Peter Lundgren
Lundgren coaching Stanislas Wawrinka
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| Country (sports) |
 Sweden
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| Residence | Hunnebostrand and Monte Carlo |
| Born |
29 January 1965 Gudmundrå, Sweden |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1983 |
| Retired | 1995 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,130,516 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 119–136 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 25 (16 December 1985) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1988, 1991) |
| French Open | 2R (1991) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1989) |
| US Open | 2R (1985, 1987, 1989, 1990) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 100–134 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 36 (26 November 1990) |
Peter Lundgren (born 29 January 1965) in Gudmundrå, Sweden) is a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay.
Lundgren was one of the second generation of Swedish players along with Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Joakim Nyström, Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström, Hans Simonsson and Kent Carlsson that followed after the success of Björn Borg. He left Sundsvall as an 18-year-old and moved to , to further his tennis career.
In 1984 Lundgren finished the year ranked at 274. At the end of the 1985 season Lundgren jumped up 249 places on ranking list to finish at number 27. In the process he won his first title in Cologne as a qualifier defeating Wojtek Fibak, Goran Prpić, Jeremy Bates, Tim Wilkinson before defeating Ramesh Krishnan in the final. After the title win he was hailed as "the new Björn Borg", in reference to his talent and the long hair that bore resemblance to Borg and that he had trained with him as well. Lundgren's best ranking was 25th in the world, but at the time he was the only 7th best Swede behind Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd, Joakim Nyström, Henrik Sundström and Jan Gunnarsson.
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