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


Career

He represented his native country as at the
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in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's
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. The right-hander won one career title in singles (
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, 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
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and then losing to
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.


Coaching

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


Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)


Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)


ATP career finals


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


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


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 3 (2–1)


Doubles: 13 (11–2)


Performance timelines


Singles


Doubles


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tillstrom, Mikael 1972 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Monaco People from Monte Carlo Olympic tennis players for Sweden Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Jönköping