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#3 Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander of Sweden won 7 Grand Slam titles between 1982 and 1988 and yet remarkably he was never ranked World Number 1 during this dominant phase. He rose to the top ranking only after winning his final Grand Slam in New York in 1988.
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He played a key role in Sweden's dominant run in the Davis Cup throughout the 1980s helping his country win 3 Davis Cup titles in 1984, 1985 and 1987. Wilander retired with 33 Singles titles and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002.
Wilander won his first Grand Slam title at the 1982 French Open aged 17 years and 293 days.
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