Patrik Fredriksson (born 16 May 1973) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player from Sweden.
ITF Tennis Profile
/ref> 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
Career
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.[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> The closest he came was in the 1997 French Open
The 1997 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 26 May until 8 June. It was the 96th staging of the French Open, and the second Gran ...
when he lost a five set match to Frédéric Fontang
Frédéric Fontang (; born 18 March 1970) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from France.
Career
A successful junior, Fontang won the Petits As in 1984 and was the French 16s champion in 1986.
Fontang had his best year on tour ...
.[ In the doubles however he reached the second round in his only attempt, at the 1997 US Open, with ]Tom Vanhoudt
Tom Vanhoudt (born 28 July 1972, in Diest, Flemish Brabant), is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
Vanhoudt achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 36 in 2001. He participated in 9 Davis Cup ties for Belgium
Be ...
as his partner.[
He was twice a singles quarter-finalist on the ]ATP Tour
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, in the 1996 Stockholm Open and at the Swedish Open
The Swedish Open is a professional tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden. It is played
on outdoor clay courts in July.
The men's event (sponsored by Skistar) is an ATP Tour 250 tournament on the ATP Tour.
The women's event (sponsored by ...
in 1997.[ At Singapore in 1996 he had a win over world number 26 and third seed ]Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (; born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional player. He is a former world No. 1 doubles player, having reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 1995. He has ...
.[ As a doubles career player he was runner-up at two ATP Tour events.][
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ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (7–3)
Doubles: 5 (1–4)
Performance timeline
Singles
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Swedish male tennis players
Sportspeople from Växjö