Jörgen Windahl (born 12 March 1963) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

Windahl was the Boys' Singles Champion at the

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, the first Swede to win the junior title. He defeated

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in the final. In

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later that year, he played in both the men's doubles and singles, but wasn't able to make it past the first round in either. He lost to

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in the singles and with his partner Robert Booth was defeated in five set by Scott McCain and

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in the doubles. As a singles player he reached the quarter-finals at

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in 1986 and was a semi-finalist in

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the following year. He again competed at Wimbledon in 1987 but lost in the opening round to American qualifier

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. He was more successful on the doubles circuit, winning his first career title in the

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. The Swede was also a doubles finalist at

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in 1989 and doubles semi-finals at both Boston and

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in 1986 and again in the 1989

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Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

Doubles: (5)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Windahl, Jorgen 1963 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions People from Danderyd Municipality Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Sportspeople from Stockholm County