Stefan Eriksson (tennis)

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Stefan Eriksson
Country (sports) Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Residence Munich
Born (1963-10-17) 17 October 1963 (age 59)
Enköping, Sweden
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$105,682
Singles
Career record19–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (23 Mar 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (1986, 1987)
Wimbledon 1R (1987)
US Open 1R (1986)
Doubles
Career record10–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 110 (10 Feb 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (1986)

Stefan Eriksson (born 17 October 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. [1]

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Career

Eriksson competed in four Grand Slam tournaments during his career but was unable to register a win. [2] In the 1987 Wimbledon Championships he lost to future champion Stefan Edberg 0–6, 0–6, 0–6. [2] It was the first ever Wimbledon match in the open era to be decided in just 18 games and first shutout at the tournament since 1947. [3]

His best result on tour came at the Cologne tournament in 1986, when he finished runner-up. [2] He upset world number nine Anders Järryd in the semi-finals. [2] The Swede had two further wins over top 30 players that year, beating Slobodan Živojinović in Basel and Milan Šrejber in Vienna. [2]

On the doubles circuit, Eriksson reached the quarterfinals at the Indianapolis Clay Court Championships in both 1985 and 1986, partnering Mikael Pernfors. [2] He went further at Toulouse in 1985, making the semi-finals, with Peter Lundgren. [2]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 1986 Cologne, West GermanyHard Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Svensson 7–6, 2–6, 2–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1987 Cherbourg, FranceHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Pugh 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1985 Helsinki, FinlandHard Flag of Sweden.svg Ronnie Båthman Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Christensen
Flag of Germany.svg Patrik Kühnen
6–4, 3–6, 6–4

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References

  1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ATP World Tour Profile
  3. Gainesville Sun , "Edberg 'pitches' 1st shutout in 40 years", 24 June 1987, Robert Millward