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Joakim Nyström
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1963-02-20) 20 February 1963 (age 61)
Skellefteå, Sweden
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1980
Retired1989
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,074,947
Singles
Career record265–142
Career titles13
Highest rankingNo. 7 (31 March 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1983, 1984, 1985)
French OpenQF (1985)
Wimbledon3R (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
US OpenQF (1985, 1986)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsQF (1984)
WCT FinalsSF (1985)
Doubles
Career record185–116
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 4 (10 November 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1984)
French OpenSF (1985)
WimbledonW (1986)
US OpenF (1986)

Joakim "Jocke" Nyström (born 20 February 1963) is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won 13 singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked World No. 7 and was also ranked as high as World No. 4 in doubles that same year.

Tennis career

He was a singles quarter-finalist at both the French Open (1985) and US Open (1985, 1986) tournaments, the 1986 Wimbledon doubles champion with Mats Wilander, and a member of the winning 1985 and 1987 Davis Cup teams from Sweden. He qualified for The Masters year-end singles tournament in 1984, 1985, and 1986.

Nystrom was part of the generation of outstanding Swedish players in the 1980s and early 1990s, which included Anders Järryd, Jonas Svensson, Mikael Pernfors, Kent Carlsson, Stefan Edberg, Henrik Sundström, and Mats Wilander.

Since retiring from tennis, Nyström has served as Fed Cup captain for Sweden and as an assistant coach to Wilander with the Swedish Davis Cup team. Outside these commitments, he coaches both Finn Jarkko Nieminen and Austrian Jürgen Melzer.[1] Jack Sock has also hired him as his coach.[2]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Career SR Career W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 4R 3R 3R NH A A 1R 0 / 5 7–5
French Open A 1R 4R 3R 2R QF 1R 4R 3R A 0 / 8 15–8
Wimbledon A 2R 1R A 2R 3R 3R 3R 3R A 0 / 7 10–7
US Open A A A 4R 4R QF QF 2R 1R A 0 / 6 16–6
SR 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 26 N/A
Win-Loss 0–0 1–3 3–2 8–3 8–4 12–4 6–3 6–3 4–3 0–1 N/A 48–26
Year-End Championship
The Masters A A A A QF 1R RR A A A 0 / 3 2–4
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held A NH 0 / 0 0–0

NH = tournament not held

Career finals

Singles (13 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1983 Munich, Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 5–7
Winner 1. 1983 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass United States Mike Bauer 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner 2. 1984 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay United States Brian Teacher 6–4, 6–2
Winner 3. 1984 North Conway, U.S. Clay United States Tim Wilkison 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 1984 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sweden Mats Wilander 6–7, 4–6, 6–0, 2–6
Winner 4. 1984 Basel, Switzerland Hard United States Tim Wilkison 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 5. 1984 Cologne, Germany Hard (i) Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř 7–6, 6–2
Winner 6. 1985 Munich, Germany Clay West Germany Hans Schwaier 6–1, 6–0
Winner 7. 1985 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay West Germany Andreas Maurer 6–4, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 1985 Palermo, Italy Clay France Thierry Tulasne 2–6, 0–6
Winner 8. 1986 Toronto Indoor, Canada Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Milan Šrejber 6–1, 6–4
Winner 9. 1986 La Quinta, U.S. Hard France Yannick Noah 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 1986 Milan, Italy Carpet Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 10. 1986 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) Sweden Anders Järryd 6–0, 6–3
Winner 11. 1986 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay France Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–2
Winner 12. 1986 Madrid, Spain Clay Sweden Kent Carlsson 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 1987 Lyon, France Carpet France Yannick Noah 4–6, 5–7
Winner 13. 1987 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Stefan Edberg 4–6, 6–0, 6–3

Doubles (8 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1982 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson
6–0, 3–6, 6–7
Winner 1. 1983 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson
1–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 1983 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner
United States Blaine Willenborg
1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 1984 Cologne, Germany Hard (i) Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Poland Wojtek Fibak
United States Sandy Mayer
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 1984 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Sweden Mats Wilander Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 2–6, 5–7
Winner 2. 1985 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet Sweden Mats Wilander Poland Wojtek Fibak
United States Sandy Mayer
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 1985 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 1985 Palermo, Italy Clay United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up 6. 1985 Masters, New York Carpet Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
1–6, 6–7
Winner 4. 1986 Toronto Indoor, Canada Carpet Poland Wojtek Fibak South Africa Christo Steyn
South Africa Danie Visser
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 7. 1986 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Sweden Mats Wilander France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 5. 1986 Madrid, Spain Clay Sweden Anders Järryd Spain Jesus Colas
Spain David De Miguel
6–2, 6–2
Winner 6. 1986 Wimbledon, London Grass Sweden Mats Wilander United States Gary Donnelly
United States Peter Fleming
7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 8. 1986 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Sweden Stefan Edberg Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 9. 1986 U.S. Open, New York Hard Sweden Mats Wilander Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner 7. 1986 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Peru Carlos Di Laura
Italy Claudio Panatta
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 1987 Boston, U.S. Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up 11. 1987 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Australia Laurie Warder
United States Blaine Willenborg
0–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 1988 Bordeaux, France Clay Italy Claudio Panatta Argentina Christian Miniussi
Italy Diego Nargiso
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 12. 1988 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Italy Claudio Panatta Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
4–6, 6–7

References

  1. ^ Jarkko Nieminen hires Joakim Nyström as a coach
  2. ^ Cvitkovic, Romana (14 November 2012). "Jack Sock tries to work his way up rankings". USA Today. Retrieved 6 March 2016.