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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 the number 39 of the world. He is running Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Nicklas Kulti.
Doubles titles (8)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score 1. 1992 San Marino Clay Nicklas Kulti
Cristian Brandi
Federico Mordegan
6–2, 6–2 2. 1997 Båstad, Sweden Clay Nicklas Kulti
Magnus Gustafsson
Magnus Larsson
6–0, 6–3 3. 1997 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Michael Tebbutt
Jonas Björkman
Nicklas Kulti
6–3, 6–2 4. 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Nicklas Kulti
Marius Barnard
Brent Haygarth
3–6, 6–3, 7–6 5. 1998 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Nicklas Kulti
Chris Haggard
Peter Nyborg
7–5, 3–6, 7–5 6. 2000 Barcelona, Spain Clay Nicklas Kulti
Paul Haarhuis
Sandon Stolle
6–2, 6–7, 7–6 7. 2000 Halle, Germany Grass Nicklas Kulti
Mahesh Bhupathi
David Prinosil
7–6, 7–6 8. 2000 Båstad, Sweden Clay Nicklas Kulti
Andrea Gaudenzi
Diego Nargiso
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 References
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- Swedish male tennis players
- People from Jönköping
- Olympic tennis players of Sweden
- Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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