Tomas Nydahl

Swedish tennis player
Tomas Nydahl
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceMunich, Germany
Born (1968-03-21) 21 March 1968 (age 56)
Linköping, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1987
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$671,903
Singles
Career record34–62
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 72 (4 May 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1994)
French Open1R (1998)
Wimbledon2R (1998)
US OpenQ2 (1997)
Doubles
Career record32–47
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 103 (18 December 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1989)
WimbledonQ1 (1993)
US OpenQ2 (1997)

Tomas Nydahl (born 21 March 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 72 in 1998. He managed to beat players such as Thomas Muster, Marcelo Ríos, Tim Henman, Tommy Haas, Petr Korda. He won 12 Challenger Tournaments and finished runner-up at 3 doubles Tour events. Nydahl achieved a career-high world best doubles ranking of world No. 103 in May 1989.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 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 (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1989 Bologna, Italy World Series Clay Sweden Jörgen Windahl Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Javier Sánchez
2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 1993 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay United States Brian Devening Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Anders Järryd
1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Feb 1997 Shanghai, China World Series Carpet Italy Stefano Pescosolido Belarus Max Mirnyi
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 7–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (7–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Jun 1991 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Germany Lars Koslowski 2–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss 0-2 Jul 1991 New Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay France Rodolphe Gilbert 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0-3 Jun 1992 Cologne, Germany Challenger Clay Denmark Kenneth Carlsen 2–6, 3–1 ret.
Win 1-3 Feb 1993 Emden, Germany Challenger Carpet Sweden David Engel 7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win 2-3 Nov 1995 Ahmedabad, India Challenger Clay Israel Eyal Ran 6–4, 6–0
Win 3-3 Jun 1996 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Tommy Haas 6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 3-4 Jun 1997 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Davide Sanguinetti 4–6, 2–6
Win 4-4 Jun 1997 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Davide Sanguinetti 6–3, 6–1
Win 5-4 Oct 1997 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Germany Oliver Gross 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 6-4 Oct 1997 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Zabaleta 6–0, 6–3
Win 7-4 Sep 1998 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Challenger Clay Norway Jan Frode Andersen 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 15 (6–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–9)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1990 Munich, Germany Challenger Carpet Sweden Peter Nyborg Czech Republic Jaroslav Bulant
Italy Gianluca Pozzi
6–2, 1–6, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Jul 1990 Hanko, Finland Challenger Clay Sweden Peter Svensson Australia Johan Anderson
Sweden Lars-Anders Wahlgren
3–6, 5–7, 0–6
Win 2–1 Sep 1991 Bucharest, Romania Challenger Clay Germany Lars Koslowski Romania Gheorghe Cosac
Romania Florin Segărceanu
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jan 1992 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Netherlands Sander Groen United States Doug Eisenman
Norway Bent-Ove Pedersen
1–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Jul 1992 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Sweden Christer Allgårdh Chile Sergio Cortés
Brazil César Kist
6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Sep 1993 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Sweden Mikael Tillström Czech Republic David Rikl
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
2–6, 6–7
Loss 3–4 Mar 1994 Agadir, Morocco Challenger Clay Germany Bernd Karbacher Czech Republic Slava Doseděl
Netherlands Mark Koevermans
7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win 4–4 Sep 1994 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay Australia Simon Youl Portugal Emanuel Couto
Portugal João Cunha-Silva
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Sep 1994 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Australia Simon Youl Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Federico Mordegan
3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 5–5 Oct 1995 Siracuse, Italy Challenger Clay Sweden Magnus Norman Australia Todd Larkham
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–6 Apr 1996 Naples, Italy Challenger Clay Latvia Ģirts Dzelde Italy Omar Camporese
Italy Diego Nargiso
6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 5–7 May 1996 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay Latvia Ģirts Dzelde Sweden Ola Kristiansson
Sweden Mårten Renström
6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 5–8 Jun 1996 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay Latvia Ģirts Dzelde United States Jonathan Leach
Italy Mosé Navarra
6–7, 5–7
Loss 5–9 Sep 1996 Alpirsbach, Germany Challenger Clay Latvia Ģirts Dzelde Germany Jens Knippschild
Germany Karsten Braasch
6–1, 3–6, 5–7
Win 6–9 Oct 1997 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Hungary Gábor Köves Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Mariano Puerta
2–6, 6–3, 7–6

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A A A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q3 A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0 / 4 2–4 33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A Q2 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A Q2 2R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte Carlo A Q1 A Q2 A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 / 3 0–3 0%

Doubles

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open 2R 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A A A 1R A A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A Q1 A Q2 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0 / 3 0–3 0%

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