Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a former
tennis player and coach from Sweden.
Career
He represented his native country as at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's
Roger Federer
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. The right-hander won one career title in singles (
Chennai
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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
Thomas Muster
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and then losing to
Michael Chang
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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
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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