Mikael Pernfors

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Mikael Pernfors Tennis player
Nation: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: July 16, 1963
Size: 173 cm
Weight: 68 kg
1st professional season: 1985
Resignation: 1994
Playing hand: Right
Trainer: Magnus Moebius
Prize money: $ 1,357,188
singles
Career record: 140: 114
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 10 (September 22 1986)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 41:47
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 32 (July 11 1988)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mikael Pernfors (born July 16, 1963 in Malmö ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

He reached his only final at a Grand Slam tournament in 1986 when he eliminated Boris Becker in the quarterfinals and Henri Leconte in the semifinals of the French Open . In the final he was defeated by the then number 1, Ivan Lendl .

With the Swedish team he was in the 1986 Davis Cup final, which Australia won 3-2.

After many injuries he started his comeback in 1993, in the same year he won the final of the Canada Masters .

In 1996 Mikael Pernfors ended his tennis career in which he won three singles and one double title. He achieved his best placement in the world rankings in 1986 with position 10.

He has been playing on the ATP Champions Tour since 2009 .

successes

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (3)

singles

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. September 25, 1988 United StatesUnited States los Angeles Hard court United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi 6: 2, 7: 5
2. October 9, 1988 United StatesUnited States Scottsdale Hard court United StatesUnited States Glenn Layendecker 6: 2, 6: 4
3. August 1, 1993 CanadaCanada Montreal Hard court United StatesUnited States Todd Martin 2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5

Double

Tournament victory

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. May 13, 1989 United StatesUnited States Charleston sand SwedenSweden Tobias Svantesson MexicoMexico Aqustin Moreno Jaime Yzaga
PeruPeru
6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5

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