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Nicklas Kulti

Swedish tennis player

Field	Value
name	Nicklas Kulti
country	Sweden
residence	Stockholm, Sweden
birth_date
birth_place	Stockholm, Sweden
height
turnedpro	1989
retired	2000
plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	US$3,186,946
singlesrecord	154–182
singlestitles	3
highestsinglesranking	No. 32 (3 May 1993)
AustralianOpenresult	3R (1989, 1994, 1996)
FrenchOpenresult	QF (1992)
Wimbledonresult	2R (1992, 1997)
USOpenresult	2R (1993, 1994)
Othertournaments	yes
GrandSlamCupresult	1R (1992)
doublesrecord	238–145
doublestitles	13
highestdoublesranking	No. 11 (29 September 1997)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	3R (1997, 1999, 2000)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	F (1995)
WimbledonDoublesresult	SF (2000)
USOpenDoublesresult	F (1997)
AustralianOpenMixedresult	QF (1999)
FrenchOpenMixedresult	3R (2000)
WimbledonMixedresult	2R (2000)
USOpenMixedresult	QF (2000)
Team	yes
DavisCupresult	W (1997, 1998)
updated	18 December 2021

Nicklas Kulti (born 22 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He was born in Stockholm.

Tennis career

Juniors

Kulti was ranked No. 1 in the junior world singles rankings in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.

Pro tour

In 1991, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide. He won a total of three tour singles titles during his professional career. He also won 13 top-level doubles titles, including the Monte Carlo Masters in 1994 (partnering Magnus Larsson) and the Paris Masters in 2000 (partnering Max Mirnyi). Kulti was a men's doubles runner-up at the French Open in 1995 (with Larsson) and the US Open in 1997 (with Jonas Björkman). Kulti's best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1992 French Open, where he reached the quarter-finals by defeating John McEnroe, Markus Zillner, Michael Chang and Diego Pérez before being knocked-out by Henri Leconte.

Kulti was a member of the Swedish teams which won the Davis Cup in both 1997 and 1998 (partnering Björkman to win doubles rubbers in the final on both occasions). He was also on the team which finished runners-up in the Davis Cup in 1996. In the fifth and deciding match against Frenchman Arnaud Boetsch, Kulti was a late replacement for the injured Stefan Edberg. In a 4-hour and 46-minute thriller, Boetsch saved three matchpoints and finally overcame Kulti, 7–6, 2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 10–8.

Kulti's career-high rankings were World No. 32 in singles (in 1993), and World No. 11 in doubles (in 1997). His career prize-money totalled $3,186,946. He retired from the professional tour in 2000. He runs the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Mikael Tillström.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1988	US Open	Hard	VEN Nicolás Pereira	1–6, 2–6
Win	1989	Australian Open	Hard	AUS Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 6–3
Win	1989	Wimbledon	Grass	AUS Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1989	US Open	Hard	USA Jonathan Stark	4–6, 1–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–3)
Indoors (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[](1990-czechoslovak-open)	Prague, Czech Republic	World Series	Clay	ESP Jordi Arrese	6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win	1–1	[](1991-australian-men-s-hardcourt-championships-singles)	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	GER Michael Stich	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	[](1993-australian-men-s-hardcourt-championships-singles)	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	SWE Christian Bergström	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–2	[](1993-copenhagen-open-singles)	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	RUS Andrei Olhovskiy	5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	2–3	[](1996-at-t-challenge-singles)	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	MAR Karim Alami	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	[](1996-gerry-weber-open-singles)	Halle, Germany	World Series	Grass	RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–4	[](1999-gerry-weber-open-singles)	Halle, Germany	World Series	Grass	GER Nicolas Kiefer	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (2–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–2)
ATP World Series (9–7)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (6–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (4–2)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (8–10)
Indoors (5–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1–0	[](1992-copenhagen-open-doubles)	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	SWE Magnus Larsson	NED Hendrik Jan Davids
BEL Libor Pimek	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	[](1992-internazionali-di-tennis-di-san-marino-doubles)	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	ITA Cristian Brandi
ITA Federico Mordegan	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–0	[](1994-monte-carlo-open-doubles)	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	SWE Magnus Larsson	RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov
CZE Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	3–1	[](1994-swedish-open)	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	SWE Jan Apell
SWE Jonas Björkman	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–2	[](kuala-lumpur-open)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Series	Carpet	SWE Lars-Anders Wahlgren	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	0–6, 5–7
Loss	3–3	[](1995-french-open-men-s-doubles)	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	SWE Magnus Larsson	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	4–3	[](1996-european-community-championships-doubles)	Antwerp, Nelgium	Championship Series	Carpet	SWE Jonas Björkman	RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov
NED Menno Oosting	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–4	[](1996-st-petersburg-open-doubles)	St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	SWE Peter Nyborg	RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov
RUS Andrei Olhovskiy	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	[](1996-india-open-doubles)	New Delhi, India	World Series	Hard	SWE Jonas Björkman	ZIM Byron Black
AUS Sandon Stolle	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–5	[](1996-monte-carlo-open-doubles)	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	SWE Jonas Björkman	RSA Ellis Ferreira
NED Jan Siemerink	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6	[](1996-infiniti-open-doubles)	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	SWE Jonas Björkman	RSA Marius Barnard
RSA Piet Norval	5–7, 2–6
Loss	5–7	[](1996-pilot-pen-international-doubles)	New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	SWE Jonas Björkman	ZIM Byron Black
CAN Grant Connell	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	[](1997-at-t-challenge)	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	SWE Jonas Björkman	USA Scott Davis
USA Kelly Jones	6–2, 7–6
Win	7–7	[](1997-swedish-open-doubles)	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	SWE Magnus Larsson
SWE Magnus Gustafsson	6–0, 6–3
Loss	7–8	[](1997-rca-championships-doubles)	Indianapolis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	SWE Jonas Björkman	AUS Michael Tebbutt
SWE Mikael Tillström	1–6, 1–6
Loss	7–9	[](1995-french-open-men-s-doubles)	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	SWE Jonas Björkman	RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov
CZE Daniel Vacek	76–7, 3–6
Win	8–9	[](1998-st-petersburg-open-doubles)	St. Petersburg, Russia	World Series	Carpet	SWE Mikael Tillström	RSA Marius Barnard
RSA Brent Haygarth	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	8–10	[](1998-paegas-czech-open-doubles)	Prague, Czech Republic	World Series	Clay	SWE Fredrik Bergh	AUS Wayne Arthurs
AUS Andrew Kratzmann	1–6, 1–6
Win	9–10	[](1998-stockholm-open-doubles)	Stockholm, Sweden	International Series	Hard	SWE Mikael Tillström	RSA Chris Haggard
SWE Peter Nyborg	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	9–11	[](1999-investor-swedish-open-doubles)	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	RSA David Adams
USA Jeff Tarango	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	9–12	[](1999-bournemouth-international-doubles)	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	World Series	Clay	GER Michael Kohlmann	RSA David Adams
USA Jeff Tarango	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7)
Win	10–12	[](2000-torneo-godo-doubles)	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	NED Paul Haarhuis
AUS Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win	11–12	[](2000-gerry-weber-open-doubles)	Halle, Germany	International Series	Grass	SWE Mikael Tillström	IND Mahesh Bhupathi
GER David Prinosil	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win	12–12	[](2000-wideyes-swedish-open-doubles)	Båstad, Sweden	International Series	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	ITA Andrea Gaudenzi
ITA Diego Nargiso	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	13–12	[](2000-paris-masters-doubles)	Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	BLR Max Mirnyi	NED Paul Haarhuis
CAN Daniel Nestor	6–4, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet	FRA Stéphane Simian	4–6, 6–7

Doubles: 7 (6–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	0–1	Pescara, Italy	Challenger	Clay	SWE Magnus Larsson	SWE Fredrik Nilsson
SWE David Engel	2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	1–1	Copenhagen, Denmark	Challenger	Carpet	SWE Magnus Larsson	AUT Alex Antonitsch
SWE Ronnie Båthman	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	SWE Mikael Tillström	SWE Jan Apell
USA Mike Bauer	7–6, 6–4
Win	3–1	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Challenger	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	GER Nicolas Kiefer
GER Michael Stich	7–5, 7–5
Win	4–1	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	USA Shelby Cannon
RSA Stefan Kruger	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–1	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	SWE Mikael Tillström	USA Bill Behrens
RSA Brendan Curry	7–6, 6–4
Win	6–1	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	AUS Michael Tebbutt	USA Scott Davis
USA Kelly Jones	6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	3R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	3R	2R	Q1	Q1	1R
French Open	1R	3R	2R	QF	1R	2R	Q3	1R	1R	Q1	A	A
Wimbledon	Q3	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	Q2	A	Q2
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	Q1	A	1R	A
Year-end Championships
Grand Slam Cup	NH	DNQ	1R	Did not qualify	NH
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q2	A	2R	A	A	A
Miami	1R	A	A	A	4R	2R	Q3	A	4R	A	A	A
Monte Carlo	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	Q2	Q3	1R	Q2	A	A
Hamburg	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A
Rome	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	Q2	A	A	A
Paris	A	A	3R	1R	Q1	Q1	A	Q3	Q1	A	A	A

Doubles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	3R	2R
French Open	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	F	QF	2R	1R	SF	3R	QF
Wimbledon	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	2R	A	QF	QF	QF	1R	SF	A
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	SF	3R	1R	F	3R	1R	3R	A
National Representation
Olympic Games	Not Held	A	Not Held	1R	Not Held	1R	NH
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify	RR	Did not qualify
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	QF	A	A	A	A
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	3R	A	SF	A	3R
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	W	2R	F	SF	1R	A	QF	A
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	QF	A	W	A

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	QF	A	1R
French Open	A	2R	3R	2R
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	A
US Open	1R	A	QF	A

References

Sally Jenkins. (15 June 1992). "Down And Dirty".
(2 December 1996). "Tennis: Boetsch thrills France". [[The Independent]].

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