Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti 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 and the Paris Masters in 2000. Kulti was a men's doubles runner-up at the French Open in 1995 and the US Open in 1997. 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 Sweden [Davis Cup team|Swedish teams] which won the Davis Cup in both 1997 and 1998. 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, and World No. 11 in doubles. 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.
ATP career finals
Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | [1990 Czechoslovak Open|] | Prague, Czech Republic | World Series | Clay |  dts|Jan 1991Doubles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runner-ups)
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