Patrik Fredriksson (born 16 May 1973) is a former professional
tennis player from Sweden.
ITF Tennis Profile
/ref> He stopped playing professional 2001 and in 2002 became the Davis Cup coach and head coach for the national team in Kuwait.
Career
Fredriksson, who reached a career high ranking of 84 in the world, never made it past the first round of a Grand Slam singles draw.[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> The closest he came was in the 1997 French Open
The 1997 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 26 May until 8 June. It was the 101st staging of the French Open, and the second Gran ...
when he lost a five set match to Frédéric Fontang
Frédéric Fontang (born 18 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from France. He is now a tennis coach.
Career
A successful junior, Fontang won the Petits As in 1984 and was the French 16s champion in 1986.
Fontang had his best ...
.[ In the doubles however he reached the second round in his only attempt, at the 1997 US Open, with ]Tom Vanhoudt
Tom Vanhoudt (born 28 July 1972, in Diest, Flemish Brabant), is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
Vanhoudt achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 36 in 2001. He participated in 9 Davis Cup ties for Belgium
B ...
as his partner.[
He was twice a singles quarter-finalist on the ATP Tour, in the 1996 Stockholm Open and at the ]Swedish Open
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in 1997.[ At Singapore in 1996 he had a win over world number 26 and third seed Paul Haarhuis.][ As a doubles career player he was runner-up at two ATP Tour events.][
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ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (7–3)
Doubles: 5 (1–4)
Performance timeline
Singles
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Swedish male tennis players
People from Växjö
Sportspeople from Kronoberg County