Frederik Løchte Nielsen (born 27 August 1983) is a former professional
tennis player
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. He was the top ranked player from
Denmark
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in the
ATP doubles world rankings. A former
Wimbledon men's doubles champion, he peaked at no. 17 in the rankings in April 2013. Nielsen has reached five other doubles finals on tour, winning on two occasions.
Nielsen's parents were both tennis players and he picked up the sport at the age of three. Having turned professional in 2001, he began competing on the
ITF circuit, winning a singles title every year between 2005 and 2010. He continued to play in ITF and
ATP Challenger tournament
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s, garnering considerable success on the doubles circuit where he won multiple titles during the period.
Nielsen made a transition on to the main ATP Tour beginning 2012. He represented Denmark at the
Hopman Cup
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that year, playing a few keenly contested matches against top-ranked opponents including
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and
Mardy Fish
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, while also winning in doubles with
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...
. Nielsen entered the
2012 Wimbledon Championships with
Jonathan Marray
Jonathan Marray (born 10 March 1981) is a former British tennis player and a Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion. Marray is a former top 20 doubles player, reaching a career high of world no. 15 in January 2013, mainly due to more regular appearan ...
as wildcard entrant, but the duo went on to win the tournament upstaging such higher-ranked opponents as the
Bryan brothers
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en route to the title. He became only the second Danish player to ever win a Grand Slam title (following
his grandfather Kurt) and the first wildcard entrant to win Wimbledon men's doubles title.
Partnering
Johan Brunström, Nielsen reached the finals of the
2012 Moselle Open and the
2013 Heineken Open, before winning his first tour-level title at the
2014 Aircel Chennai Open
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. He continued to play on the Challenger tour in singles, while enjoying success in doubles on the main ATP circuit, winning again at the
2019 BMW Open. He is currently coached by former Danish
Davis Cup
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player
Patrik Langvardt.
Nielsen is the grandson of
Kurt Nielsen
Kurt Nielsen (19 November 1930 – 11 June 2011) was a Danish tennis player. He was born in Copenhagen, and was the first Danish tennis player ever to have played in a men's singles final in a Grand Slam tournament.
Nielsen reached the singl ...
. A former Danish tennis player and two-time
Wimbledon finalist an US Open Mixed Doubles champion.
Career
Debut and early years
Nielsen made his
ATP singles debut in
Copenhagen
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, losing to
Magnus Larsson
Per Henrik ''Magnus'' Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Playing career
Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title ...
in the first round d 6–1, 6–1. In 2003, he made his
Davis Cup
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debut in the
Europe/Africa Zone Group II tie against Tunisia at
Hillerod,
Denmark
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and defeated
Malek Jaziri 6–1, 6–4 in the dead rubber, Denmark winning 4–1. Nielsen also won the singles title at the Futures event in
Vietnam
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.
In 2004, Nielsen teamed with countryman
Rasmus Nørby to win 5 Futures doubles titles. Reached 1 Futures Singles final. He won 1 doubles Futures title and 2 titles in 4 Futures singles finals in 2005. In 2006, he won doubles title at 2
Challengers and 7 Futures. Also won 3 Futures singles titles.
In 2007, Nielsen won doubles titles at 3
Challengers and Futures. 2-time singles winner at Futures. In 2008, Nielsen won 2 doubles
Challengers and 1 Futures, all three with different partners. In 2009, he won 3
Challengers tournaments in doubles and 1 Futures title in singles.
In 2010, Nielsen won 2
Challengers and 3 Futures in Men's doubles. He also won singles Futures event in
Italy
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. The following year, he won 5
Challengers doubles titles with 3 different partners; he was the finalist at 3 other events.
2012: Wimbledon doubles champion
Nielsen represented
Denmark
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at the
2012 Hopman Cup
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alongside
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...
, but the pair could not get past the Group Stages. Nielsen had a 1–4 Win–loss record at the event, 1–1 in doubles and 0–3 in singles. He played much higher ranked opponents in
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His most notable achievement was reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, causing consecutive upsets by defeating top seed and six-time champi ...
,
Grigor Dimitrov
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and
Mardy Fish
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. He managed to win 1 set against Fish but eventually lost 4–6, 7–6, 6–4. Nielsen and Wozniacki still managed to pull out the doubles match against Fish and
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
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7–5, 6-3 and won their only tie against
USA.
![Nielsen QC13-004 (9428144399)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Nielsen_QC13-004_%289428144399%29.jpg)
He then played at the
Australian Open
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and qualified for the main draw at a Grand Slam for the first time but lost to
Kevin Anderson 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 in the first round. In February, Nielsen was selected for the
Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I tie against Slovenia, which Denmark lost 5–0.
Nielsen had been friends with
Jonny Marray
Jonathan Marray (born 10 March 1981) is a former British tennis player and a Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion. Marray is a former top 20 doubles player, reaching a career high of world no. 15 in January 2013, mainly due to more regular appeara ...
since their early days on the senior tour, but had only played together twice before in 2006 and 2008.
Playing doubles with Marray in June, their first pairing of the year, they reached the
Nottingham
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Challenger finals, losing out to
Treat Huey and
Dominic Inglot
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in three tight sets 4–6, 7-6(9), 8-10. They compiled a 10-6 match record in 6 tournaments.
Then Nielsen and Marray received a wild card at the
All England Club
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and began their
2012 Wimbledon Championships with a 5-set win over
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...
and
Marc Lopez, one of 4 teams they beat en route that qualified for
Barclays
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Barclays traces ...
ATP World Tour Finals
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. In the third-round, they edged out another five set victory this time against
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
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and
Jean-Julien Rojer
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He is a four-time Grand Slam champion, hav ...
7–5 in 5th set, followed with victory over
James Cerretani
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Amateur car ...
and
Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the quarters in five sets again. In the Semi-Finals they caused the biggest upset by beating No. 2 seeds
Bryans in 4 sets 6–4, 7-6(9), 6-7(4), 7-6(5). In the title clash they defeated the No. 5 seeds
Robert Lindstedt
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and
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in 5-sets 4–6, 6–4, 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6–3. Marray was first British doubles champion at
Wimbledon since 1936 and Nielsen was first Dane to win the doubles crown.
Following Wimbledon, they played together in 4 tournaments (2-4 record), losing first round in Winston-Salem, second round at
Us Open losing to
Jesse Levine and
Marinko Matosevic
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having beaten the Italian duo of
Flavio Cipolla
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and
Fabio Fognini
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in the first round. They had a quarter-final in
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losing out to
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Mariusz Stanisław Fyrstenberg (born 8 July 1980) is a retired left-handed Polish tennis player who was a doubles specialist.
Fyrstenberg primarily partnered Marcin Matkowski. The pair won the Madrid Open twice, in addition to reaching the fin ...
and
Marcin Matkowski
Marcin Matkowski (; born 15 January 1981) is a Polish former professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. He played college tennis at UCLA, where Jean-Julien Rojer was one of his teammates. Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg won t ...
.
Nielsen and Marray made their debut at the
Barclays
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ATP World Tour Finals
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in
London
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, qualifying for the season finale as a result of their
Wimbledon crown, and reached the Semi-Finals losing out to eventual champions
Marcel Granollers
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and
Marc Lopez 4–6, 3–6. In the Round-Robin stage the pair defeated top pairs including Indian pair of
Mahesh Bhupathi
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and
Rohan Bopanna
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6–4, 6-7(1), 12–10,
Max Mirnyi
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Mirnyi became a doubles spec ...
and
Daniel Nestor
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Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal a ...
7-6(3), 4–6, 12-10 losing only to
Robert Lindstedt
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and
Horia Tecau Horia or ''Horea'' may refer to:
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*Horea, Alba
* Horia, Constanța
* Horia, Neamț
* Horia, Tulcea
* Hilișeu-Horia, Botoșani Villages
*Horea, in Sanislău, Satu Mare
*Horia, in Vladimirescu, Arad
*Horia, in Surdila-Gr ...
in the Group Stage.
Nielsen finished the year as top Danish player in doubles, a year-end best No. 21 individually and No. 9 in
ATP Doubles Team Rankings with Marray. He also earned a career-high $334,901 in 2012 courtesy of his win at
Wimbledon.
2013: Doubles career high ranking
![Frederik Nielsen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Frederik_Nielsen.jpg)
At the start of 2013, Nielsen partnered
Johan Brunstrom for the first time since September 2012 at
Metz
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, they reached the final of
2013 Heineken Open at
Auckland
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losing out to
Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming (born 13 August 1984) is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
As part of the Davis Cup team, he won eight successive doubles matches to help Great Britain into the World Group. He also won his ...
and
Bruno Soares
Bruno Fraga Soares (; born 27 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
A doubles specialist, Soares won six major titles, the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 alongside Jamie Murray, and ...
in two tough sets 6-7(1), 6-7(2). Dropped to 1-2 overall in tour-level finals. They lost in the first round of
2013 Australian Open
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to
Simone Bolelli
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and
Fabio Fognini
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3–6, 4–6.
