Joakim Nyström

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Joakim Nyström
Country (sports) 
Tour Finals
QF (1984)
WCT FinalsSF (1985)
Doubles
Career record185–116
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 4 (10 November 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1984)
French OpenSF (1985)
WimbledonW (1986)
US OpenF (1986)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1984, 1985, 1987)

Joakim "Jocke" Nyström (born 20 February 1963) is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won 13 singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour 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

The Masters
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, Mikael Pernfors, Kent Carlsson, Stefan Edberg, Henrik Sundström, Magnus Gustafsson, and Mats Wilander.

Since retiring from tennis, Nyström has served as

Fed Cup captain for Sweden and as an assistant coach to Wilander with the Swedish Davis Cup team. Outside these commitments, he coached both Finn Jarkko Nieminen and Austrian Jürgen Melzer.[1]
Jack Sock has also hired him as his coach.[2] He coached Kamil Majchrzak from December 2020 till August 2022.[3][4]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
Career SR Career W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 4R 3R 3R NH A A 1R 0 / 5 7–5
French Open A 1R 4R 3R 2R QF 1R 4R 3R A 0 / 8 15–8
Wimbledon A 2R 1R A 2R 3R 3R 3R 3R A 0 / 7 10–7
US Open A A A 4R 4R QF QF 2R 1R A 0 / 6 16–6
SR 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 26 N/A
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 3–2 8–3 8–4 12–4 6–3 6–3 4–3 0–1 N/A 48–26
Year-end championships
The Masters
A A A A QF 1R RR A A A 0 / 3 2–4

Career finals

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

Result No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 1983
Munich
, West Germany
Clay Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 5–7
Win 1. 1983
Sydney Outdoor
, Australia
Grass United States Mike Bauer 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 2. 1984
Gstaad
, Switzerland
Clay United States Brian Teacher 6–4, 6–2
Win 3. 1984
North Conway
, U.S.
Clay United States Tim Wilkison 6–2, 7–5
Loss 2. 1984
Barcelona
, Spain
Clay Sweden Mats Wilander 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win 4. 1984
Basel
, Switzerland
Hard United States Tim Wilkison 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 5. 1984 Cologne, West Germany Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř 7–6, 6–2
Win 6. 1985
Munich
, West Germany
Clay West Germany Hans Schwaier 6–1, 6–0
Win 7. 1985 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay West Germany Andreas Maurer 6–4, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 3. 1985
Palermo
, Italy
Clay France Thierry Tulasne 2–6, 0–6
Win 8. 1986 Toronto Indoor, Canada Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Milan Šrejber 6–1, 6–4
Win 9. 1986
La Quinta
, U.S.
Hard France Yannick Noah 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4. 1986 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win 10. 1986
Rotterdam
, Netherlands
Carpet (i) Sweden Anders Järryd 6–0, 6–3
Win 11. 1986
Monte Carlo
, Monaco
Clay France Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–2
Win 12. 1986 Madrid, Spain Clay Sweden Kent Carlsson 6–1, 6–1
Loss 5. 1987
Lyon
, France
Carpet (i) France Yannick Noah 4–6, 5–7
Win 13. 1987
Båstad
, Sweden
Clay Sweden Stefan Edberg 4–6, 6–0, 6–3

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

Result No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1982
Båstad
, Sweden
Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson
6–0, 3–6, 6–7
Win 1. 1983
Båstad
, Sweden
Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson
1–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 2. 1983
Geneva
, Switzerland
Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner
United States Blaine Willenborg
1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 3. 1984 Cologne, West Germany Carpet (i) Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Poland Wojciech Fibak
United States Sandy Mayer
1–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 1984 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Sweden Mats Wilander Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 2–6, 5–7
Win 2. 1985 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet (i) Sweden Mats Wilander Poland Wojciech Fibak
United States Sandy Mayer
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 5. 1985
Cincinnati
, U.S.
Hard Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win 3. 1985
Palermo
, Italy
Clay United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 6. 1985
Masters
, New York
Carpet (i) Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
1–6, 6–7
Win 4. 1986 Toronto Indoor, Canada Carpet (i) Poland Wojciech Fibak South Africa Christo Steyn
South Africa Danie Visser
6–3, 7–6
Loss 7. 1986
Monte Carlo
, Monaco
Clay Sweden Mats Wilander France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 5. 1986 Madrid, Spain Clay Sweden Anders Järryd
Jesus Colas
Spain David de Miguel
6–2, 6–2
Win 6. 1986
Wimbledon
, London
Grass Sweden Mats Wilander United States Gary Donnelly
United States Peter Fleming
7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 8. 1986
Gstaad
, Switzerland
Clay Sweden Stefan Edberg Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 9. 1986 US Open, New York Hard Sweden Mats Wilander Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 7. 1986
Barcelona
, Spain
Clay Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Peru Carlos di Laura
Italy Claudio Panatta
6–3, 6–4
Loss 10. 1987 Boston, U.S. Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 11. 1987
Indianapolis
, U.S.
Clay Sweden Mats Wilander Australia Laurie Warder
United States Blaine Willenborg
0–6, 3–6
Win 8. 1988 Bordeaux, France Clay Italy Claudio Panatta Argentina Christian Miniussi
Italy Diego Nargiso
6–1, 6–4
Loss 12. 1988
Kitzbühel
, Austria
Clay Italy Claudio Panatta Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
4–6, 6–7

References

  1. ^ Jarkko Nieminen hires Joakim Nyström as a coach
  2. ^ Cvitkovic, Romana (14 November 2012). "Jack Sock tries to work his way up rankings". USA Today. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Inside Kamil Majchrzak's 'Completely Unexpected Story' | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. ^ https://historiapolskiegotenisa.pl/kamil-majchrzak/153_6605_0

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