Although he never won the singles title at Wimbledon, Wilander twice won the Australian Open when that tournament was still played on grass courts.

Wilander won his second Grand Slam title later that year at the Australian Open, played on grass at Kooyong Stadium, where he defeated McEnroe in a semifinal and Lendl in the final.

Wilander played only the first half of 1991.

Except for Wimbledon, Wilander played a full schedule in 1994.

In 1996, Wilander played only one Grand Slam tournament, losing in the second round of the French Open to Martin.

Wilander played in his fourth final in 1987, where Sweden beat India 5 – 0.

He played in the Caesars Tennis Classic exhibition match in Atlantic City, New Jersey, against his rival from the late 1980s, Mats Wilander.

He also played at the Australian Open for the first time, making it to the semifinals, before being defeated in four sets by Mats Wilander.

An epic performance was McEnroe's 6-hour, 22-minute victory over Mats Wilander in the deciding rubber of the 3 – 2 quarterfinal win over Sweden in 1982, played in St. Louis, Missouri.

It was the first men's singles final played at the new Melbourne Park venue, and Wilander won in a four-and-a-half-hour encounter, taking the fifth set 8 – 6.

In 1984, Curren powered his way through the draw and played Mats Wilander in the final of the Australian Open, after making a comeback from two sets down to defeat Ben Testerman in the semifinals.

Wilander won the match, played on the grass courts at Kooyong, in four sets, 6 – 7, 6 – 4, 7 – 6, 6 – 2.

Pernfors played a topspin-heavy baseline game with a double-handed backhand, like his countrymen Björn Borg and Mats Wilander, but he lacked their consistency and relied on a crowd-pleasing game full of variety, liberally employing the drop shot and the topspin lob.

Wilander was an integral member of Sweden's highly-successful Davis Cup team throughout the 1980s.

Wilander compiled a 36 – 16 record in singles and a 7 – 2 record in doubles in the Davis Cup for Sweden.

His idol while growing up was Mats Wilander, who is captain of Swedish Davis Cup team.

Wilander returned to the French Open in 1983, where he lost to Yannick Noah after defeating John McEnroe in a quarterfinal.

In 1985, Wilander won the French Open for the second time, beating Lendl in the final, and again reached the Australian Open final, where he lost to Edberg.

At Wimbledon, Wilander reached the quarterfinals where he lost to Mečíř.

Cahill's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1988 US Open, where he knocked-out Boris Becker in the second round on the way to reaching the semi-finals, where he lost to eventual champion Mats Wilander.

He lost to Wilander in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Sydney.

Wilander then lost in the fourth round at both Wimbledon, to Brian Teacher, and the US Open to Lendl.

He reached his first final with Sweden in 1983, which they lost 3 – 2 to Australia ( despite Wilander winning both his singles rubbers in the final ).

Wilander helped Sweden reach the final again in 1986 but declined to play in the final because he was getting married ( Sweden lost 3 – 2 to Australia ).

Lendl lost in the final of the 1985 French Open to Mats Wilander.

This makes Wilander one of only five men ( along with Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer ) to have won Grand Slam singles titles on grass courts, hard courts, and clay courts.

Only five players have won Major titles on clay, grass and hardcourts: Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

In singles play, Santoro defeated 18 players who were ranked World No. 1 at some time during their careers: Novak Djokovic, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Ríos, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moyà, Pat Rafter, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer ( with whom he has a 2 – 9 record ).

Some of the best matches of all time have pitted great baseliners such as Björn Borg, Mats Wilander or Andre Agassi against great serve-and-volleyers such as John McEnroe, Stefan Edberg or Pete Sampras.

In addition to Becker, Agassi, McEnroe and Martin, Pernfors holds victories over Wilander, Pete Sampras, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Thomas Muster, Sergi Bruguera and Michael Stich.

In a July 1982 quarterfinal tie against the United States on carpet in St. Louis, Missouri, Wilander was defeated in the deciding fifth rubber by John McEnroe 9 – 7, 6 – 2, 15 – 17, 3 – 6, 8 – 6.

In September 1987 Jaite upset world # 3 Mats Wilander, 7 – 6, 6 – 4, 4 – 6, 0 – 6, 6 – 4, to win a competition in Bacelona, Spain.

He dropped only one set during the two-week long tournament, and defeated the defending-champion Mats Wilander in straight sets in the final, 6 – 2, 7 – 5, 7 – 6.

A few weeks later he pushed Wilander to five sets in the second round of the U. S. Open, falling 7 – 6, 3 – 6, 1 – 6, 7 – 6, 6 – 4.

In 1984, Sweden ( with Wilander ) won the cup, beating the United States 4 – 1 in the final.

*# Australian Open – Mats Wilander

*# French Open – Mats Wilander

*# US Open – Mats Wilander

*# 1984 Australian Open – Mats Wilander

In 2001, he won his third French Open crown, joining former greats Björn Borg ( 6 ), Ivan Lendl ( 3 ) and Mats Wilander ( 3 ) with three or more French Open titles in the Open Era ; former champion Jim Courier presented him with the trophy.

He beat Ivan Lendl ( world # 1 ) in 1990, Michael Stich ( world # 2 and # 4 ) in 1994 and 1991, Stefan Edberg ( world # 3 ) in 1988 at the U S Open, Boris Becker ( world # 3 ) in 1992, Mats Wilander ( world # 4 ) in 1984, and Jimmy Arias ( world # 5 ) in 1984 and Sergi Bruguera ( world # 5 ) in 1994.