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Thomas Högstedt (born 21 September 1963) is a Swedish
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coach and former professional player. He is the former coach of Tommy Haas, Magnus Norman,
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, Simona Halep,
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and Johanna Konta.


Career

Högstedt was the junior singles winner at the 1981 US Open, defeating
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player Hans Schwaier in the final. The following year he had a win over rising star
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and was a semi-finalist at Basel and Båstad. He won his only Grand Prix tournament at Ferrera in 1983, without dropping a set. That year he also reached the quarter-finals in Milan. In both 1987 and 1988, Högstedt had some success at New York City's OTB Open, with semi-final appearances. Högstedt had the best win of his Grand Slam career at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships, defeating sixth seed Jakob Hlasek in the opening round. He also reached the quarter-finals of a tournament in
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and the Australian Indoor Championships. In 1990 he appeared in all four Grand Slams, for the first time in his career, but was unable to progress past the first round in any of them. His best performances on the tour came at Rotterdam, Singapore and Tokyo, where he made the quarter-finals. In Tokyo he defeated world 6
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, the second time in their two meetings that he had got the better of the Ecuadorian, having also beaten him at Basel in 1982. He was appointed coach of five time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova in late 2010, having previously had success coaching Tommy Haas and
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, who were both top 10 players under his tutelage. The pair ended their relationship shortly after Sharapova's second round loss to
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. Högstedt was the coach of former Wimbledon finalist
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from December 2016 to September 2017, whom he also coached from October 2015 until April 2016. He was also the coach of American
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on a trial basis in 2020.


Grand Prix career finals


Singles: 1 (1–0)


Challenger titles


Singles: (1)


References


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogstedt, Thomas 1963 births Living people Swedish male tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Swedish tennis coaches Sportspeople from Mariestad Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Tennis players from Västra Götaland County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen