Nicklas Timfjord

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Nicklas Timfjord
Country (sports)Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Residence Gothenburg, Sweden
Born (1977-03-18) 18 March 1977 (age 46)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$40,564
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 261 (14 Jul 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q1 (1997)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 518 (10 Feb 1997)

Nicklas Timfjord (born 18 March 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. [1]

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Career

As a junior, Timfjord reached a singles high of no. 11 in the world on the ITF Junior rankings and no. 10 in doubles. [2] In 1996, Timfjord, along with Thomas Johansson and Mårten Renström, represented Sweden in the European Men's Team Championships (formerly known as the King's Cup). He won all his singles matches, as well as his doubles matches with Renström, helping Sweden to win the title. [3]

He made his ATP main draw debut at the 1997 Swedish Open as a qualifier in the singles draw, losing to his compatriot, world number 36 and third seed Magnus Larsson. He and his partner, Henrik Andersson, also received a wild card into the Doubles draw, where they lost to the tournament third seeds, Mark Keil and Fernando Meligeni. Timfjord had two further appearances at the Swedish Open, in 1999 and 2000, losing in the first round on both occasions. [4]

He mainly participated on the Futures circuit, reaching five singles final and winning three titles and has a career high ATP singles ranking of 261 achieved on 14 July 2008. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 518 achieved on 10 February 1997.

ITF Futures Titles

Singles: (3)

No.   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.Sep 1998 Oslo, Norway F1 Carpet Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Hermansson4–6, 6–3, 7–6
2.Aug 1999 Pärnu, Estonia F1 Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radim Žitko 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
3.Oct 2002 Jersey, Great Britain F10Hard(I) Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie 6–3, 7–6

Doubles: (4)

No.   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.Aug 1998 Pärnu, Estonia F1Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Andersson Flag of Finland.svg Lassi Ketola
Flag of Finland.svg Janne Ojala
6–3, 7–5
2.Oct 1999 Leeds, Great Britain F1Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Rehnquist Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro
Flag of France.svg Olivier Patience
6–4, 7–6
3.May 2001 Newcastle, Great Britain F5Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lovén Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Randjelovic
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Samuelsson
6–3, 6–0
4.May 2002 Esslingen, Germany F2Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Flygt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Šnobel
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Zíb
6–4, 6–3

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References

  1. "Nicklas Timfjord| Player Stats". ATP Tour. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "Nicklas Timfjord". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1997). ITF World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. p. 210. ISBN   9780002187145.
  4. "Nicklas Timfjord | Player Activity". ATP Tour. Retrieved 22 June 2020.