Mikael Tillström (born 5 March 1972) is a tennis coach and a former professional player from Sweden. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking on 14 October 1996 of world No. 39.

Professional career Tillström‘s best performance at a Grand Slam came when he got to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1996, defeating Aaron Krickstein, Christian Ruud, Patrick McEnroe and Thomas Muster and then losing to Michael Chang.

Tillstrom won one career title in singles at the Chennai Open, also called then as Gold Flake Open, in 1997,. and eight career doubles titles, all but one with fellow Swede Nicklas Kulti.

He also reached the final of 2000 Majorca Open. He represented his native country as at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he was defeated in the third round by Switzerland's Roger Federer.

Coaching career Mikael Tillström is running the Good to Great Tennis Academy together with Magnus Norman and Nicklas Kulti.

He coached Denis Shapovalov from mid 2025 until February 2026.

He was also the coach of Gaël Monfils (2015–2020, 2023–2026).

He is currently coaching Corentin Moutet.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1990US OpenHard Andrea Gaudenzi2–6, 6–4, 6–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1990US OpenHard Mårten Renström Sébastien Leblanc Greg Rusedski7–6, 3–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–1)ATP World Series (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–3)Indoors (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Chennai, IndiaWorld SeriesHard Alex Rădulescu6–4, 4–6, 7–5Loss1–1Chennai, IndiaWorld SeriesHard Patrick Rafter3–6, 4–6Loss1–2Singapore, SingaporeChampionship SeriesHard Marcelo Ríos2–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss1–3San Jose, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Mark Philippoussis5–7, 6–4, 3–6Loss1–4Majorca, SpainWorld SeriesClay Marat Safin4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (2–0)ATP World Series (6–4)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (4–4)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (6–4)Indoors (2–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Hilversum, NetherlandsWorld SeriesClay Mårten Renström Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans7–6, 1–6, 4–6Win1–1San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Nicklas Kulti Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan6–2, 6–2Loss1–2Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Nicklas Kulti Jan Apell Jonas Björkman2–6, 3–6Win2–2Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Nicklas Kulti Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson6–0, 6–3Win3–2Indianapolis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Michael Tebbutt Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti6–3, 6–2Win4–2St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet Nicklas Kulti Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth3–6, 6–3, 7–6Loss4–3Orlando, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Michael Tebbutt Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett6–4, 4–6, 5–7Win5–3Stockholm, SwedenInternational SeriesHard Nicklas Kulti Chris Haggard Peter Nyborg7–5, 3–6, 7–5Loss5–4Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Nicklas Kulti David Adams Jeff Tarango6–7(6–8), 4–6Win6–4Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Nicklas Kulti Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle6–2, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)Win7–4Halle, GermanyInternational SeriesGrass Nicklas Kulti Mahesh Bhupathi David Prinosil7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)Win8–4Båstad, SwedenInternational SeriesClay Nicklas Kulti Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso4–6, 6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1) LegendATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Magnus Larsson4–6, 4–6Win1–1Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Jens Knippschild6–2, 6–4Win2–1Merano, ItalyChallengerClay Younes El Aynaoui6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 13 (11–2) LegendATP Challenger (11–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (8–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Magnus Larsson Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan6–3, 6–2Win2–0Yvetot, FranceChallengerClay Mårten Renström Jaime Oncins Tomas Anzari7–6, 5–7, 6–2Win3–0Salzburg, AustriaChallengerClay Jan Apell Jordi Arrese Nils Holm3–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss3–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Tomas Nydahl David Rikl Pavel Vízner2–6, 6–7Win4–1Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Mårten Renström Todd Nelson Bent-Ove Pedersen6–2, 3–6, 6–3Loss4–2Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Kenneth Carlsen Olivier Delaître Jean-Philippe Fleurian1–6, 6–4, 1–6Win5–2Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Tommy Ho Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota7–6, 6–1Win6–2Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Mårten Renström Stephen Noteboom Tom Vanhoudt3–6, 7–5, 6–3Win7–2Andorra la Vella, AndorraChallengerHard Anders Järryd Greg Rusedski Paul Wekesa7–6, 6–3Win8–2Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Nicklas Kulti Jan Apell Mike Bauer7–6, 6–4Win9–2Monte Carlo, MonacoChallengerClay Nicklas Kulti Nicolas Kiefer Michael Stich7–5, 7–5Win10–2Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Nicklas Kulti Shelby Cannon Stefan Kruger6–4, 6–4Win11–2Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Nicklas Kulti Bill Behrens Brendan Curry7–6, 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament199219931994199519961997199819992000SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1AQ2QF1R2R3R2R0 / 58–5French OpenAQ14R2R3R1R2RQ31R0 / 67–6WimbledonAAAA3R1R2R1R1R0 / 53–5US OpenAAAA2R1R3R1R1R0 / 53–5Win–loss0–00–03–11–19–40–45–42–31–40 / 2121–21Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsANot HeldANot Held3R0 / 12–1ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAQ2A1RAAA0 / 10–1MiamiAAAQ2A4RA1R1R0 / 33–3Monte CarloQFAAQ2A1RAAQ20 / 22–2HamburgAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAA3RAAAA0 / 12–1CincinnatiAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1ParisAAAAQ11RAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss2–10–00–00–02–13–60–00–10–10 / 107–10

Doubles Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1RA1R1RA1R3R3R0 / 64–6French Open2R1R1RAA1RSF3R0 / 67–6WimbledonAAAAAA1RSF0 / 24–2US OpenAAAAA3R1R3R0 / 34–3Win–loss1–20–10–20–10–02–36–410–40 / 1719–17Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNot HeldANot Held1R0 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAA1RAAASF2R0 / 34–3Monte CarloAA2RAAAAQF0 / 23–2RomeAAAAAAA2R0 / 11–1CincinnatiAAAAQ2AAA0 / 00–0StuttgartAAAAAA1R1R0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–01–20–00–00–04–23–40 / 88–8

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