The person who helped mildew and icon has died at 59.
Peter Lundgren, who reached as excessive as No. 25 on the planet throughout his taking part in days, coached Roger Federer to a Wimbledon victory in 2003 — the Swiss icon’s first Grand Slam win.
Lundgren’s kids, Lukas and Julia, confirmed his dying in a Fb submit.
“Relaxation in peace Dad. Among the best has sadly left us far too quickly,” Lukas wrote.
“A coach, participant, good friend and father. An inspiration and serving to hand for a lot of, each on and off the court docket. The imprint you made and the reminiscences will all the time dwell on.”
A reason behind dying was not publicized, although the Swede had beforehand disclosed he had Sort II diabetes and had his foot and decrease leg amputated after breaking it final 12 months.
Lundgren gained acclaim as a coach, guiding the likes of Stan Wawrinka, Marecelo Rios, Marat Safin and Grigor Dimitrov along with Federer.
Nonetheless, Federer, whom he coached from 2000-03 earlier than their shocking cut up, was a particular problem.
“It wasn’t simple with him originally,” Lundgren instructed Swiss outlet Blick in 2023. “He had a variety of temperament and confirmed that too typically within the video games. However he shortly realized that he needed to change.”
Lundgren made an preliminary mark on the game as a part of a era of Swedish gamers that included the likes of Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Joakim Nyström, Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström, Hans Simonsson, and Kent Carlsson — although he bore the moniker of being “the brand new Bjorn Borg” as he educated with the legend and wore his hair equally lengthy.
He completed his taking part in days on the age of 30 with a 119-136 singles mark.
Fellow Swedish tennis star Borg was amongst these to supply tribute to Lundgren because the information of his passing unfold.
“Peter Lundgren was an exquisite individual with a giant coronary heart and a variety of humour,” Borg instructed Sportbladet. “He was a extremely good good friend. He was liked by all. He shall be missed within the tennis world.”
Wawrinka shared his sorrow at his former coach’s passing with a slew of pictures and movies on his Instagram story, including “You may be missed,” with a damaged coronary heart and prayer arms emoji on them.