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Pat Rafter of Australia poses with the trophy after winning the Singles Final against Stefan Edberg of Sweden during day six of the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall on December 6, 2009 in London, England.

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"I think winning the US Open final in 1988 against (John) Lendl stands out as my best tennis memory. I had watched Bjorn Borg win the French Open and win Wimbledon but never be able to win the US Open, so us Swedes thought it was the hardest Grand Slam to win. Up to the point that I won it I knew I had a chance on hard courts because I was beating Lendl, (John) McEnroe and (Stefan) Edberg on the surface, but at the US Open it just seemed that bit tougher. So to beat Lendl in ’88 after having lost to him in ’87 and to win playing a really tactical game and hitting shots that I wouldn’t usually hit, that was incredible."--Mats Wilander

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Pat Cash of Australia serves to Stefan Edberg of Sweden during the BlackRock Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall on December 2, 2008 in London, England.

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“People ask why I spent so long not playing but I had a pretty long career and I played for pretty much 14 years almost non-stop, because remember I was in seven Davis Cup finals in a row and they were always played in December. So I was quite tired of tennis and needed to get away from the tennis to do some other things and I really didn’t feel like coming back for some time. It’s only over the last year or two that the thought had come into my mind and obviously I have been asked so many times to play the veterans’ tour and every year I’ve said I’m not quite ready and probably won’t be ready. This year I’ve decided to give it a try.” -- Stefan Edberg on why he's finally returning to competitive tennis