Nils Holm (born 30 October 1969) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from
Sweden
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.
Holm, a doubles specialist, never made a final on the
ATP Tour but reached the semi-finals at
Bastad in 1989.
He teamed up with his brother
Henrik at the
1993 US Open, where they were defeated in the opening round by
Wayne Ferreira and
Michael Stich. His brother was also his partner in his only other
Grand Slam appearance, at the
1997 Wimbledon Championships
The 1997 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 111th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from ...
. On this occasion they made it into the second round, with a win over the British pairing of
Martin Lee and
James Trotman. They were then eliminated by two Australians,
Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussis ( ; born 7 November 1976) is an Australian former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Australia in 1999 and 2003, winni ...
and
Patrick Rafter in straight sets.
ITF Tennis Profile
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Challenger titles
Doubles: (7)
References
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1969 births
Living people
Swedish male tennis players
20th-century Swedish people