Nicklas Kulti

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

Nicklas Kulti
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
Born (1971-04-22) 22 April 1971
Stockholm, Sweden
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 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 Open3R (1989, 1994, 1996)
French OpenQF (1992)
Wimbledon2R (1992, 1997)
US Open2R (1993, 1994)
Doubles
Career record238–145
Career titles13
Highest rankingNo. 11 (29 September 1997)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (1997, 1999, 2000)
French OpenF (1995)
WimbledonSF (2000)
US OpenF (1997)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2001)
French Open3R (2000)
Wimbledon2R (2000)
US OpenQF (2000)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1997, 1998)

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 1990, 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.

Career finals

Singles: 7 (3 wins, 4 losses)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP Tour (3–4)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1990 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Jordi Arrese 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win 1–1 Jan 1991 Adelaide, Australia Hard Michael Stich 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jan 1993 Adelaide, Australia Hard Christian Bergström 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Mar 1993 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet (i) Andrei Olhovskiy 5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Apr 1996 Atlanta, United States Clay Karim Alami 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Jun 1996 Halle, Germany Grass Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–4 Jun 1999 Halle, Germany Grass Nicolas Kiefer 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 25 (13 wins, 12 losses)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1992 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet Magnus Larsson Hendrik Jan Davids
Libor Pimek		 6–3, 6–4
Win 2. 1992 San Marino Clay Mikael Tillström Cristian Brandi
Federico Mordegan		 6–2, 6–2
Win 3. 1994 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Magnus Larsson Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek		 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 1. 1994 Båstad, Sweden Clay Mikael Tillström Jan Apell
Jonas Björkman		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 1994 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Carpet Lars-Anders Wahlgren Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis		 0–6, 5–7
Loss 3. 1995 French Open, Paris Clay Magnus Larsson Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis		 7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win 4. 1996 Antwerp, Belgium Carpet Jonas Björkman Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Menno Oosting		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4. 1996 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Peter Nyborg Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Andrei Olhovskiy		 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. 1996 New Delhi, India Hard Jonas Björkman Byron Black
Sandon Stolle		 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 5. 1996 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Jonas Björkman Ellis Ferreira
Jan Siemerink		 6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 6. 1996 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Jonas Björkman Marius Barnard
Piet Norval		 5–7, 2–6
Loss 7. 1996 New Haven, U.S. Hard Jonas Björkman Byron Black
Grant Connell		 4–6, 4–6
Win 6. 1997 Atlanta, U.S. Clay Jonas Björkman Scott Davis
Kelly Jones		 6–2, 7–6
Win 7. 1997 Båstad, Sweden Clay Mikael Tillström Magnus Gustafsson
Magnus Larsson		 6–0, 6–3
Loss 8. 1997 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Jonas Björkman Michael Tebbutt
Mikael Tillström		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 9. 1997 U.S. Open, New York Hard Jonas Björkman Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Daniel Vacek		 6–7, 3–6
Win 8. 1998 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Mikael Tillström Marius Barnard
Brent Haygarth		 3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 10. 1998 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Fredrik Bergh Wayne Arthurs
Andrew Kratzmann		 1–6, 1–6
Win 9. 1998 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Mikael Tillström Chris Haggard
Peter Nyborg		 7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 11. 1999 Båstad, Sweden Clay Mikael Tillström David Adams
Jeff Tarango		 6–7, 4–6
Loss 12. 1999 Bournemouth, England Clay Michael Kohlmann David Adams
Jeff Tarango		 3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 10. 2000 Barcelona, Spain Clay Mikael Tillström Paul Haarhuis
Sandon Stolle		 6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Win 11. 2000 Halle, Germany Grass Mikael Tillström Mahesh Bhupathi
David Prinosil		 7–6, 7–6
Win 12. 2000 Båstad, Sweden Clay Mikael Tillström Andrea Gaudenzi
Diego Nargiso		 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 13. 2000 Paris Indoor, France Carpet Max Mirnyi Paul Haarhuis
Daniel Nestor		 6–4, 7–5

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament19881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001Career SRCareer Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 3R 2R 0 / 7 7–7
French Open A A A 1R A A 2R F QF 2R 1R SF 3R QF 0 / 9 19–9
Wimbledon A A A A A A 2R A QF QF QF 1R SF A 0 / 6 14–6
U.S. Open A A A A A A SF 3R 2R F 3R 1R 3R A 0 / 7 15–7
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 29 N/A
Annual Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 6–3 7–3 6–4 11–4 5–4 6–4 10–4 4–2 N/A 55–29
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells NME A A A A A 2R A QF A A A A 0 / 2 3–2
Miami NME A A A A A 2R A 3R A SF A 3R 0 / 4 6–4
Monte Carlo NME A A A A W 2R F SF 1R A QF A 1 / 6 13–5
Rome NME A A A A A A A A 2R A 2R A 0 / 2 2–2
Hamburg NME A A A A QF A A A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1
Canada NME A A A A A A SF A A A A A 0 / 1 3–1
Cincinnati NME A A A A 1R A QF A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Stuttgart (Stockholm) NME A A 1R 1R QF A A A 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 6 2–6
Paris NME A A A A 2R A 1R 2R QF A W A 1 / 5 6–4
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 1 2 / 29 N/A
Annual Win-Loss N/A 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 10–4 1–3 8–4 6–4 3–4 4–2 5–3 1–1 N/A 39–27
Year End Ranking 484 271 206 592 213 489 23 50 16 16 38 37 15 155 N/A

A = did not attend tournament

References

  1. Sally Jenkins (15 June 1992). "Down And Dirty". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 76 no. 23. pp. 24–29.
  2. "Tennis: Boetsch thrills France". The Independent. 2 December 1996. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
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