Johan Örtegren (born 22 March 1978) is a former professional
tennis
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player from
Sweden
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.
Career
Örtegren made his ATP singles main draw debut at the
1999 Swedish Open as a qualifier, losing to world number 52 and fifth seed
Christian Ruud
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of Norway in the first round. He also qualified for the
2000 Stockholm Open
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and after beating
Fredrik Jonsson
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he lost to
Sebastien Grosjean, the tournament sixth seed and world number 20, in the second round. He has the dubious honour of losing a match 6–0, 6–0, 6–0 when he was beaten by
Todd Woodbridge
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at the 2001 Wimbledon qualifying tournament.
Örtegren played mostly on the
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circuit reaching five finals and winning three titles. He also won two ITF doubles titles. Örtegren has a career high
ATP singles ranking of 295 achieved on 6 August 2001. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 479 achieved on 29 January 2001.
After his retirement as a professional player, Örtegren took up coaching. He also joined the coaching staff at the
Good to Great Tennis Academy
Good to Great Tennis Academy is a tennis academy and training center in Danderyd, Sweden. It was founded in 2011 as the country's first tennis academy.
History
The Academy was founded in 2011 by Nicklas Kulti, Magnus Norman, and Mikael Tillströ ...
in Sweden, which is run by ex-touring pros
Magnus Norman
Magnus Norman (born 30 May 1976) is a Swedish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in June 2000. Norman won twelve ATP Tour singles tit ...
,
Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti (born 22 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He was born in Stockholm.
Tennis career
Juniors
Kulti was ranked No. 1 in the junior world singles rankings in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wi ...
, and
Mikael Tillström
Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a former tennis player and coach from Sweden.
Career
He represented his native country as at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer. ...
. As a coach he assisted touring pros such as
Grigor Dimitrov
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and
Laura Robson.
ITF Futures Titles
Singles: (3)
Doubles: (2)
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Swedish male tennis players
Tennis players from Stockholm
Swedish tennis coaches