Mikael Tillström

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Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a former tennis player and coach from Sweden.

Mikael Tillström
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1972-03-05) 5 March 1972 (age 52)
Jönköping, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,030,525
Singles
Career record112–113
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (14 October 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1996)
French Open4R (1994)
Wimbledon3R (1996)
US Open3R (1998)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record111–86
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 15 (17 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1999, 2000)
French OpenSF (1999)
WimbledonSF (2000)
US Open3R (1998, 2000)
Last updated on: 10 January 2022.

Career

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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.

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 quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1996, defeating Aaron Krickstein, Christian Ruud, Patrick McEnroe and Thomas Muster and then losing to Michael Chang.

Coaching

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He is running the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Nicklas Kulti, and he is currently coaching Gaël Monfils.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1990 US Open Hard   Andrea Gaudenzi 2–6, 6–4, 6–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss 1990 US Open Hard   Mårten Renström   Sébastien Leblanc
  Greg Rusedski
7–6, 3–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

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Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1997 Chennai, India World Series Hard   Alex Rădulescu 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Apr 1998 Chennai, India World Series Hard   Patrick Rafter 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 1999 Singapore, Singapore Championship Series Hard   Marcelo Ríos 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–3 Feb 2000 San Jose, United States World Series Hard   Mark Philippoussis 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 1–4 May 2000 Majorca, Spain World Series Clay   Marat Safin 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (2–0)
ATP World Series (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (6–4)
Indoors (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1992 Hilversum, Netherlands World Series Clay   Mårten Renström   Paul Haarhuis
  Mark Koevermans
7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1992 San Marino, San Marino World Series Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Cristian Brandi
  Federico Mordegan
6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jul 1994 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Jan Apell
  Jonas Björkman
2–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Jul 1997 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Magnus Gustafsson
  Magnus Larsson
6–0, 6–3
Win 3–2 Aug 1997 Indianapolis, United States Championship Series Hard   Michael Tebbutt   Jonas Björkman
  Nicklas Kulti
6–3, 6–2
Win 4–2 Feb 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia World Series Carpet   Nicklas Kulti   Marius Barnard
  Brent Haygarth
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 4–3 Apr 1998 Orlando, United States World Series Clay   Michael Tebbutt   Grant Stafford
  Kevin Ullyett
6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win 5–3 Nov 1998 Stockholm, Sweden International Series Hard   Nicklas Kulti   Chris Haggard
  Peter Nyborg
7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 5–4 Jul 1999 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Nicklas Kulti   David Adams
  Jeff Tarango
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win 6–4 Apr 2000 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Paul Haarhuis
  Sandon Stolle
6–2, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win 7–4 Jun 2000 Halle, Germany International Series Grass   Nicklas Kulti   Mahesh Bhupathi
  David Prinosil
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win 8–4 Jul 2000 Båstad, Sweden International Series Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Andrea Gaudenzi
  Diego Nargiso
4–6, 6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 3 (2–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 1992 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Magnus Larsson 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jun 1994 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay   Jens Knippschild 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–1 Sep 1995 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay   Younes El Aynaoui 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 13 (11–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (11–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (8–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 1992 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Magnus Larsson   Cristian Brandi
  Federico Mordegan
6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jun 1992 Yvetot, France Challenger Clay   Mårten Renström   Jaime Oncins
  Tomas Anzari
7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Win 3–0 Jun 1992 Salzburg, Austria Challenger Clay   Jan Apell   Jordi Arrese
  Nils Holm
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Sep 1993 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Tomas Nydahl   David Rikl
  Pavel Vízner
2–6, 6–7
Win 4–1 Oct 1993 Dublin, Ireland Challenger Carpet   Mårten Renström   Todd Nelson
  Bent-Ove Pedersen
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 4–2 May 1994 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Kenneth Carlsen   Olivier Delaître
  Jean-Philippe Fleurian
1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 5–2 Jun 1994 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay   Tommy Ho   Emanuel Couto
  Bernardo Mota
7–6, 6–1
Win 6–2 Jul 1994 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Mårten Renström   Stephen Noteboom
  Tom Vanhoudt
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–2 Dec 1994 Andorra la Vella, Andorra Challenger Hard   Anders Järryd   Greg Rusedski
  Paul Wekesa
7–6, 6–3
Win 8–2 Mar 1995 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard   Nicklas Kulti   Jan Apell
  Mike Bauer
7–6, 6–4
Win 9–2 Apr 1995 Monte Carlo, Monaco Challenger Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Nicolas Kiefer
  Michael Stich
7–5, 7–5
Win 10–2 May 1995 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Shelby Cannon
  Stefan Kruger
6–4, 6–4
Win 11–2 Jul 1995 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Nicklas Kulti   Bill Behrens
  Brendan Curry
7–6, 6–4

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A Q2 QF 1R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 5 8–5 62%
French Open A Q1 4R 2R 3R 1R 2R Q3 1R 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Wimbledon A A A A 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
US Open A A A A 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 9–4 0–4 5–4 2–3 1–4 0 / 21 21–21 50%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A Q2 A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A A Q2 A 4R A 1R 1R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Monte Carlo QF A A Q2 A 1R A A Q2 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Hamburg A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A 3R A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Cincinnati A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A A Q1 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–6 0–0 0–1 0–1 0 / 10 7–10 41%

Doubles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A 1R 1R A 1R 3R 3R 0 / 6 4–6 40%
French Open 2R 1R 1R A A 1R SF 3R 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R SF 0 / 2 4–2 67%
US Open A A A A A 3R 1R 3R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Win–loss 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–3 6–4 10–4 0 / 17 19–17 53%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A 1R A A A SF 2R 0 / 3 4–3 0%
Monte Carlo A A 2R A A A A QF 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Rome A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati A A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Stuttgart A A A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 3–4 0 / 8 8–8 50%

References

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