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Australian Open Winner Wilander

Mats Wilander is among the greats of tennis.  He has earned eight titles from various Grand Slams and thirty three titles in singles.  In many ways, he has continued the great reputation Sweden now has for its tennis players since Bjorn Borg came on the scene in the seventies and started to wow people with his awesome playing style and strength.  In 1988, he was the top player worldwide.

In other years, he did not fail to impress.  In 1982 for instance, he was only seventeen when he won a single title at the Grand Slam for that year against Guillermo Vilas, his opponent favored to win.  He also was the youngest to win that kind of fame and glory in tennis with that triumphant victory.  in 1984, contined to keep his title and fame in the Australian Open against Stefan Edberg, who would later go on to beat him in another game.

He now spends most of his time coaching up and coming players and sharing his talent and wisdom with them.  Wilander in addition to his coaching captains more.  He also has a lot more time to criticize them as he famously did during the 2006 French Open to Roger Federer, claiming he lacked the focus to be truly great.  Wilander will, no doubt, have a few more words to say this year at the Australian Open Tennis Championship. However, unlike others in tennis who famously lack tact, such as John McEnroe, he later apologized to the younger tennis player for his lack of respect.  He is also involved in charitable efforts these days as well.  His child, Erik has epidermolysis bullosa,  a skin condition without any known cure, and as such, he has put a lot of money into various funding ventures seeking to search out a cure for it.  He is one of the greats that has made tennis such a popular sport world wide since its growing popularity in the seventies and eighties.