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Thomas Högstedt (born 21 September 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He is the former coach of Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Li Na and Simona Halep. ==Career== Högstedt was the junior singles winner at the 1981 US Open, defeating West German player Hans Schwaier in the final. The following year he had a win over rising star Mats Wilander at Cincinnati and was a semi-finalist at Basle 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 has some success at New York'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 Rio de Janeiro and the Australian Indoor Championships.〔(ITF Tennis Profile )〕 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 tour came at Rotterdam, Singapore and Tokyo, where he made quarter-finals. In Tokyo he defeated world 6 Andrés Gómez, the second time in their two meetings that he had got the better of the Ecuadorian, having also beaten him at Basel in 1982.〔(ATP World Tour Profile )〕 He was appointed coach of five time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova in late 2010, having previously had success coaching Tommy Haas and Li Na, who were both top 10 players under his tutelage.〔''The Australian'', ("Maria Sharapova aces bad first-round memories " ), 18 January 2011, Margie McDonald〕 The pair ended their relationship shortly after Sharapova's second round loss to Michelle Larcher de Brito at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.〔(Maria Sharapova splits with coach Thomas Hogstedt ), Beyond the Baseline, SI.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Högstedt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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