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

Patrik Fredriksson
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1973-05-16) 16 May 1973 (age 50)
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)

Career edit

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 edit

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

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   Magnus Norman   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 1998 Split, Croatia World Series Carpet   Fredrik Bergh   Martin Damm
  Jiří Novák
6–7, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 10 (7–3) edit

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   Hendrik Dreekmann 3–6, 4–6
Win 1-1 May 1996 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay   Galo Blanco 6–4, 6–4
Win 2-1 Oct 1996 Tanagura, Japan Challenger Hard   Albert Chang 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 2-2 Oct 1996 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Clay   Jaime Oncins 6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win 3-2 Nov 1996 Reunion Island, Reunion Challenger Hard   Thierry Champion 5–7, 6–0, 6–3
Win 4-2 Mar 1998 Greece F1, Seros Futures Hard   Fredrik Lovén 6–2, 6–2
Win 5-2 Mar 1998 Greece F2, Kalamata Futures Hard   Lorenzo Manta 6–2, 6–1
Win 6-2 Apr 1999 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay   Jean-Rene Lisnard 7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Loss 6-3 May 1999 Great Britain F6, Newcastle Futures Clay   Luke Milligan 4–6, 4–6
Win 7-3 May 1999 Great Britain F7, Edinburgh Futures Clay   Yuri Schukin 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (1–4) edit

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   Magnus Norman   Jared Palmer
  Christo van Rensburg
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1996 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Fredrik Bergh   Mathias Huning
  Jack Waite
3–6, 6–7
Loss 0–3 Oct 1996 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Clay   Fredrik Bergh   Lee Hyung-Taik
  Yoon Yong-Il
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Mar 1998 Greece F1, Seros Futures Hard   Fredrik Lovén   Fredrik Bergh
  Jan Hermansson
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–4 Apr 2003 Kuwait F1, Mishref Futures Hard   Kalle Flygt   Amadeus Fulford-Jones
  Ramin Raziyani
6–2, 6–2

Performance timeline edit

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 edit

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win%
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%

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External links edit