Markus Eriksson (born 29 November 1989) is a retired Swedish tennis player.[1] Eriksson has a career high ATP singles ranking of 277, achieved on 19 August 2019.
| Full name | Markus Eriksson |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Sweden |
| Residence | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Born | 29 November 1989 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Retired | 2021 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Coach | Fredrik Rosengren |
| Prize money | $230,264 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6–13 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 277 (19 August 2019) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 9–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 1 Challenger, 33 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 205 (3 December 2018) |
| Last updated on: 1 January 2022. | |
Tennis career
editEriksson made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2013 Swedish Open where he lost in the first round to Martín Alund. In 2014, he made his debut in the main draw of an ATP doubles event, when he and partner Isak Arvidsson received a wild card at the Swedish Open. They lost in the quarterfinals to the tournament third seeds, Tomasz Bednarek and Henri Kontinen.
In 2012, Eriksson was selected to represent the Swedish Davis Cup team in the World Group Playoffs against Belgium. For the period 2012 to 2020, he played in 14 Davis Cup ties winning 7 of the 16 singles matches and 4 of the 7 doubles matches that he played.[2]
Eriksson won his first ATP Challenger title in the doubles, when he and his compatriot André Göransson won the title at the Tampere challenger, where they beat Ivan Gakhov and Alexander Pavlioutchenkov in the final.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures titles
editSingles: 10
edit| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (0) |
| ITF Futures (10) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jun 2013 | Marocco F3, Mohammedia | Futures | Clay |  Lamine Ouahab
|
6–2, 6–3 |
| 2. | Aug 2013 | Denmark F3, Copenhagen | Futures | Clay |  Martin Pedersen
|
6–4, 7–5 |
| 3. | Feb 2014 | Spain F3, Murcia | Futures | Clay |  Roberto Carballés Baena
|
7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–5 |
| 4. | Sep 2015 | Sweden F4, Falun | Futures | Hard |  Adrian Sikora
|
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 5. | Mar 2016 | Italy F3, Sondrio | Futures | Hard |  Marcin Gawron
|
6–3, 6–1 |
| 6. | Jun 2017 | Poland F2, Gdynia | Futures | Clay |  Robin Staněk
|
7–5, 6–1 |
| 7. | Sep 2017 | Hungary F7, Kecskemét | Futures | Clay |  Zsombor Piros
|
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 8. | Sep 2018 | Sweden F4, Stockholm | Futures | Hard |  Christopher Heyman
|
6–4, 6–2 |
| 9. | May 2019 | M15 Karlskrona, Sweden | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Ronald Slobodchikov
|
6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 10. | May 2019 | M15 Kalmar, Sweden | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș
|
6–2, 6–2 |
Doubles: 36
edit| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (1) |
| ITF Futures / World Tennis Tour (35) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sep 2010 | Sweden F2, Falun | Futures | Hard | Carl Bergman
|
Tobias Blomgren Micke Kontinen
|
3–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| 2. | Jun 2011 | Romania F4, Mediaș | Futures | Clay | Jesper Brunström
|
Michal Schmid Jiří Školoudík
|
6–2, 6–2 |
| 3. | Sep 2011 | Sweden F4, Uppsala | Futures | Hard | Carl Bergman
|
 Lewis Burton James Marsalek
|
6–3, 6–4 |
| 4. | Sep 2012 | Sweden F6, Falun | Futures | Hard | Jesper Brunström
|
Filip Bergevi Fred Simonsson
|
6–4, 7–5 |
| 5. | Mar 2013 | Turkey F10, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Jesper Brunström
|
Andrei Plotniy Denis Yevseyev
|
6–3, 6–1 |
| 6. | Jan 2014 | USA F3, Weston, Florida | Futures | Clay | Milos Sekulic
|
 Jason Jung Evan King
|
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [17–15] |
| 7. | Feb 2014 | USA F4, Palm Coast, Florida | Futures | Clay | Milos Sekulic
|
Taylor Fritz Martin Redlicki
|
6–1, 6–1 |
| 8. | Feb 2014 | Spain F3, Murcia | Futures | Clay | Milos Sekulic
|
Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol David Vega Hernández
|
6–0, 7–6(7–5) |
| 9. | Mar 2014 | France F6, Poitiers | Futures | Hard | Isak Arvidsson
|
Niels Desein Yannick Mertens
|
w/o |
| 10. | May 2014 | Sweden F2, Båstad | Futures | Clay | Isak Arvidsson
|
Jacob Adaktusson Robin Olin
|
6–2, 4–6, [10–6] |
| 11. | May 2014 | Sweden F3, Båstad | Futures | Clay | Isak Arvidsson
|
Timi Kivijarvi Henrik Sillanpää
|
6–4, 6–2 |
