Patrik Fredriksson Explained

Patrik Fredriksson (born 16 May 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.^[1] He was ranked 84 ATP ranking in singles as his best .He has won 7 professional singles titles and 1 doubles title on the tour. He stopped playing professionally 2001 . Between 2002 and 2004 he was the Davis Cup coach and head coach for the national tennis team in Kuwait. Kuwait reached group 1 in Davis cup

Career

Fredriksson, who reached a career high ranking of 84 in the world, never made it past the first round of a Grand Slam singles draw.^[2] The closest he came was in the 1997 French Open when he lost a five set match to Frédéric Fontang.^[2] In the doubles however he reached the second round in his only attempt, at the 1997 US Open, with Tom Vanhoudt as his partner.^[2]

He was twice a singles quarter-finalist on the ATP Tour, in the 1996 Stockholm Open and at the Swedish Open in 1997.^[2] At Singapore in 1996 he had a win over world number 26 and third seed Paul Haarhuis.^[2] As a doubles career player he was runner-up at two ATP Tour events.^[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Doha, Qatar	World Series	Hard	Magnus Norman	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2		Split, Croatia	World Series	Carpet	Fredrik Bergh	Martin Damm Jiří Novák	6–7, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (7–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–2) ITF Futures (4–1)

Finals by surface Hard (4–0) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1		Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Hendrik Dreekmann	3–6, 4–6
Win	1-1		Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Galo Blanco	6–4, 6–4
Win	2-1		Tanagura, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Albert Chang	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	2-2		Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Clay	Jaime Oncins	6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win	3-2		Reunion Island, Reunion	Challenger	Hard	Thierry Champion	5–7, 6–0, 6–3
Win	4-2		Greece F1, Seros	Futures	Hard	Fredrik Lovén	6–2, 6–2
Win	5-2		Greece F2, Kalamata	Futures	Hard	Lorenzo Manta	6–2, 6–1
Win	6-2		Great Britain F4, Hatfield	Futures	Clay	Jean-Rene Lisnard	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Loss	6-3		Great Britain F6, Newcastle	Futures	Clay	Luke Milligan	4–6, 4–6
Win	7-3		Great Britain F7, Edinburgh	Futures	Clay	Yuri Schukin	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–3) ITF Futures (1–1)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Agadir, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Norman	Jared Palmer Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2		Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Fredrik Bergh	Mathias Huning Jack Waite	3–6, 6–7
Loss	0–3		Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Clay	Fredrik Bergh	Lee Hyung-Taik Yoon Yong-Il	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4		Greece F1, Seros	Futures	Hard	Fredrik Lovén	Fredrik Bergh Jan Hermansson	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–4		Kuwait F1, Mishref	Futures	Hard	Kalle Flygt	Amadeus Fulford-Jones Ramin Raziyani	6–2, 6–2

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
French Open	Q2	1R	1R	Q2	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Wimbledon	Q2	A	1R	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–2	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 6	0–6
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1

Notes and References

1. http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10010330 ITF Tennis Profile
2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Fr/P/Patrik-Fredriksson.aspx ATP World Tour Profile