Nicklas Kulti

Nicklas Kulti was a Swedish tennis player who played professionally from 1989 to 2000. Kulti achieved a career-best singles ranking of 32 in the world in May 1993, and a doubles ranking of 11 in the world in September 1997.

Kulti had a promising start to his career, winning the junior singles titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 1989, and reaching the final of the US Open in 1988 and 1989. His first ATP singles title came at the 1991 Australian Men’s Hardcourt Championships with victory against Michael Stich of Germany. The following March he won his first ATP doubles title at the København Open with partner Magnus Larsson. He won a further 12 doubles titles often pairing with either Larsson, Mikael Tillström or Jonas Björkman.

At Grand Slams Kulti reached the singles quarter-finals at the 1992 French Open. He had better success in the doubles where he reached the final of the 1995 French Open with Magnus Larsson, and the final of the 1997 US Open with Jonas Björkman. Kulti was on Sweden’s team when they won the 1997 and 1998 Davis Cup where he once again paired with Jonas Björkman in the doubles.

Kulti competed in the doubles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where he partnered Jonas Björkman and Mikael Tillström, respectively. He retired from tennis shortly after the Sydney Games, earning more than $3 million in prize money during his career.