Rikard Bergh

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Rikard Bergh
Country (sports) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Born (1966-06-14) 14 June 1966 (age 56)
Örebro, Sweden
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1987
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$488,500
Singles
Career record3–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 158 (10 Jul 1989)
Doubles
Career record121–140
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 37 (2 March 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 4R (1992, 1995)
French Open 2R (1993, 1994)
Wimbledon SF (1993)
US Open QF (1991)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1992)
French Open 2R (1991, 1997)
Wimbledon QF (1996)
US Open 2R (1993, 1996)

Rikard Bergh (born 14 June 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won six doubles titles and finished as a runner-up five times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 37 in 1992.

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Since retiring, Bergh moved to Dallas, Texas He has worked as a pro in several country clubs.

Career finals

Doubles: 11 (6 wins, 5 losses)

ResultNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1988 Athens, GreeceClay Flag of Sweden.svg Per Henricsson Flag of Peru.svg Pablo Arraya
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Nováček
6–4, 7–5
Loss1.1989 Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Flag of Sweden.svg Per Henricsson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeremy Bates
Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur
1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win2.1990 Båstad, SwedenClay Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Båthman Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Gunnarsson
Flag of Germany.svg Udo Riglewski
6–1, 6–4
Loss2.1990 Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Båthman Flag of Nigeria.svg Nduka Odizor
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Christo van Rensburg
3–6, 4–6
Loss3.1991 San Francisco, U.S.Carpet Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Båthman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wally Masur
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Stoltenberg
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win3.1991 Nice, FranceClay Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Gunnarsson Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vojtěch Flégl
Flag of Sweden.svg Nicklas Utgren
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win4.1991 Båstad, SwedenClay Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Båthman Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Gustafsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd
6–4, 6–4
Loss4.1991 Birmingham, EnglandCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Båthman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh
Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Wekesa
5–7, 5–7
Win5.1993 Charlotte, U.S.Clay Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Kronemann Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana
Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle
6–1, 6–2
Win6.1994 Madrid, SpainClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Menno Oosting Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Flag of Switzerland.svg Jakob Hlasek
6–3, 6–4
Loss5.1996 Amsterdam, NetherlandsClay Flag of the United States.svg Jack Waite Flag of the United States.svg Donald Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg Francisco Montana
4–6, 6–3, 2–6

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