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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 Mordegan6–2, 6–2 2. 1997 Båstad, Sweden Clay Nicklas Kulti Magnus Gustafsson
Magnus Larsson6–0, 6–3 3. 1997 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Michael Tebbutt Jonas Björkman
Nicklas Kulti6–3, 6–2 4. 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Nicklas Kulti Marius Barnard
Brent Haygarth3–6, 6–3, 7–6 5. 1998 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Nicklas Kulti Chris Haggard
Peter Nyborg7–5, 3–6, 7–5 6. 2000 Barcelona, Spain Clay Nicklas Kulti Paul Haarhuis
Sandon Stolle6–2, 6–7, 7–6 7. 2000 Halle, Germany Grass Nicklas Kulti Mahesh Bhupathi
David Prinosil7–6, 7–6 8. 2000 Båstad, Sweden Clay Nicklas Kulti Andrea Gaudenzi
Diego Nargiso4–6, 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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