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Mikael Tillström
Swedish tennis player

Mikael Tillström

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Swedish tennis player
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Male
Place of birth
Jönköping, Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden
Age
52 years
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Height:
185
Weight:
73
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Biography

Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1991.

Career

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 also reached the final of 2000 Majorca Open winning en route to the final some specialist at clay like Francisco Clavet or Mariano Puerta, and only an almighty Marat Safin could stop him.

He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 October 1996, when he became world no. 39. His best performance at a Grand Slam came when he got to the quarter finals of the Australian Open in 1996, he defeated Aaron Krickstein, Christian Ruud, Patrick McEnroe and Thomas Muster before losing to Michael Chang. 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. He is running the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Nicklas Kulti and is coaching Gaël Monfils.

Career finals

Doubles (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.1992Hilversum, NetherlandsClaySweden Mårten RenströmNetherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Mark Koevermans
7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Winner1.1992San MarinoClaySweden Nicklas KultiItaly Cristian Brandi
Italy Federico Mordegan
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up2.1994Båstad, SwedenClaySweden Nicklas KultiSweden Jan Apell
Sweden Jonas Björkman
2–6, 3–6
Winner2.1997Båstad, SwedenClaySweden Nicklas KultiSweden Magnus Gustafsson
Sweden Magnus Larsson
6–0, 6–3
Winner3.1997Indianapolis, U.S.HardAustralia Michael TebbuttSweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
6–3, 6–2
Winner4.1998St. Petersburg, RussiaCarpetSweden Nicklas KultiSouth Africa Marius Barnard
South Africa Brent Haygarth
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up3.1998Orlando, U.S.ClayAustralia Michael TebbuttSouth Africa Grant Stafford
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner5.1998Stockholm, SwedenHard (i)Sweden Nicklas KultiSouth Africa Chris Haggard
Sweden Peter Nyborg
7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up4.1999Båstad, SwedenClaySweden Nicklas KultiSouth Africa David Adams
United States Jeff Tarango
6–7, 4–6
Winner6.2000Barcelona, SpainClaySweden Nicklas KultiNetherlands Paul Haarhuis
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Winner7.2000Halle, GermanyGrassSweden Nicklas KultiIndia Mahesh Bhupathi
Germany David Prinosil
7–6, 7–6
Winner8.2000Båstad, SwedenClaySweden Nicklas KultiItaly Andrea Gaudenzi
Italy Diego Nargiso
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
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