Mikael Tillström

Mikael Tillström

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1972-03-05) 5 March 1972 (age 49) Jönköping, Sweden
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-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)

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.^[1] He is running the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Nicklas Kulti and is coaching Gaël Monfils.

Career finals[]

Singles (1 win, 4 losses)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1997	Chennai, India	Hard	Alex Radulescu	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Apr 1998	Chennai, India	Hard	Patrick Rafter	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 1999	Singapore, Singapore	Hard	Marcelo Rios	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1–3	Feb 2000	San Jose, US	Hard (i)	Mark Philippoussis	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	1–4	May 2000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Marat Safin	4–6, 3–6

Doubles (8 wins, 4 losses)[]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1992	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Mårten Renström	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1992	San Marino	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2.	1994	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	2–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1997	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson	6–0, 6–3
Win	3.	1997	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Michael Tebbutt	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–2
Win	4.	1998	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	3.	1998	Orlando, U.S.	Clay	Michael Tebbutt	Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	5.	1998	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nicklas Kulti	Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	4.	1999	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	David Adams Jeff Tarango	6–7, 4–6
Win	6.	2000	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Win	7.	2000	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nicklas Kulti	Mahesh Bhupathi David Prinosil	7–6, 7–6
Win	8.	2000	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nicklas Kulti	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	4–6, 6–2, 6–3

References[]

External links[]

• Mikael Tillström at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mikael Tillström at the International Tennis Federation
• Mikael Tillström at the Davis Cup