Stefan Eriksson (tennis)

Stefan Eriksson

Country	Sweden
Residence	Munich
Born	17 October 1963 Enköping, Sweden
Height	6'4" (193 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$105,682
Singles
Career record	19-34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 72 (23 Mar 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	1R (1986, 1987)
Wimbledon	1R (1987)
US Open	1R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	10-25
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 110 (10 Feb 1986)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (1986)

Stefan Eriksson (born 17 October 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.^[1]

Career

Eriksson competed in four Grand Slam tournaments during his career but was unable to register a win.^[2] In the 1987 Wimbledon Championships he lost to future champion Stefan Edberg 0-6, 0-6, 0-6.^[2] It was the first ever Wimbledon match in the open era to be decided in just 18 games and first shutout at the tournament since 1947.^[3]

His best result on tour came at the Cologne tournament in 1986, when he finished runner-up.^[2] He upset world number nine Anders Järryd in the semi-finals.^[2] The Swede had two further wins over top 30 players that year, beating Slobodan Živojinović in Basel and Milan Šrejber in Vienna.^[2]

On the doubles circuit, Eriksson reached the quarter-finals at the Indianapolis Clay Court Championships in both 1985 and 1986, partnering Mikael Pernfors.^[2] He went further at Toulouse in 1985, making the semi-finals, with Peter Lundgren.^[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1986	Cologne, West Germany	Hard	Jonas Svensson	7–6, 2–6, 2–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1987	Cherbourg, France	Hard	Jim Pugh	6–3, 6–0

Doubles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1985	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Ronnie Båthman	Morten Christensen Patrik Kühnen	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

References