Swedish tennis player
Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a formertennis player and coach from Sweden.
He represented his native country as at the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland'sRoger Federer. The right-hander won one career title in singles (Chennai, 1997) and eight career doubles titles, all but one with fellow SwedeNicklas Kulti. He also reached the final of2000 Majorca Open.
He reached his highest singlesATP-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 theAustralian Open in 1996, defeatingAaron Krickstein,Christian Ruud,Patrick McEnroe andThomas Muster and then losing toMichael Chang.
He is running theGood to Great Tennis Academy together withMagnus Norman andNicklas Kulti, and he is currently coachingGaël Monfils and Denis Shapovalov.
Junior Grand Slam finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (1–3) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (1–3) | | Indoors (0–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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)
[edit]| Legend |
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| 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 |
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| Hard (2–0) | | Clay (4–4) | | Grass (1–0) | | Carpet (1–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (6–4) | | Indoors (2–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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
[edit]| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (2–1) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (2–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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 |
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (11–2) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (2–0) | | Clay (8–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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
[edit](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.