Joakim Nyström

Joakim "Jocke" Nyström (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjûːakɪm ˈnŷːstrøːm]; 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.

Joakim Nyström

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1963-02-20) 20 February 1963 (age 62) Skellefteå, Sweden
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1980
Retired	1989
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,074,947
Singles
Career record	265–142
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 7 (31 March 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1983, 1984, 1985)
French Open	QF (1985)
Wimbledon	3R (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
US Open	QF (1985, 1986)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (1984)
WCT Finals	SF (1985)
Doubles
Career record	185–116
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 4 (10 November 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1984)
French Open	SF (1985)
Wimbledon	W (1986)
US Open	F (1986)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1984, 1985, 1987)

Tennis career

He was a singles quarterfinalist at both the French Open (1985) and US Open (1985, 1986) tournaments, the 1986 Wimbledon doubles champion with Mats Wilander, and a member of the winning 1985 and 1987 Davis Cup teams from Sweden. He qualified for 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	Tomáš Šmíd	0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 5–7
Win	1.	1983	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Mike Bauer	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	2.	1984	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Brian Teacher	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	1984	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Tim Wilkison	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2.	1984	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mats Wilander	6–7(5–7), 4–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win	4.	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Tim Wilkison	6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	5.	1984	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Miloslav Mečíř	7–6, 6–2
Win	6.	1985	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Hans Schwaier	6–1, 6–0
Win	7.	1985	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Andreas Maurer	6–4, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	3.	1985	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	2–6, 0–6
Win	8.	1986	Toronto Indoor, Canada	Carpet (i)	Milan Šrejber	6–1, 6–4
Win	9.	1986	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Yannick Noah	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	4.	1986	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	10.	1986	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Anders Järryd	6–0, 6–3
Win	11.	1986	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–2
Win	12.	1986	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Kent Carlsson	6–1, 6–1
Loss	5.	1987	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Yannick Noah	4–6, 5–7
Win	13.	1987	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	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	Mats Wilander	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–0, 3–6, 6–7
Win	1.	1983	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mats Wilander	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	2.	1983	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Mats Wilander	Stanislav Birner Blaine Willenborg	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	3.	1984	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Jan Gunnarsson	Wojciech Fibak Sandy Mayer	1–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	1984	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mats Wilander	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 2–6, 5–7
Win	2.	1985	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Mats Wilander	Wojciech Fibak Sandy Mayer	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	5.	1985	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Mats Wilander	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win	3.	1985	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Colin Dowdeswell	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	6.	1985	Masters, New York	Carpet (i)	Mats Wilander	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	1–6, 6–7
Win	4.	1986	Toronto Indoor, Canada	Carpet (i)	Wojciech Fibak	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	6–3, 7–6
Loss	7.	1986	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Mats Wilander	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	5.	1986	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Anders Järryd	Jesus Colas David de Miguel	6–2, 6–2
Win	6.	1986	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Mats Wilander	Gary Donnelly Peter Fleming	7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	8.	1986	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Stefan Edberg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	9.	1986	US Open, New York	Hard	Mats Wilander	Andrés Gómez Slobodan Živojinović	6–4, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	7.	1986	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jan Gunnarsson	Carlos di Laura Claudio Panatta	6–3, 6–4
Loss	10.	1987	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Mats Wilander	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	11.	1987	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Mats Wilander	Laurie Warder Blaine Willenborg	0–6, 3–6
Win	8.	1988	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Claudio Panatta	Christian Miniussi Diego Nargiso	6–1, 6–4
Loss	12.	1988	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Claudio Panatta	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 6–7