Nicklas Kulti

Nicklas Kulti

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Stockholm, Sweden
Born	(1971-04-22) 22 April 1971 Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 3,186,946
Singles
Career record	154–182
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 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 record	238–145
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 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)
Mixed doubles
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)

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

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.

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.

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 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. Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Career SR Career Win-Loss Grand Slam tournaments 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 References External links Nicklas Kulti at the Association of Tennis Professionals Nicklas Kulti at the International Tennis Federation Nicklas Kulti at the Davis Cup www.goodtogreatworld.com