Patrik Fredriksson
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1973-05-16) 16 May 1973
Huskvarna, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1994
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$331,508
Singles
Career record9–30
Career titles0
3 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 84 (13 January 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1996, 1997)
French Open1R (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon1R (1997)
US Open1R (1997)
Doubles
Career record15–16
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 110 (28 July 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (1997)
US Open2R (1997)

Patrik Fredriksson (born 16 May 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.[1] He was ranked 84 ATP ranking in singles as his best .He has won 7 professional singles titles and 1 doubles title on the tour. He stopped playing professionally 2001 . Between 2002 and 2004 he was the Davis Cup coach and head coach for the national tennis team in Kuwait. Kuwait reached group 1 in Davis cup

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.[2] The closest he came was in the 1997 French Open when he lost a five set match to Frédéric Fontang.[2] In the doubles however he reached the second round in his only attempt, at the 1997 US Open, with Tom Vanhoudt as his partner.[2]

He was twice a singles quarter-finalist on the ATP Tour, in the 1996 Stockholm Open and at the Swedish Open in 1997.[2] At Singapore in 1996 he had a win over world number 26 and third seed Paul Haarhuis.[2] As a doubles career player he was runner-up at two ATP Tour events.[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1997 Doha, Qatar World Series Hard Sweden Magnus Norman Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 1998 Split, Croatia World Series Carpet Sweden Fredrik Bergh Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Jiří Novák		 6–7, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (7–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Feb 1996 Lippstadt, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Hendrik Dreekmann 3–6, 4–6
Win 1-1 May 1996 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Galo Blanco 6–4, 6–4
Win 2-1 Oct 1996 Tanagura, Japan Challenger Hard Canada Albert Chang 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 2-2 Oct 1996 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Clay Brazil Jaime Oncins 6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win 3-2 Nov 1996 Reunion Island, Reunion Challenger Hard France Thierry Champion 5–7, 6–0, 6–3
Win 4-2 Mar 1998 Greece F1, Seros Futures Hard Sweden Fredrik Lovén 6–2, 6–2
Win 5-2 Mar 1998 Greece F2, Kalamata Futures Hard Switzerland Lorenzo Manta 6–2, 6–1
Win 6-2 Apr 1999 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay France Jean-Rene Lisnard 7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Loss 6-3 May 1999 Great Britain F6, Newcastle Futures Clay United Kingdom Luke Milligan 4–6, 4–6
Win 7-3 May 1999 Great Britain F7, Edinburgh Futures Clay Russia Yuri Schukin 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–3)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1996 Agadir, Morocco Challenger Clay Sweden Magnus Norman United States Jared Palmer
South Africa Christo van Rensburg		 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1996 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Sweden Fredrik Bergh Germany Mathias Huning
United States Jack Waite		 3–6, 6–7
Loss 0–3 Oct 1996 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Clay Sweden Fredrik Bergh South Korea Lee Hyung-Taik
South Korea Yoon Yong-Il		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Mar 1998 Greece F1, Seros Futures Hard Sweden Fredrik Lovén Sweden Fredrik Bergh
Sweden Jan Hermansson		 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–4 Apr 2003 Kuwait F1, Mishref Futures Hard Sweden Kalle Flygt United Kingdom Amadeus Fulford-Jones
Iran Ramin Raziyani		 6–2, 6–2

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament1995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open Q2 1R 1R Q2 Q1 A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon Q2 A 1R A A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 0–6 0%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

References

  1. ↑ ITF Tennis Profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ATP World Tour Profile
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