David Ekerot

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David Ekerot
Country (sports) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Born (1970-02-01) 1 February 1970 (age 51)
Lund, Sweden
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1995
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$127,909
Singles
Career record0–0
Highest rankingNo. 699 (25 Jul 1994)
Doubles
Career record25–37
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 52 (28 Apr 1997)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1996)
French Open 1R (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon 1R (1996, 1997)
US Open 1R (1996, 1997)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1997)

David Ekerot (born 1 February 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 52 in 1997.

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After his tennis career he became a musician. His most known songs are The Full Life and Burning Books.

Career finals

Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1995 Umag, CroatiaClay Flag of Hungary.svg László Markovits Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Lobo
Flag of Spain.svg Javier Sánchez
4–6, 0–6
Win1–1Jul 1996 Båstad, SwedenClay Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Eagle
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Nyborg
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win2–1Sep 1996 Bucharest, Romania Clay Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Menno Oosting
7–6, 7–6


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