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Mikael Tillstrom

SWE Age 54 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1992–2000

Mikael Tillstrom represented Sweden on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 39. In TennisDB's records, Mikael Tillstrom finished with a career record of 109–109 and one singles title.

Peak ranking

39 (Oct 14, 1996)

Elo peak

1833 (75th percentile)

Career record

109–109 (50.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$2,030,525

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Mikael Tillstrom's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Alex Corretja #9	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 2000*	QF	Toulouse	ATP 250	Hard
Julien Boutter #89	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2000*	R16	Toulouse	ATP 250	Hard
Nicolas Mahut #446	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 2000*	R32	Toulouse	ATP 250	Hard
Roger Federer #36	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 2000*	R16	Sydney Olympics	Olympics	Hard
Sebastien Lareau #127	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 23, 2000*	R32	Sydney Olympics	Olympics	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Mikael Tillstrom's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Pete Sampras	0	6	6	Jan 21, 2000	H2H
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1	4	5	Aug 17, 2000	H2H
Goran Ivanisevic	3	2	5	Jan 6, 2000	H2H
Michael Chang	1	3	4	Jun 15, 2000	H2H
Andrei Cherkasov	3	1	4	Jan 7, 2000	H2H

Titles (1)

Mikael Tillstrom titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1997	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Chennai
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Mikael Tillstrom Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Roger Federer #36 def. Mikael Tillstrom #61 6-1 6-2	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Mikael Tillstrom career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	20	7	4	11	63.6%	331	141
1993	21	0	3	3	0.0%	141	438
1994	22	4	2	6	66.7%	438	149
1995	23	4	3	7	57.1%	149	116
1996	24	24	19	43	55.8%	116	47
1997	25	18	22	40	45.0%	40	68
1998	26	20	21	41	48.8%	68	85
1999	27	15	18	33	45.5%	85	79
2000	28	17	17	34	50.0%	78	80
Career		109	109	218	50.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Mikael Tillstrom career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	20	—	—	—	—	7	4	11	63.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	4	11	63.6%
1993	21	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1994	22	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
1995	23	2	1	3	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
1996	24	13	9	22	59.1%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	24	19	43	55.8%
1997	25	15	15	30	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	18	22	40	45.0%
1998	26	12	8	20	60.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	20	21	41	48.8%
1999	27	10	9	19	52.6%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	15	18	33	45.5%
2000	28	13	11	24	54.2%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	17	17	34	50.0%
Career	—	65	53	118	55.1%	27	33	60	45.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	14	15	29	48.3%	109	109	218	50.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Mikael Tillstrom career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	20	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	4	11	63.6%
1993	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1994	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%
1995	23	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%
1996	24	2	7	9	22.2%	2	3	5	40.0%	13	7	20	65.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	22	18	40	55.0%
1997	25	2	3	5	40.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	10	17	41.2%	5	3	8	62.5%	16	21	37	43.2%
1998	26	0	5	5	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	10	9	19	52.6%	18	20	38	47.4%
1999	27	1	2	3	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	10	15	33.3%	5	2	7	71.4%	14	17	31	45.2%
2000	28	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	11	9	20	55.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	17	17	34	50.0%
Career		6	21	27	22.2%	11	21	32	34.4%	51	43	94	54.3%	34	20	54	63.0%	102	105	207	49.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 207/218 (95.0%) of Mikael Tillstrom's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Mikael Tillstrom performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1992	20	11/11	3.5	2.1	53.7%	68.0%	49.2%	45.2%	53.6%	59.3%	42.5%
1993	21	3/3	1.3	1.3	57.3%	53.6%	37.5%	49.4%	42.8%	47.1%	33.3%
1994	22	6/6	4.8	3.3	59.9%	71.9%	49.8%	52.2%	35.7%	63.3%	42.7%
1995	23	6/7	3.3	2.7	55.5%	72.0%	50.2%	62.8%	36.6%	62.2%	38.5%
1996	24	35/43	4.3	2.6	61.4%	68.6%	50.5%	58.3%	43.0%	61.7%	37.2%
1997	25	36/40	4.2	4.0	56.3%	67.8%	48.1%	57.3%	43.5%	59.0%	37.0%
1998	26	36/41	4.0	4.1	56.1%	70.5%	49.8%	55.9%	45.3%	61.4%	39.8%
1999	27	29/33	3.2	3.4	60.4%	64.3%	47.6%	54.4%	38.7%	57.1%	37.2%
2000	28	29/34	5.4	3.1	61.8%	71.0%	50.7%	54.3%	43.1%	63.3%	37.8%
Career		191/218	4.1	3.3	58.6%	68.4%	49.2%	55.5%	43.1%	60.4%	38.2%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 191/218 (87.6%) of Mikael Tillstrom's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Mikael Tillstrom advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1992	20	1610	130.5	-0.02	+0.86	1.043	51.1%	—	+50	—	60.0%	+0.60	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	+0.32
1993	21	1565	98.7	-2.61	-4.01	0.629	40.6%	—	+48	—	14.3%	-3.43	0–1	1–0	—	+0.08
1994	22	1659	123.3	+0.12	+3.90	1.163	52.0%	—	+33	—	65.0%	+0.95	1–1	2–0	—	-0.08
1995	23	1700	128.4	+0.34	+0.88	1.020	50.0%	-116	+8	—	57.9%	+0.10	1–1	4–1 (80%)	—	-0.51
1996	24	1758	143.5	+0.31	-0.34	0.972	49.6%	-20	-38	-90	50.4%	-0.11	14–6 (70%)	13–10 (57%)	110.0	-1.65
1997	25	1645	136.5	-2.09	-0.47	0.901	48.2%	+49	+14	—	46.1%	-0.39	7–10 (41%)	12–6 (67%)	101.9	-0.19
1998	26	1645	134.6	-0.69	+1.32	1.030	50.7%	+38	-20	—	49.5%	+0.18	7–7 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	99.3	+1.60
1999	27	1686	128.2	-2.99	+0.64	0.869	47.5%	+38	-88	—	44.3%	-0.57	9–5 (64%)	6–4 (60%)	105.4	-0.10
2000	28	1669	136.1	+0.93	+0.39	1.030	50.2%	+50	-32	—	49.4%	-0.07	7–6 (54%)	5–6 (45%)	99.9	-0.68
Career		1833	142.0	-0.81	+0.39	0.964	49.3%	+27	-4	-90	49.1%	-0.13	48–38 (56%)	50–34 (60%)	111.2	-0.56

