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Chapters: Jonas Björkman, Robin Söderling, Anders Järryd, Thomas Enqvist, Simon Aspelin, Thomas Johansson, Magnus Norman, Joachim Johansson, Sofia Arvidsson, Magnus Gustafsson, Stefan Edberg, Magnus Larsson, Catarina Lindqvist, Andreas Vinciguerra, Mikael Tillström, Gunnar Setterwall, Carl Kempe, Thorsten Grönfors, Carl-Olof Nylén, Sigrid Fick, Frans Möller, Margareta Cederschiöld, Wollmar Boström, Edith Arnheim, Märtha Adlerstråhle, Ebba Hay. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 133. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jonas Lars Björkman (Swedish pronunciation: ; born 23 March 1972, Alvesta, Sweden) is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships. He has won the career Grand Slam in men's doubles. On 20 November 2006, he replaced Dick Norman as the oldest player in the ATP Top 100 (singles) when Norman dropped out of the Top 100 for the last time. On 9 June 2008, aged 36 years and 2 months, Björkman was himself succeeded in this honour by Fabrice Santoro after dropping out of the Top 100 in his turn. Björkman has enjoyed successful long-term doubles partnerships with Jan Appel, Jacco Eltingh, Nicklas Kulti, Max Mirnyi, Patrick Rafter, Kevin Ullyett, and Todd Woodbridge. He has won the career Grand Slam in men's doubles, holding a total of 9 major championships. The son of tennis coach and mailman Lars Björkman, Jonas began playing tennis at the age of six. At 18, he won the Swedish Junior Championship and was among the top 5 junior Swede players. He married Petra on 2 December 2000 in Stockholm and has a son, Max (born 15 January 2003). He plays right-handed and has a particularly good record against left-handed player...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1964402 ... Read more