Nicklas Kulti

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Nicklas Kulti
Country (sports)Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Residence Stockholm, Sweden
Born (1971-04-22) 22 April 1971 (age 53)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$3,186,946
Singles
Career record154–182
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 32 (3 May 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1989, 1994, 1996)
French Open QF (1992)
Wimbledon 2R (1992, 1997)
US Open 2R (1993, 1994)
Doubles
Career record238–145
Career titles13
Highest rankingNo. 11 (29 September 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1997, 1999, 2000)
French Open F (1995)
Wimbledon SF (2000)
US Open F (1997)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open QF (1999)
French Open 3R (2000)
Wimbledon 2R (2000)
US Open QF (2000)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (1997, 1998)
Last updated on: 18 December 2021.

Nicklas Kulti (born 22 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He was born in Stockholm.

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Tennis career

Juniors

Kulti was ranked No. 1 in the junior world singles rankings in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.

Pro tour

In 1991, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide. He won a total of three tour singles titles during his professional career. He also won 13 top-level doubles titles, including the Monte Carlo Masters in 1994 (partnering Magnus Larsson) and the Paris Masters in 2000 (partnering Max Mirnyi). Kulti was a men's doubles runner-up at the French Open in 1995 (with Larsson) and the US Open in 1997 (with Jonas Björkman). Kulti's best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1992 French Open, where he reached the quarter-finals by defeating John McEnroe, Markus Zillner, Michael Chang and Diego Pérez before being knocked-out by Henri Leconte. [1]

Kulti was a member of the Swedish teams which won the Davis Cup in both 1997 and 1998 (partnering Björkman to win doubles rubbers in the final on both occasions). He was also on the team which finished runners-up in the Davis Cup in 1996. In the fifth and deciding match against Frenchman Arnaud Boetsch, Kulti was a late replacement for the injured Stefan Edberg. In a 4-hour and 46-minute thriller, Boetsch saved three matchpoints and finally overcame Kulti, 7–6, 2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 10–8. [2]

Kulti's career-high rankings were World No. 32 in singles (in 1993), and World No. 11 in doubles (in 1997). His career prize-money totalled $3,186,946. He retired from the professional tour in 2000. He runs the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Mikael Tillström.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1988 US Open Hard Flag of Venezuela.svg Nicolás Pereira 1–6, 2–6
Win 1989 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge 6–2, 6–3
Win 1989 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1989 US Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Stark 4–6, 1–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–3)
Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Aug 1990 Prague, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win1–1 Jan 1991 Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Germany.svg Michael Stich 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win2–1 Jan 1993 Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Bergström 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss2–2 Mar 1993 Copenhagen, DenmarkWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy 5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss2–3 Apr 1996 Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Morocco.svg Karim Alami 3–6, 4–6
Win3–3 Jun 1996 Halle, GermanyWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss3–4 Jun 1999 Halle, GermanyWorld SeriesGrass Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (2–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–2)
ATP World Series (9–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (4–2)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (8–10)
Indoors (5–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Mar 1992 Copenhagen, DenmarkWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hendrik Jan Davids
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Libor Pimek
6–3, 6–4
Win2–0 Aug 1992 San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of Italy.svg Cristian Brandi
Flag of Italy.svg Federico Mordegan
6–2, 6–2
Win3–0 Apr 1994 Monte Carlo, MonacoMasters SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss3–1 Jan 1994 Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Apell
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
2–6, 3–6
Loss3–2 Oct 1994 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Lars-Anders Wahlgren Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
0–6, 5–7
Loss3–3 Jun 1995 Paris, FranceGrand SlamClay Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win4–3 Feb 1996 Antwerp, NelgiumChampionship SeriesCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Menno Oosting
6–4, 6–4
Loss4–4 Mar 1996 St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Nyborg Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy
3–6, 4–6
Win5–4 Apr 1996 New Delhi, IndiaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss5–5 Apr 1996 Monte Carlo, MonacoMasters SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of South Africa.svg Ellis Ferreira
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Siemerink
6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss5–6 Mar 1996 Los Angeles, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of South Africa.svg Marius Barnard
Flag of South Africa.svg Piet Norval
5–7, 2–6
Loss5–7 Aug 1996 New Haven, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell
4–6, 4–6
Win6–7 May 1997 Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of the United States.svg Scott Davis
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones
6–2, 7–6
Win7–7 May 1997 Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Gustafsson
6–0, 6–3
Loss7–8 Aug 1997 Indianapolis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Tebbutt
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström
1–6, 1–6
Loss7–9 Aug 1997 New York, United StatesGrand SlamHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek
76–7, 3–6
Win8–9 Feb 1998 St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of South Africa.svg Marius Barnard
Flag of South Africa.svg Brent Haygarth
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss8–10 May 1998 Prague, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Bergh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Arthurs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Kratzmann
1–6, 1–6
Win9–10 Nov 1998 Stockholm, SwedenInternational SeriesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Haggard
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Nyborg
7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss9–11 Jul 1999 Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss9–12 Sep 1999 Bournemouth, United KingdomWorld SeriesClay Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7)
Win10–12 Apr 2000 Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle
6–2, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win11–12 Jun 2000 Halle, GermanyInternational SeriesGrass Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of Germany.svg David Prinosil
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win12–12 Jul 2000 Båstad, SwedenInternational SeriesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Gaudenzi
Flag of Italy.svg Diego Nargiso
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win13–12 Nov 2000 Paris, FranceMasters SeriesCarpet Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
6–4, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Feb 1993 Rennes, FranceChallengerCarpet Flag of France.svg Stéphane Simian 4–6, 6–7

