Lidköping
Bandy before tennis
Growing up in Lidköping, Järryd also played bandy, the Scandinavian winter game played on ice, for the local club Lidköpings AIK.
Source: Anders Järryd, WikipediaThe Open Era
Anders Järryd
Sweden · born Lidköping, 1961 · twice Wimbledon doubles champion with John Fitzgerald · Wimbledon singles semi-finalist 1985
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8
Grand Slam men's doubles titles, including all four majors
2
Wimbledon doubles titles with John Fitzgerald, 1989 and 1991
1985
Wimbledon singles semi-final, lost to Boris Becker
5
Career-high singles ranking, July 1985
58
Tour doubles titles
Playing career
Järryd was born in Lidköping in 1961 and played bandy as well as tennis as a boy. He turned professional in 1980 and won the 1983 French Open doubles with Hans Simonsson, the first of eight Grand Slam doubles titles.
His best singles year was 1985, when he reached the Wimbledon semi-finals and No. 5 in the world; he won eight singles titles in all, including the 1986 WCT Finals. In 1987 he won three majors in doubles: the Australian Open on the grass of Kooyong and the US Open with Stefan Edberg, and the French Open with Robert Seguso, and he won two singles in Sweden's Davis Cup final win over India. He took Olympic bronze with Edberg in 1988.
With John Fitzgerald he won Wimbledon in 1989, completing a career set of the four majors, and in 1991 the pair won Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open. He retired in 1996 with 58 doubles titles and later played the Wimbledon senior invitation event with Jeremy Bates.
On grass
| Wimbledon doubles finals | 1988: lost with Fitzgerald to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3). 1989: beat Rick Leach and Jim Pugh 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4). 1991: beat Javier Frana and Leonardo Lavalle 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3 |
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| First round, 1989 | With Fitzgerald beat Marty Davis and Matt Anger 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 18-16, after saving a match point at 10-11 in the fifth; they went on to win the title |
| Wimbledon singles, 1985 | Beat Claudio Panatta, Scott Davis, Vincent Van Patten, Danie Visser and Heinz Günthardt before losing the semi-final to Boris Becker in four sets |
| Australian Open, 1987 | Won the doubles with Stefan Edberg at Kooyong, the last year the championship was played on grass |
| Senior invitation | Won the Wimbledon senior gentlemen's invitation doubles with Jeremy Bates in 2007 and 2009, and lost four finals in a row to Pat Cash and Mark Woodforde from 2010 to 2013 |
Every grass title: 4
Show every title, tournament by tournament
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Men's doubles | with John Fitzgerald |
| 1991 | Men's doubles | with John Fitzgerald |
| Australian Championships | ||
| 1987 | Men's doubles Australian Open | with Stefan Edberg |
| Queen's Club | ||
| 1992 | Men's doubles | with John Fitzgerald |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
Anecdotes
The person behind the player.
Wimbledon 1989
One point from going out
The 1989 title nearly ended in the first round. Järryd and Fitzgerald were a match point down at 10-11 in the fifth set against Matt Anger and Marty Davis, survived, and won the set 18-16. Two weeks later they were champions.
Source: Wimbledon Compendium 2025 (AELTC)Wimbledon 1985
In Becker's year
Järryd reached the 1985 semi-finals as the fifth seed and lost in four sets to Boris Becker, who went on to become, at 17, the youngest man to win Wimbledon.
Source: The Irish Times, Sporting UpsetsOlympics
Bronze in Seoul
Järryd played singles and doubles at the 1988 Olympics. He lost to the qualifier Carl-Uwe Steeb in the singles but won bronze in the doubles with Edberg; in 1992 the pair lost in the first round in Barcelona to Jim Courier and Pete Sampras.
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Where they won on grass
- All England Club, Wimbledon
- Queen's Club, London
- Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, Melbourne
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Rivals and partners
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Elsewhere online
Sources
- Wimbledon Compendium 2025 (AELTC)
- Anders Järryd, Olympedia
- "Sporting Upsets: When 17-year-old Boris Becker became the new boss of Centre Court", The Irish Times
- Anders Järryd, Wikipedia
- Australian Open honour roll, men's doubles
- Queen's Club Championships, Wikipedia
- GTC roll of grass champions, checked against a second source where one exists
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