Peter Lundgren

For the politician, see Peter Lundgren (politician).

Hans Peter Lundgren (Swedish pronunciation: [pêːtɛr ˈlɵ̂nːɡreːn]; 29 January 1965 – 22 August 2024) was a Swedish professional tennis player and tennis coach. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay.

Peter Lundgren

Lundgren in 2011
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Hunnebostrand, Sweden Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1965-01-29)29 January 1965[1]
Died	22 August 2024(2024-08-22) (aged 59)
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
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)

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,^[2] to further his tennis career.

In 1984 Lundgren finished the year ranked at 265.^[3] At the end of the 1985 season, Lundgren jumped up 234 places on ranking list to finish at No. 31.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] Lundgren's best ranking was 25th in the world, but at the time he was only the seventh best Swede behind Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd, Joakim Nyström, Henrik Sundström, and Jan Gunnarsson.^[3]

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)".^[6] 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."^[6] 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.^[5]

Lundgren coaching Stanislas Wawrinka (2011)

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".^[5] After that he was working for the Swiss Tennis Federation helping out with the juniors. He replaced Peter Carter as coach for Roger Federer and they worked together from 2000 to the end of 2003 before splitting.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

He was given a "leave of absence" from the LTA in June 2007.^[7] 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.^[8] During 2008 he started coaching the Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis.^{[citation needed]} In February 2009 Lundgren started coaching Grigor Dimitrov from Bulgaria.^{[citation needed]} He then coached Stanislas Wawrinka.^{[citation needed]} In September 2011 Lundgren and Wawrinka split. Lundgren then went on to teach Vicht virtual tennis coaching in Houston, Texas.^{[citation needed]} In March 2014 Lundgren began to coach Daniela Hantuchová.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Lundgren suffered from type 2 diabetes, and one of his feet was amputated in 2023.^[9] Lundgren died in August 2024, at the age of 59.^[10][11]

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 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

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments ATP Masters Series ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (3–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–2) Indoors (2–1)

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

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP Masters Series (0–1) ATP Championship Series (1–0) ATP World Series (2–5)

Finals by surface Hard (2–7) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (2–3) Indoors (1–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1985	Cologne, West Germany	Grand Prix	Hard	Jan Gunnarsson	Alex Antonitsch Michiel Schapers	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 1986	Cologne, West Germany	Grand Prix	Hard	Jan Gunnarsson	Kelly Evernden Chip Hooper	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1986	Tel Aviv, Israel	Grand Prix	Hard	John Letts	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jan 1988	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Jeremy Bates	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Feb 1988	Memphis, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Mikael Pernfors	Kevin Curren David Pate	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Jul 1988	Newport, United States	Grand Prix	Grass	Kelly Jones	Scott Davis Dan Goldie	6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–5	Oct 1988	Basel, Switzerland	Grand Prix	Hard	Jeremy Bates	Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 1–6
Loss	2–6	Jul 1990	Toronto, Canada	Masters Series	Hard	Broderick Dyke	Paul Annacone David Wheaton	1–6, 6–7
Loss	2–7	Aug 1990	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Paul Wekesa	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	3–7	Oct 1990	Sydney, Australia	Championship Series	Hard	Broderick Dyke	Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl	6–2, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles (1–0)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–0) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 1992	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Broderick Dyke	Neil Borwick Andrew Kratzmann	7–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	Q1	A	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	2R	4R	1R	2R	Q1	Q1	Q3	0 / 6	6–6	50%
US Open	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	Q1	Q2	Q1	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Win–loss	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–4	4–4	1–3	3–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 23	13–23	36%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Monte Carlo	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Rome	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Canada	A	A	QF	3R	A	1R	2R	A	1R	Q2	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Cincinnati	A	1R	QF	2R	1R	A	1R	Q3	Q2	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Win–loss	0–0	2–4	7–3	4–5	0–2	1–2	2–6	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 23	16–23	41%

Doubles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	F	2R	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	7–4	64%
French Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	A	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Wimbledon	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	Q2	0 / 7	2–7	22%
US Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	1–7	13%
Win–loss	0–3	1–3	6–4	1–4	1–2	1–4	2–4	0–0	0 / 24	12–24	33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Miami	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	2R	A	Q1	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Monte Carlo	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Rome	1R	A	A	1R	A	QF	1R	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Canada	A	1R	1R	A	F	1R	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Cincinnati	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	Q1	A	0 / 6	3–6	33%
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	1–4	2–5	3–5	1–4	5–4	4–6	0–1	0–0	0 / 29	16–29	36%