📍Västervik, Sweden
1966 – 1983“Stefan Edberg was born in Västervik, a small, pretty town on the Baltic coast of south-eastern Sweden, in January 1966, the son of Bengt Edberg, a police officer, and Barbro. Västervik is a summer resort town of wooden houses, islands and boats, and Stefan grew up enjoying football and ice hockey with his friends. When he was about six, his mother saw an advertisement in the local newspaper for a mini-tennis programme, and his parents sent him along the very next day. At first he was not very interested and thought about giving up, but his parents encouraged him to keep going, and he gradually grew to love it. He was a quiet, polite, determined boy who practised at the local club in Västervik, and he developed a graceful serve-and-volley game, unusual among the baseline-hitting Swedes inspired by Björn Borg. By his mid-teens he was one of Sweden's best juniors. At seventeen, in 1983, he became the first player to win all four junior Grand Slam titles in the same year. He turned professional and in 1985 won the Australian Open. He went on to win six Grand Slam singles titles, including two Wimbledons, and became world number one, famous for his sportsmanship. His home town named its tennis hall, the Stefanhallen, after him, and he later coached Roger Federer.”
🗺️ Approximate location today
📍 Street view today