The Dane then partnered Bulgarian
Grigor Dimitrov
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for
World Tour Masters 1000 Miami and
Indian Wells reaching second round of the former and Semi-Finals his first at Masters event losing out to
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Mariusz Stanisław Fyrstenberg (born 8 July 1980) is a retired left-handed Polish tennis player who was a doubles specialist.
Fyrstenberg primarily partnered Marcin Matkowski. The pair won the Madrid Open twice, in addition to reaching the fin ...
and
Marcin Matkowski
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4–6, 2–6. Played with
André Sá
André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player.
In singles, he was a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP tournaments in Memphis and Hong Kong in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He reac ...
in
2013 Power Horse Cup at
Düsseldorf
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and fell in the Semis to
Andre Begemann
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and
Martin Emmrich
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. Along with Matkowski, reached Semis of
2013 Aegon International losing to
Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming (born 13 August 1984) is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
As part of the Davis Cup team, he won eight successive doubles matches to help Great Britain into the World Group. He also won his ...
and
Jonathan Marray
Jonathan Marray (born 10 March 1981) is a former British tennis player and a Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion. Marray is a former top 20 doubles player, reaching a career high of world no. 15 in January 2013, mainly due to more regular appearan ...
11–9 in Match Tie-Break. Played with
Eric Butorac
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at the
2013 Winston-Salem Open
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, reached Semi-Finals where they lost out to
Daniel Nestor
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Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal a ...
-and
Leander Paes
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3–6, 2–6.
2014: ATP 250 doubles title
Nielsen partnered
Johan Brunstrom and they entered the
2014 Aircel Chennai Open
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in January, the pair did not lose a single set on their route to the finals and went on to win the title defeating
Marin Draganja
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Draganja reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 550 on 29 April 2013, and his highest ATP doubles ranking ...
and
Mate Pavic
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...
6–2, 4–6, 10–7. This was Nielsen's first title other than
Wimbledon.
In January at
Copenhagen
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during the
Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II First Round Cyprus tie, he won both his singles and doubles matches partnering
Thomas Kromann.
He then partnered
Igor Sijsling for the
2014 Heineken Open and reached the quarters to only go down to the top seeds
Alexander Peya
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In September 2008 Peya h ...
and
Bruno Soares
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A doubles specialist, Soares won six major titles, the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 alongside Jamie Murray, and ...
5–7, 5–7. He played at the
Australian Open
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alongside Brunstrom and reached the second round before going down to
Julien Benneteau
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and
Edouard Roger-Vasselin in a tight three-setter 6–0, 5–7, 3–6.
Next he played at the
Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Luxembourg tie in April, winning both his singles and the doubles alongside Thomas Kromann, leading
Denmark
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to a 5–0 victory, and to the Final Round in the
Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
Partnering Brunstrom, he reached the semis at the
2014 Düsseldorf Open losing out to
Martin Emmrich
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and
Christopher Kas
Christopher Kas (born 13 June 1980) is a retired German tennis player.
Kas has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 224, which he achieved in November 2002. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17, achieved in Februa ...
0–6, 5–7. At the
2014 French Open
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the pair lost in the first round to Spaniards
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...
and
Marc Lopez 5–7, 2–6. They next participated in the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is pla ...
falling in the second round.
In September, he played the
Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Denmark vs. Moldova tie, winning the first singles rubber and the doubles match but losing the reverse singles, thereby helping promote
Denmark
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to the
2015 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
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In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group. Winners in Gr ...
.
He also won 3
ITF $15000 doubles titles at
Switzerland
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Dublin
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,
Great Britain
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in March, July and October respectively with different and 1
ATP Challenger doubles title at
Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger
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Past finals
Singles
...
in 2014.
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
''Current through the
2022 Davis Cup.''
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 32 (14–18)
Doubles: 88 (60–28)
See also
*
List of Denmark Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Denmark Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Denmark have taken part in the competition since 1921.
Players
References
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References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Danish male tennis players
People from Kongens Lyngby
Wimbledon champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark