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Mats Wilander

(1964) Tennis Player

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Mats Wilander reflects that a superstar like Michael Jordan would dominate tennis because of his flexibility and hand‑eye coordination. He calls his first French Open title his best victory and advises players to serve at their opponent’s weak point and to play as many slams as possible. He also notes that honesty is hard when the media puts pressure on athletes.

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Mats Wilander is a tennis player, best known for Mats Wilander och spelet bakom rubrikerna.

Quick Facts About Mats Wilander

Born: August 22, 1964
Profession: Tennis Player
Notable works: Mats Wilander och spelet bakom rubrikerna

About Mats Wilander

Mats Arne Olof Wilander is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 20 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 1988. Wilander won 33 career singles titles, including seven majors, and seven career doubles titles, including a major in men's doubles at Wimbledon.

Quotes by Mats Wilander

I'm not actually a musician.

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You have to hate to lose.

Football

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I'm not Borg Two, I'm Wilander One.

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I play the guitar.

Guitar

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The slide is tennis.

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I love the freedom of the road.

Freedom

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Your game stalls when you assume you're the finished product.

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There is no such thing as bad luck in tennis. Just bad technique.

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Power is not tennis to me. I'd rather lose playing my game.

Game

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Tennis is a running game, not a hitting game - it's not golf.

Game

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I am willing to take chances. I miss more, but I am going for it.

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I have a better backhand than forehand.

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The really top guys play within themselves 99 percent of the time.

Football

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I love camping out, I love teaching tennis.

Camping

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Myself and Cameron Lickle travel around North America in an RV and we conduct tennis clinics in clubs.

America

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Maybe being number one has got to me, because from there you can only go down.

Being

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Tennis has always been at the forefront of equality between men and women's prize money.

Equality

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I still rate my first victory in the French Open at Roland Garros as my best win ever.

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At Wimbledon if it is slightly wet you don't even play the match. At the French Open you need to just get…

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We've never had a hungrier player than Federer and Nadal and I would say that Nadal is probably much hungrier than Federer.

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I like to camp and to not have to check in to airports and hotels and I love to just drive, man.

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In Sun Valley, people play tennis and then go for a hike. You should be too tired to go for a hike!

Hike

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Every player, they should sit down and have a meeting. They should agree, 'this is how we play Nadal, this is how…

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No absolutely not, I don't have any regrets about anything I've done in my life I learn from my mistakes and without…

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Miloslav Mecir - best anticipation of any player in our generation for sure. The most flexible... and then crazy good hands. He…

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I really enjoyed playing Yannick Noah - he was and still is my favourite. In the heat of the moment he was…

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When you become a top player, you think that nothing else and nobody else matters. You can tell everybody on earth, 'Listen,…

Earth

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I'm never really aware of mistakes I've made when I'm commentating or on TV, I'm sure they happen sometimes and I guess…

Experience

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If it doesn't mean more to a normal human being like Dan Evans, who could change his life and career by winning…

Bronze medal

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I am disappointed when I lose and don't play well, for example. But it is not so disappointing to lose when you…

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To me, Dan Evans is an example of somebody that puts the clock back a little bit and tells everybody: 'Listen, tennis…

Clock

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The conditions change so much at the French Open, you know, you have to be prepared for something you really don't know…

Change

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Ivan Lendl was the best player I ever played. He was the first guy to bring the game to more of a…

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Hockey is the dream of all Swedes. They get the girls.

Dream

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My genetic makeup is a little bit crazy.

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I was No 1 in the world but too much is made of it.

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I'm a private person and being recognized makes me uncomfortable.

Being

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Mladenovic knows how to use the power of the crowd.

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In 2015, there was no chance Djokovic would have an off day.

Chance

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Nadal is going to break all the records.

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