Doubles: 7 (6–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1989 Pescara, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Nilsson
Flag of Sweden.svg David Engel
2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win1–1Nov 1989 Copenhagen, DenmarkChallengerCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Larsson Flag of Austria.svg Alex Antonitsch
Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Båthman
6–3, 6–2
Win2–1Mar 1995 Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Apell
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bauer
7–6, 6–4
Win3–1Apr 1995 Monte Carlo, MonacoChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Stich
7–5, 7–5
Win4–1May 1995 Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of the United States.svg Shelby Cannon
Flag of South Africa.svg Stefan Kruger
6–4, 6–4
Win5–1Jul 1995 Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tillström Flag of the United States.svg Bill Behrens
Flag of South Africa.svg Brendan Curry
7–6, 6–4
Win6–1Mar 1997 Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Tebbutt Flag of the United States.svg Scott Davis
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones
6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 1010–1050%
French Open 1R 3R 2R QF 1R 2R Q3 1R 1R Q1 AA0 / 88–850%
Wimbledon Q3 A 1R 2R 1R 1R A 1R 2R Q2 A Q2 0 / 62–625%
US Open AA 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R Q1 A 1R A0 / 72–722%
Win–loss2–22–21–46–42–44–41–22–42–30–00–10–10 / 3122–3142%
Year-end Championships
Grand Slam Cup NHDNQ 1R Did not qualifyNH0 / 10–10%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAAA 1R Q2 A 2R AAA0 / 21–233%
Miami 1R AAA 4R 2R Q3 A 4R AAA0 / 46–460%
Monte Carlo AA 1R A 1R 1R Q2 Q3 1R Q2 AA0 / 40–40%
Hamburg AA 1R AA 1R AAAAAA0 / 20–20%
Rome AA 2R 1R 2R 1R AAA Q1 A Q1 0 / 42–433%
Canada AAAAAAA 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati AAAAA 1R A 1R Q2 AAA0 / 20–20%
Paris AA 3R 1R Q1 Q1 A Q3 Q1 AAA0 / 22–250%
Win–loss0–10–03–40–23–31–60–00–24–30–00–00–00 / 2111–2134%

Doubles

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAA 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 3R 2R 0 / 77–750%
French Open AA 1R AA 2R F QF 2R 1R SF 3R QF 0 / 919–968%
Wimbledon Q1 A Q1 AA 2R A QF QF QF 1R SF A0 / 614–670%
US Open AAAAA SF 3R 1R F 3R 1R 3R A0 / 715–768%
Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–06–37–36–411–45–46–410–44–20 / 2955–2965%
National Representation
Olympic Games Not HeldANot Held 1R Not Held 1R NH0 / 20–20%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify RR Did not qualify0 / 11–233%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAAA Q1 2R A QF AAAA0 / 23–260%
Miami AAAAAA 2R A 3R A SF A 3R 0 / 47–464%
Monte Carlo AAAAA W 2R F SF 1R A QF A1 / 613–572%
Hamburg AAAAA QF AAAAAAA0 / 12–167%
Rome AAAAAAAAA 2R A 2R A0 / 22–250%
Canada AAAAAAA SF AAAAA0 / 13–175%
Cincinnati AAAAA 1R A QF AAAAA0 / 22–250%
Stuttgart AAAAAAAAA 1R 1R 1R A0 / 30–30%
Paris AAAAA 2R A 1R 2R QF A W A1 / 57–464%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–08–31–38–46–43–44–27–31–12 / 2639–2462%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A QF A 1R 0 / 22–250%
French Open A 2R 3R 2R 0 / 33–350%
Wimbledon AA 2R A0 / 11–150%
US Open 1R A QF A0 / 22–250%
Win–loss0–13–24–31–20 / 88–850%

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