , Virginia Wade , Rafael Nadal , Petra Kvitová , Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray . Among men, Sampras is lauded by many tennis analysts as one of the greatest grass-court players of all time. He won seven Wimbledon singles titles in eight years from 1993 through 2000, with his only loss in that span coming in

420-409: The Open Era, when he won 65 consecutive matches between 2003 and 2008, until he was beaten by Rafael Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final . Additionally, Novak Djokovic has had significant success at Wimbledon in the 2010s and beyond - winning the tournament 7 times, and notably defeating Federer 3 times in the final of Wimbledon in 2014, 2015 and 2019. The most successful active female grass-court player

450-707: The Swiss champion's eventual resurgence, especially in bringing effective and more frequent serve-and-volley and net charging to his game. Their collaboration ended in December 2015. Edberg was born in Västervik , Sweden. He is married to Annette Hjort Olsen, whom he married in April 1992. They have two children, Emilie and Christopher. Olsen was previously in a relationship with Edberg's tennis rival Mats Wilander before her relationship with Edberg began in 1985. Edberg

480-417: The absence of suitable covers) are usually unplayable for the day if rain appears, as grass becomes very slippery when wet and will not dry for many hours. In contrast, play on a hard court can resume in 30 to 120 minutes after the end of rain, and clay courts can even remain playable in light rain. Furthermore, since most of the foot traffic during a tennis match occurs repetitively over a small surface area of

510-401: The ball often skids and bounces low while retaining most of its speed, rarely rising above knee height. In addition, there are often bad bounces. As a result, players must reach the ball faster relative to other surfaces, and rallies are likely to be comparatively brief; therefore, speed and power are rewarded on grass. On grass, the serve and return play a major part in determining the outcome of

540-687: The court even with the best maintenance a grass surface will quickly display obvious signs of wear if played regularly, which is unavoidable during a major tennis tournament. Grass courts are most common in the United Kingdom and Australia , although the Northeastern United States also has some private grass courts. Since 1988, the Wimbledon Championships have been the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass. Because grass courts tend to be slippery,

570-670: 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, defeating Yannick Noah in the final. Edberg's first two Grand Slam singles titles came at the Australian Open . In December 1985, he defeated No. 1 Ivan Lendl in

600-504: The first (and only) player to achieve the "Junior Grand Slam" in the open era. Later that year as a professional, Edberg won his first career doubles title in Basel . 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

630-471: The first of three consecutive finals at Wimbledon , but lost his ranking as Sweden's number-one-player when Mats Wilander had his best year by winning the Australian, French and US Opens, becoming the world's number-one-ranked player. In all three of his consecutive Wimbledon finals, Edberg played German Boris Becker in what became one of Wimbledon's greatest rivalries. Edberg won their first encounter in

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660-510: The opening round and Sergi Bruguera in the finals. In January 2012, Edberg played a one-set exhibition against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Doha, Qatar, and lost 5–7. Edberg signed a contract to become Roger Federer 's coach at the end of 2013. Their collaboration officially started at the 2014 Australian Open . [1] Federer described Edberg's role as "more of a mentor than a coach"; nonetheless, his influence has been widely regarded as pivotal in

690-781: The point, increasing the importance of serving effectively, and maintaining focus in exchanges which can be heavily influenced by lapses in concentration. A grass court favours a serve and volley style of play. The most successful singles players on grass in the Open Era have been Martina Navratilova , Roger Federer , Margaret Court , Billie Jean King , Pete Sampras , Steffi Graf , Serena Williams , Novak Djokovic , Rod Laver , John Newcombe , Evonne Goolagong Cawley , Björn Borg , Chris Evert , and Venus Williams . All have won at least five major singles titles on grass: Navratilova won twelve, Federer and Court eight each, Djokovic, King, Sampras, Graf and Serena Williams seven each. Other players who have been relatively successful on grass during

720-617: The point. Edberg's volleying skills were among the very best and he could easily redirect powerfully struck balls to the open court. He had sufficient groundstrokes, and his one-handed backhand was one of his marquee shots. Edberg's backhand was extremely effective and considered amongst the best of his era. Throughout his career, Edberg used Wilson racquets and Adidas clothing and shoes. Edberg began playing competitive squash after his retirement from professional tennis and soon became an elite player in Sweden. When racketlon emerged as

750-477: The quarterfinals to Goran Ivanišević . 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). In December 2013, Edberg began coaching Roger Federer . His coaching stint ended in December 2015 after which Federer hired Ivan Ljubičić as coach. Edberg

780-604: The top 5. After retirement, Edberg began coaching Roger Federer in January 2014, with this partnership ending in December 2015. Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player. In the early 1980s, he won the European Junior Championships in the Under 14 and Under 16 categories, beating Jonas Svensson in both finals. He then won all four Grand Slam junior titles in 1983 to become

810-659: The tournament was also branded as the Bavarian Open. The Center Court of the MTTC has been in Aumeisterweg since 1930, and holds 5,600 people. The tournament has offered prize money since 1970, when the total prizes amounted to $ 20,000. From 2025, this tournament will be upgraded to an ATP 500 level event. (incomplete roll) 48°11′06″N 11°36′50″E  /  48.18500°N 11.61389°E  / 48.18500; 11.61389 Grass court A grass court

840-432: Was just months away from attaining the world No. 1 ranking) in the 1992 final. At the 1992 US Open , Edberg defeated Lendl in a five-set thriller spread over 2 days in the quarterfinals. He then beat Michael Chang in the longest US Open match in history, in the semifinals, at 5 hours and 26 minutes. Edberg reached the finals of the Australian Open again in 1992 and 1993, losing both times to Jim Courier in four sets. He

870-464: Was one of the few players who reached the finals of the Australian Open five times. The 1993 Australian Open final was Edberg's last Grand Slam singles final appearance. In 1996, Edberg reached the finals of Queens Club but lost the match to Boris Becker. He won his third and final Grand Slam doubles title at the Australian Open with Petr Korda . He reached the quarterfinals of his last US Open after defeating Richard Krajicek and Tim Henman, but lost in

900-427: Was the only Grand Slam singles title that Edberg never won, denying him the completion of a career Grand Slam at the senior level, to match his junior Grand Slam. 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

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