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Mikael Tillstrom Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1994	22	—	R16	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1995	23	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	24	QF	R32	R32	R64	9–4 (69%)
1997	25	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
1998	26	R64	R64	R64	R32	5–4 (56%)
1999	27	R32	—	R128	R128	2–3 (40%)
2000	28	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
W-L		8–5 (62%)	7–6 (54%)	3–5 (38%)	3–5 (38%)	21–21 (50%)

Masters 1000

Mikael Tillstrom Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MC	MIA	PAR	W-L Win %
1992	20	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1996	24	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1997	25	—	R64	R64	R64	R64	R16	R64	3–6 (33%)
1999	27	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	28	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	7–10 (41%)

ATP 500

Mikael Tillstrom ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	BAR	NAP	STU	TKY	WAS	MEM	NEW	BRI	W-L Win %
1996	24	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	3–3 (50%)
1997	25	R16	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	5–4 (56%)
1998	26	—	—	R64	R64	R16	—	—	—	R16	3–4 (43%)
1999	27	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	F	6–3 (67%)
2000	28	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	19–17 (53%)

ATP 250

Mikael Tillstrom ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	SWE	BAS	BEI	BUC	CHN	DLB	DOH	HAL	MTP	MAL	MRS	QUE	ROT	SHA	SPB	STO	UMA	COP	DLB	DUT	JAK	LON	OPO	ORL	OST	SAN	SAN	SCO	SYD	TOU	U.S	W-L Win %
1992	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
1993	21	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1994	22	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	23	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1996	24	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	10–10 (50%)
1997	25	SF	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	10–8 (56%)
1998	26	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	R32	R32	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–13 (48%)
1999	27	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–11 (39%)
2000	28	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	QF	—	12–8 (60%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–9 (18%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	11–2 (85%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	60–59 (50%)

