Nicklas Kulti

 ( Australian Open Junior Champions ) 

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

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Junior Grand Slam finals

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

1–6, 2–6

6–2, 6–3

6–4, 6–3

4–6, 1–6

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ATP career finals

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

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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)

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Hard (2–0)

Clay (0–2)

Grass (1–1)

Carpet (0–1)

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Outdoors (3–3)

Indoors (0–1)

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Loss	0–1		Prague, Czech Republic	World Series	Clay	Jordi Arrese	6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win	1–1		Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Michael Stich	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win	2–1		Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Christian Bergström	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–2		Copenhagen Open, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	2–3		Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Karim Alami	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–3		Halle Open, Germany	World Series	Grass	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–4		Halle Open, Germany	World Series	Grass	Nicolas Kiefer	3–6, 2–6

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

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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)

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Hard (2–4)

Clay (6–6)

Grass (1–0)

Carpet (4–2)

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Outdoors (8–10)

Indoors (5–2)

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Win	1–0		Copenhagen Open, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Magnus Larsson	Hendrik Jan Davids Libor Pimek	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0		San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–0		Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	Magnus Larsson	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	3–1		Swedish Open, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–2		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Series	Carpet	Lars-Anders Wahlgren	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	0–6, 5–7
Loss	3–3		French Open, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Magnus Larsson	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	4–3		ECC Antwerp, Nelgium	Championship Series	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Menno Oosting	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–4		St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Peter Nyborg	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–4		Maharashtra Open, India	World Series	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Byron Black Sandon Stolle	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–5		Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6		Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Marius Barnard Piet Norval	5–7, 2–6
Loss	5–7		New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Byron Black Grant Connell	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–7		Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Jonas Björkman	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	6–2, 7–6
Win	7–7		Swedish Open, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Magnus Larsson Magnus Gustafsson	6–0, 6–3
Loss	7–8		Indianapolis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	1–6, 1–6
Loss	7–9		New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	76–7, 3–6
Win	8–9		St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	Mikael Tillström	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	8–10		ATP Prague, Czech Republic	World Series	Clay	Fredrik Bergh	Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann	1–6, 1–6
Win	9–10		Stockholm Open, Sweden	International Series	Hard	Mikael Tillström	Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	9–11		Swedish Open, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Mikael Tillström	David Adams Jeff Tarango	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	9–12		Bournemouth, United Kingdom	World Series	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	David Adams Jeff Tarango	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7)
Win	10–12		Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win	11–12		Halle Open, Germany	International Series	Grass	Mikael Tillström	Mahesh Bhupathi David Prinosil	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win	12–12		Swedish Open, Sweden	International Series	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	13–12		Paris Masters, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Max Mirnyi	Paul Haarhuis Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–5

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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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ATP Challenger (0–1)

ITF Futures (0–0)

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Hard (0–0)

Clay (0–0)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (0–1)

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Loss	0–1		Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet	Stéphane Simian	4–6, 6–7

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Doubles: 7 (6–1)

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ATP Challenger (6–1)

ITF Futures (0–0)

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Hard (2–0)

Clay (3–1)

Grass (0–0)

Carpet (1–0)

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Loss	0–1		Pescara, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Larsson	Fredrik Nilsson David Engel	2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	1–1		Copenhagen, Denmark	Challenger	Carpet	Magnus Larsson	Alex Antonitsch Ronnie Båthman	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1		Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Mikael Tillström	Jan Apell Mike Bauer	7–6, 6–4
Win	3–1		Monte Carlo, Monaco	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Nicolas Kiefer Michael Stich	7–5, 7–5
Win	4–1		Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Shelby Cannon Stefan Kruger	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–1		Sparkassen Open, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Tillström	Bill Behrens Brendan Curry	7–6, 6–4
Win	6–1		Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Michael Tebbutt	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	6–2, 4–6, 6–3

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Performance timelines

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Singles

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open

3R

1R

1R

2R

2R

3R

2R

3R

2R

Q1

Q1

1R !0 / 10 !10–10 !

French Open

1R

3R

2R

QF

1R

2R

Q3

1R

1R

Q1

A

A !0 / 8 !8–8 !

Wimbledon

Q3

A

1R

2R

1R

1R

A

1R

2R

Q2

A

Q2 !0 / 6 !2–6 !

US Open

A

A

1R

1R

2R

2R

1R

1R

Q1

A

1R

A !0 / 7 !2–7 !

Year-end Championships

Grand Slam Cup

NH

DNQ

1R

Did not qualify

NH !0 / 1 !0–1 !

ATP Masters Series

Indian Wells

A

A

A

A

A

1R

Q2

A

2R

A

A

A !0 / 2 !1–2 !

Miami Masters

1R

A

A

A

4R

2R

Q3

A

4R

A

A

A !0 / 4 !6–4 !

Monte Carlo

A

A

1R

A

1R

1R

Q2

Q3

1R

Q2

A

A !0 / 4 !0–4 !

Hamburg Masters

A

A

1R

A

A

1R

A

A

A

A

A

A !0 / 2 !0–2 !

Rome

A

A

2R

1R

2R

1R

A

A

A

Q1

A

Q1 !0 / 4 !2–4 !

Canada

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

1R

A

A

A

A !0 / 1 !0–1 !

Cincinnati

A

A

A

A

A

1R

A

1R

Q2

A

A

A !0 / 2 !0–2 !

Paris Masters

A

A

3R

1R

Q1

Q1

A

Q3

Q1

A

A

A !0 / 2 !2–2 !

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Doubles

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open

A

A

A

A

A

A

1R

1R

3R

1R

3R

3R

2R !0 / 7 !7–7 !

French Open

A

A

1R

A

A

2R

F

QF

2R

1R

SF

3R

QF !0 / 9 !19–9 !

Wimbledon

Q1

A

Q1

A

A

2R

A

QF

QF

QF

1R

SF

A !0 / 6 !14–6 !

US Open

A

A

A

A

A

SF

3R

1R

F

3R

1R

3R

A !0 / 7 !15–7 !

National Representation

Olympic Games

Not Held

A

Not Held

1R

Not Held

1R

NH !0 / 2 !0–2 !

Year-end Championships

ATP Finals

Did not qualify

RR

Did not qualify !0 / 1 !1–2 !

ATP Masters Series

Indian Wells

A

A

A

A

A

Q1

2R

A

QF

A

A

A

A !0 / 2 !3–2 !

Miami Masters

A

A

A

A

A

A

2R

A

3R

A

SF

A

3R !0 / 4 !7–4 !

Monte Carlo

A

A

A

A

A

W

2R

F

SF

1R

A

QF

A !1 / 6 !13–5 !

Hamburg Masters

A

A

A

A

A

QF

A

A

A

A

A

A

A !0 / 1 !2–1 !

Rome

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

2R

A

2R

A !0 / 2 !2–2 !

Canada

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

SF

A

A

A

A

A !0 / 1 !3–1 !

Cincinnati

A

A

A

A

A

1R

A

QF

A

A

A

A

A !0 / 2 !2–2 !

Eurocard Open

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

1R

1R

1R

A !0 / 3 !0–3 !

Paris Masters

A

A

A

A

A

2R

A

1R

2R

QF

A

W

A !1 / 5 !7–4 !

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Mixed doubles

Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	QF	A	1R !0 / 2 !2–2 !
French Open	A	2R	3R	2R !0 / 3 !3–3 !
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	A !0 / 1 !1–1 !
US Open	1R	A	QF	A !0 / 2 !2–2 !

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External links

• www.goodtogreatworld.com

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