Country (sports) Sweden Career titles 1 Height 1.90 m Plays Right-handed Turned pro 1981 | Prize money $609,935 Name Thomas Hogstedt Career record 89–152 Role Tennis Player Handed Right-handed | |
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Born 21 September 1963 (age 61) Mariestad, Sweden ( 1963-09-21 ) | ||
Highest ranking No. 38 (19 Sep 1983) | ||
Interview with thomas hogstedt coach sharapova
Thomas Högstedt (born 21 September 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He is the current coach of Eugenie Bouchard and former coach of Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Li Na, Simona Halep, and from May to December 2016 coach of Madison Keys.
Contents
- Interview with thomas hogstedt coach sharapova
- Zoe kruger practise with thomas hogstedt and rikard allgurin
- Career
- The story of maria sharapova thomas h gstedt
- References
Zoe kruger practise with thomas hogstedt and rikard allgurin
Career
Högstedt was the junior singles winner at the 1981 US Open, defeating West German player Hans Schwaier in the final.
The following year he had a win over rising star Mats Wilander at Cincinnati and was a semi-finalist at Basle and Båstad.
He won his only Grand Prix tournament at Ferrera in 1983, without dropping a set. That year he also reached the quarter-finals in Milan.
In both 1987 and 1988, Högstedt has some success at New York's OTB Open, with semi-final appearances.
Högstedt had the best win of his Grand Slam career at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships, defeating sixth seed Jakob Hlasek in the opening round. He also reached the quarter-finals of a tournament in Rio de Janeiro and the Australian Indoor Championships.
In 1990 he appeared in all four Grand Slams, for the first time in his career, but was unable to progress past the first round in any of them. His best performances on tour came at Rotterdam, Singapore and Tokyo, where he made quarter-finals. In Tokyo he defeated world 6 Andrés Gómez, the second time in their two meetings that he had got the better of the Ecuadorian, having also beaten him at Basel in 1982.
He was appointed coach of five time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova in late 2010, having previously had success coaching Tommy Haas and Li Na, who were both top 10 players under his tutelage. The pair ended their relationship shortly after Sharapova's second round loss to Michelle Larcher de Brito at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
Högstedt is the coach of former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard since December 2016, whom he also coached from late 2015 until April 2016. He was also the coach of American Madison Keys from May to December 2016.