ATP Finals

Mikael Tillstrom ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	GRA	W-L Win %
1996	24	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 14, 1996

First Top 100

Jan 29, 1996

First Top 50

Apr 8, 1996

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Mikael Tillstrom ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1989	17	—	—	—	—	—	1060	1093	1114	898	922	915	912
1990	18	906	894	902	776	762	799	777	763	908	927	941	941
1991	19	942	954	717	690	693	617	589	584	596	601	329	331
1992	20	334	322	331	199	163	159	127	126	127	119	141	141
1993	21	143	142	142	185	219	239	346	445	398	390	430	438
1994	22	435	389	397	295	226	130	127	134	139	151	150	149
1995	23	149	149	145	141	142	196	178	175	153	145	115	116
1996	24	54	56	55	57	61	58	49	40	40	42	47	47
1997	25	69	64	61	45	47	54	66	76	80	76	69	68
1998	26	88	74	88	76	74	70	73	71	63	83	85	85
1999	27	84	98	103	129	121	130	139	130	145	77	79	79
2000	28	79	68	68	70	65	62	63	61	61	79	81	80
2001	29	95	142	145	155	254	261	275	322	341	506	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Mikael Tillstrom's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Hernan Gumy	ARG	39	1,770	1	230	108	122	47.0%	1994–2001	Match log
Filip Dewulf	BEL	39	1,801	2	194	85	109	43.8%	1993–2000	Match log
Christian Ruud	NOR	39	1,772	0	231	100	131	43.3%	1992–2001	Match log
Jonathan Stark	USA	36	1,802	2	285	135	150	47.4%	1988–2001	Match log
Hendrik Dreekmann	GER	39	1,788	0	211	95	116	45.0%	1993–2003	Match log
Jared Palmer	USA	35	1,793	1	149	69	80	46.3%	1988–2000	Match log
Tomas Carbonell	ESP	40	1,777	2	415	193	222	46.5%	1986–1999	Match log
Sargis Sargsian	ARM	38	1,811	1	364	156	208	42.9%	1993–2006	Match log
Guillaume Raoux	FRA	35	1,808	1	398	175	223	44.0%	1988–2000	Match log
Gianluca Pozzi	ITA	40	1,783	1	431	173	258	40.1%	1986–2001	Match log
Karsten Braasch	GER	38	1,731	0	161	68	93	42.2%	1989–2000	Match log
Stefano Pescosolido	ITA	42	1,764	2	263	107	156	40.7%	1988–2004	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Mikael Tillstrom?: Mikael Tillstrom is 54 years old, born on March 5, 1972.
Which country does Mikael Tillstrom represent?: Mikael Tillstrom represents Sweden in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Mikael Tillstrom?: Mikael Tillstrom is 185 cm / 6'1".
Does Mikael Tillstrom use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Mikael Tillstrom uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Mikael Tillstrom left-handed or right-handed?: Mikael Tillstrom plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Mikael Tillstrom won?: Mikael Tillstrom has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Mikael Tillstrom won?: TennisDB does not group any of Mikael Tillstrom's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Mikael Tillstrom won?: Mikael Tillstrom has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Chennai in 1997.
What is Mikael Tillstrom's highest ATP ranking?: Mikael Tillstrom's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 39, first achieved on October 14, 1996.
What is Mikael Tillstrom's career win-loss record?: Mikael Tillstrom has a career ATP singles record of 109 wins and 109 losses (50.0%).
How much career prize money has Mikael Tillstrom earned?: Mikael Tillstrom has earned at least $2,030,525 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Mikael Tillstrom's career appear in TennisDB?: Mikael Tillstrom appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1992 through 2000.
On which surface does Mikael Tillstrom have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Mikael Tillstrom's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 55.1% (65–53).
Who has Mikael Tillstrom faced most often?: Mikael Tillstrom's most frequent opponent is Pete Sampras, with a head-to-head record of 0–6 across 6 meetings.