| 12. | Mar 2015 | Croatia F4, Poreč | Futures | Clay | Christian Lindell
|
 Alexandru-Daniel Carpen Tomislav Draganja
|
6–1, 6–4 |
| 13. | Nov 2015 | Turkey F46, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Ivan Gakhov
|
 Daniele Capecchi Federico Maccari
|
6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| 14. | Jan 2016 | Tunisia F2, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Matteo Volante
|
 Tomislav Jotovski  Miljan Zekić
|
6–2, 6–1 |
| 15. | Mar 2016 | Italy F3, Sondrio | Futures | Hard |  Wilson Leite
|
 Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq
|
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| 16. | May 2016 | Sweden F3, Baståd | Futures | Clay | Milos Sekulic
|
Julien Cagnina Omar Salman
|
6–2, 6–3 |
| 17. | Jun 2016 | Italy F15, Sassuolo | Futures | Clay | Milos Sekulic
|
Filippo Baldi Pietro Licciardi
|
6–4, 6–3 |
| 18. | Mar 2017 | Bahrain F1, Manama | Futures | Hard | Milos Sekulic
|
 Francis Alcantara Benjamin Lock
|
6–3, 6–1 |
| 19. | Apr 2017 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard | Milos Sekulic
|
Daniel Altmaier Lucas Miedler
|
7–5, 3–6. [10–7] |
| 20. | Sep 2017 | Sweden F3, Jönköping | Futures | Hard | Milos Sekulic
|
 Kevin Griekspoor Tallon Griekspoor
|
6–0, 6–2 |
| 21. | Dec 2017 | Qatar F5, Doha | Futures | Hard |  Tuna Altuna
|
Aslan Karatsev Fran Zvonimir Zgombić
|
6–1, 6–2 |
| 22. | Apr 2018 | Nigeria F1, Abuja | Futures | Hard | Maximilian Neuchrist
|
Rémi Boutillier Tom Jomby
|
6–3, 4–6, [15–13] |
| 23. | May 2018 | Sweden F1, Karlskrona | Futures | Clay | Fred Simonsson
|
Otto Virtanen Louis Wessels
|
6–1, 1–6, [10–5] |
| 1. | Jul 2018 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | André Göransson
|
Ivan Gakhov Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
|
6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
| 24. | Sep 2018 | Sweden F4, Stockholm | Futures | Hard | Fred Simonsson
|
 Antoine Bellier Johannes Härteis
|
2–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| 25. | Nov 2018 | Vietnam F5, Tây Ninh | Futures | Hard | Francis Alcantara
|
 Lý Hoàng Nam Roman Safiullin
|
5–7, 6–4, [10–7] |
| 26. | Mar 2019 | M15 Rovinj, Croatia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jeroen Vanneste
|
Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov
|
7–5, 6–2 |
| 27. | Apr 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Filip Bergevi
|
 Simon Carr Amaury Delmas
|
6–3, 6–1 |
| 28. | May 2019 | M15 Karlskrona, Sweden | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Filip Bergevi
|
Justin Butsch Simon Freund
|
6–1, 6–3 |
| 29. | May 2019 | M15 Kalmar, Sweden | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Filip Bergevi
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Justin Butsch Simon Freund
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7–5, 6–2 |
| 30. | May 2019 | M25 Arlon, Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jeroen Vanneste
|
 Facundo Mena Martin van der Meerschen
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6–2, 6–2 |
| 31. | Oct 2020 | M25 Hamburg, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) |  Viktor Durasovic
|
Raúl Brancaccio Mark Vervoort
|
6–3, 5–7, [11–9] |
| 32. | Jun 2021 | M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, France | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jakub Paul
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Leandro Riedi Damien Wenger
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7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), [10–4] |
| 33. | Aug 2021 | M15 Łódź, Poland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Filip Bergevi
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 Kārlis Ozoliņš Aristotelis Thanos
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4–6, 6–2, [10–4] |
| 34. | Aug 2021 | M25 Poznań, Poland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Filip Bergevi
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Leonardo Aboian Valerio Aboian
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w/o |
| 35. | Nov 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Matthew Romios
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Péter Fajta Zsombor Velcz
|
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–0] |
References
edit- ^ "Markus Eriksson – ATP Tour Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ "Davis Cup – Players". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
External links
edit- Markus Eriksson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Markus Eriksson at the International Tennis Federation
- Markus Eriksson at the Davis Cup
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