Joakim "Jocke" Nyström (; born 20 February 1963) is a former top ten ranked

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player from Sweden who won 13 singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the

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on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked world No. 7. He was also ranked world No. 4 in doubles that same year.

Tennis career

He was a singles quarterfinalist at both the French Open (1985) and US Open (1985, 1986) tournaments, the 1986

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doubles champion with

Mats Wilander Mats Arne Olof Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...

, and a member of the winning 1985 and 1987

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teams from Sweden. He qualified for

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year-end singles tournament in 1984, 1985, and 1986. Nyström was part of the generation of outstanding Swedish players in the 1980s and early 1990s, which included Anders Järryd, Jonas Svensson,

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, Kent Carlsson,

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, Henrik Sundström, Magnus Gustafsson, and

. Since retiring from tennis, Nyström has served as

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captain for Sweden and as an assistant coach to Wilander with the Swedish Davis Cup team. Outside these commitments, he coached both Finn

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and Austrian

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has also hired him as his coach. He coached Kamil Majchrzak from December 2020 till August 2022.

Singles performance timeline

Career finals

Singles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nystrom, Joakim 1963 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Swedish tennis coaches Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Sportspeople from Skellefteå Wimbledon champions 20th-century Swedish sportsmen