Career
He is the former coach of Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Li Na and Simona Halep, and, as of January 2016, the current coach of Eugenie Bouchard. That year he also reached the quarter-finals in Milan. In both 1987 and 1988, Högstedt has some success at New York"s OTB Open, with semi-final appearances.
He also reached the quarter-finals of a tournament in Rio de Janeiro and the Australian Indoor Championships.
In 1990 he appeared in all four Grand Slams, for the first time in his career, but was unable to progress past the first round in any of them. His best performances on tour came at Rotterdam, Singapore and Tokyo, where he made quarter-finals.
In Tokyo he defeated world 6 Andrés Gómez, the second time in their two meetings that he had got the better of the Ecuadorian, having also beaten him at Basel in 1982. The pair ended their relationship shortly after Sharapova"s second round loss to Michelle Larcher de Brito at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
As of January 2016, Högstedt is the coach of former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard.
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