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 in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer. The right-hander won one career title in singles (Chennai, 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 and then losing to Michael Chang.
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
- Mikael Tillström at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Mikael Tillström at the International Tennis Federation
- Mikael Tillström at the Davis Cup
