Johan Alvén (born 13 January 1972 in

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, Sweden) is a former professional

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from Sweden.

Tennis career

Juniors

Alvén competed in five Grand Slam tournaments as a junior. He also represented his country at the 1988 NEC World Youth Cup.

Pro tour

In the

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, Alvén made his singles main draw debut at the

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as a wild card. He lost to countryman

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in the first round. From 1989 to 1996, Alvén tried to make it into the singles main draw of Grand Slam and

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tournaments on several occasions. However, he failed to do so on all of them: twice at the

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, three times at the Stockholm Open and four times at the

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Coaching

After retiring, he has worked as a tennis instructor in his native Sweden, and also in

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and

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. Alvén coached professional tennis player

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References

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* * 1972 births Living people Swedish male tennis players People from Landskrona Municipality Sportspeople from Skåne County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub