ATP Tour

Began playing tennis at age five with his father, Krister...Mother, Maud; and has one younger sister, Tina...In 1989, became European 14s singles champion and won doubles title (w/M. Norman)...Injured his right elbow while playing Orange Bowl 16s in 1991, but still reached final, losing to Spain’s Gonzalo Corrales...Finished No. 10 in 1993 world junior rankings...Idol growing up was Mats Wilander, who is captain of Swedish Davis Cup team...Enjoys reading books from Swedish author Henning Mankell, National Geographic magazine and watches TV show Friends (owns almost every episode on DVD)...Favorite actors are Al Pacino and Robert De Niro...Enjoys music of U2, Depeche Mode and Swedish group Kent, playing golf and innebandy (indoor floor hockey)...Enjoys watching home town hockey team Linkoping HC and Djurgardens IF...Scored two goals and assisted on another in 6-5 win by ATP Stars over NHL Players in annual street hockey challenge in MontrTal in 2001...Has a 17-15 career Davis Cup record (16-12 in singles) in 16 ties...Elected to ATP Player Council in June 2006...Wife, Gisella; son, Lucas...Coached by former ATP and World No. 2 Magnus Norman.

In his post-playing career, he has joined forces with former ATP pros Jonas Bjorkman and Simon Aspelin to set up the , designed for amateur players who want to improve their level in club and division league play. He is the Tournament Director of the If Stockholm Open.