Mikael Tillström
Country | Sweden |
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Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Born |
Jönköping, Sweden | 5 March 1972
Height | 6'1" (185 cm) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Retired | 2000 |
Plays | Right-handed (2-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $2,029,070 |
Singles | |
Career record | 112-113 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 39 (14 October 1996) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1996) |
French Open | 4R (1994) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1996) |
US Open | 3R (1998) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 3R (2000) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 111-85 |
Career titles | 8 |
Highest ranking | No. 15 (17 July 2000) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1999, 2000) |
French Open | SF (1999) |
Wimbledon | SF (2000) |
US Open | 3R (1998, 2000) |
Last updated on: 29 May 2012. |
Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972 in Jönköping) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1991.
He represented his native country as at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer. The right-hander won one career title in singles (Chennai, 1997) and eight career doubles titles, all but one with fellow Swede Nicklas Kulti. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 October 1996, when he became world no. 39. He was the first player to be beaten by Gustavo Kuerten in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, at the Australian Open in 1997.[1] He is running the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Nicklas Kulti and coaching Grigor Dimitrov.
Doubles titles (8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1992 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Mårten Renström | Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans |
7–6, 1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 1992 | San Marino | Clay | Nicklas Kulti | Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1994 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Nicklas Kulti | Jan Apell Jonas Björkman |
2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 1997 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Nicklas Kulti | Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson |
6–0, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 1997 | Indianapolis, U.S. | Hard | Michael Tebbutt | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 1998 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet | Nicklas Kulti | Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth |
3–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1998 | Orlando, U.S. | Clay | Michael Tebbutt | Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett |
6–4, 4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 5. | 1998 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Nicklas Kulti | Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg |
7–5, 3–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1999 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Nicklas Kulti | David Adams Jeff Tarango |
6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 6. | 2000 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Nicklas Kulti | Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle |
6–2, 6–7, 7–6 |
Winner | 7. | 2000 | Halle, Germany | Grass | Nicklas Kulti | Mahesh Bhupathi David Prinosil |
7–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 8. | 2000 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Nicklas Kulti | Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso |
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |