Markus Eriksson

This article is about tennis player Markus Eriksson; for other people see Marcus Eriksson .

Markus Eriksson
Nation:	Sweden
Birthday:	November 29, 1989
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	80 kg
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Fredrik Rosengren
Prize money:	$ 150,249
singles
Career record:	4:12
Highest ranking:	288 (April 30, 2018)
Current placement:	414
Double
Career record:	3: 5
Highest ranking:	228 (July 30, 2018)
Current placement:	228
Last update of the infobox: July 30th, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Markus Eriksson (born November 29, 1989 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish tennis player .

Career

Eriksson mainly plays on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Future Tour . He has celebrated three tournament wins in singles and twelve in doubles on the Future Tour so far. He made his debut on the ATP World Tour in October 2013 at the If Stockholm Open , for which he received a wildcard and played against Kenny de Schepper in the first round of the main draw . He lost the game 4: 6, 7: 5 and 5: 7.

Eriksson has played for the Swedish Davis Cup team since 2012 . He played his first game in the play-off against Belgium , losing it in straight sets to David Goffin . In the end it was 5-0 for Belgium and the Swedes were relegated from the world group to continental group I. In 2013 he celebrated his first match win for the Davis Cup team in the quarter-finals against Ukraine . Although he defeated Denys Moltschanow in the second match , Sweden lost the match 2: 3 and had to play in the first relegation round against Slovakia , against which they lost. In the second round, however, Sweden won against Denmark and managed to stay in the continental group I. Eriksson contributed with his victory over Frederik Nielsen to the 3-2 victory against Denmark.

Eriksson won his first title on the Challenger Tour in July 2018. In Tampere he and his compatriot André Göransson defeated the Russian duo Iwan Gachow and Alexander Pavlyuchenkow in three sets.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (1)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	28th July 2018	Tampere	sand	André Göransson	Ivan Gachow Alexander Pavlyuchenkov	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 7]

Web links

• ATP profile of Markus Eriksson (English)
• ITF profile of Markus Eriksson (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Markus Eriksson (English)