Frederik Nielsen
_(cropped).jpg) Frederik Nielsen at Roland Garros 2013. | |
| Country (sports) |  Denmark |
|---|---|
| Residence | Lyngby, Denmark |
| Born | 27 August 1983 Lyngby, Denmark |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Turned pro | 2001 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 870,816 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 18–29 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 190 (15 August 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 355 (4 April 2016) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2012) |
| French Open | Q2 (2011) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2007) |
| US Open | Q1 (2010, 2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 53–42 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws) |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 17 (1 April 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 93 (4 April 2016) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2014) |
| French Open | 2R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | W (2012) |
| US Open | 2R (2012, 2013) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | SF (2012) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2013) |
| French Open | 2R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2013) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | Europe/Africa Zone Group I 1R (2012, 2013, 2015) |
| Last updated on: 4 April. | |
Frederik Løchte Nielsen (born 27 August 1983) is a professional male tennis player. He is a former Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion, in 2012, and now competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour in both singles and doubles. Nielsen is coached by fellow Dane John Larsen and is a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team. His grandfather is former grand slam finalist Kurt Nielsen.
In 2012, Nielsen won the Wimbledon Men's Doubles Championship with Britain's Jonathan Marray.[1] He thus became the first Dane ever to win a Wimbledon Championship title, his grandfather, Kurt Nielsen, having won the Wimbledon Junior Championship Boys' Singles title in 1947. Nielsen and Marray, who had only played three tournaments together previously, became also the first wildcard pairing to win the Wimbledon Men's Doubles.
Nielsen decided to end his partnership with Marray following the 2012 season in order to concentrate on his singles career.[2] He partnered Grigor Dimitrov at Wimbledon the following year without success, and as a result dropped out of the world doubles top 50. His singles ranking also failed to rise, and to date he has only made the main draw of a grand slam singles event on one occasion. More recently, he has partnered Johan Brunström in tournaments, winning at the Aircel Chennai Open in 2014.
Debut and early years
Made ATP singles debut in Copenhagen, losing to Magnus Larsson in the first round d 6-1, 6-1. In 2003, made his Davis Cup debut in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II tie against Tunisia at Hillerod, Denmark and defeated Malek Jaziri 6-1, 6-4 in the dead rubber, Denmark winning 4-1. Won singles title at Futures event in Vietnam.
In 2004, teamed with countryman Rasmus Norby to win 5 Futures doubles titles. Reached 1 Futures Singles final. In 2005, claimed 1 doubles Futures title. Won 2 titles in 4 Futures singles finals. In 2006, won doubles title at 2 Challengers and 7 Futures. Also won 3 Futures singles titles.
In 2007, won doubles titles at 3 Challengers and Futures. 2-time singles winner at Futures. In 2008, in doubles, Nielsen won 2 Challengers and 1 Futures, all three with different partners. In 2009, won titles at 3 Challengers in doubles and 1 Futures in singles.
In 2010, came out as doubles winner at 2 Challengers and 3 Futures. Won singles Futures event in Italy. In 2011, won 5 Challengers doubles titles with 3 partners. Finalist at 3 other events.
2012: Wimbledon doubles champion
Nielsen represented Denmark at the 2012 Hopman Cup alongside Caroline Wozniacki, but the pair could not get past the Group Stages. Nielsen had a 1–4 Win-Loss record at the event, 1-1 in doubles and 0-3 in singles. He played much higher ranked opponents in Tomáš Berdych , Grigor Dimitrov and Mardy Fish. He managed to win 1 set against Fish but eventually lost 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. Nielsen and Wozniacki still managed to pull out the doubles match against Fish and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-5, 6-3 and won their only tie against USA.
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He then played at the Australian Open and qualified for the main draw at a Grand Slam for the first time but lost to Kevin Anderson 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round. In February, Nielsen was selected for the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I tie against Slovenia, which Denmark lost 5-0.
Nielsen had been friends with Jonathan Marray of Britain since they were both 18, though they hadn’t played together.[3] Playing doubles with Marray in June, their first pairing of the year, they reached the Nottingham Challenger finals, losing out to Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot in three tight sets 4-6, 7-6(9), 8-10. They compiled a 10-6 match record in 6 tournaments.
Then Nielsen and Marray received a wild card at the All England Club and began their 2012 Wimbledon Championships with a 5-set win over Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, one of 4 teams they beat en route that qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. In the third-round, they edged out another five set victory this time against Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-5 in 5th set, followed with victory over James Cerretani and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the quarters in five sets again. In the Semi-Finals they caused the biggest upset by beating No. 2 seeds Bryans in 4 sets 6-4, 7-6(9), 6-7(4), 7-6(5). In the title clash they defeated the No. 5 seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in 5-sets 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-3. Marray was first British doubles champion at Wimbledon since 1936 and Nielsen was first Dane to win the doubles crown.
Following Wimbledon, they played together in 4 tournaments (2-4 record), losing first round in Winston-Salem, second round at Us Open losing to Jesse Levine and Marinko Matosevic having beaten the Italian duo of Flavio Cipolla and Fabio Fognini in the first round. They had a quarter-final in Basel losing out to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.
Nielsen and Marray made their debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, qualifying for the season finale as a result of their Wimbledon crown, and reached the Semi-Finals losing out to eventual champions Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 4-6, 3-6. In the Round-Robin stage the pair defeated top pairs including Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna 6-4, 6-7(1), 12-10, Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 7-6(3), 4-6, 12-10 losing only to Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in the Group Stage.
Nielsen finished the year as top Danish player in doubles, a year-end best No. 21 individually and No. 9 in ATP Doubles Team Rankings with Marray. He also earned a career-high $334,901 in 2012 courtesy of his win at Wimbledon.
2013
At the start of 2013, Nielsen partnered Johan Brunstrom for the first time since September 2012 at Metz, they reached the final of 2013 Heineken Open at Auckland losing out to Colin Fleming and Bruno Soares in two tough sets 6-7(1), 6-7(2). Dropped to 1-2 overall in tour-level finals. They lost in the first round of 2013 Australian Open to Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 3-6, 4-6.
The Dane then partnered Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov for World Tour Masters 1000 Miami and Indian Wells reaching second round of the former and Semi-Finals his first at Masters event losing out to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 4-6, 2-6. Played with André Sá in 2013 Power Horse Cup at Düsseldorf and fell in the Semis to Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich. Along with Matkowski, reached Semis of 2013 Aegon International losing to Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray 11-9 in Match Tie-Break. Played with Eric Butorac at the 2013 Winston-Salem Open, reached Semi-Finals where they lost out to Daniel Nestor-and Leander Paes 3-6, 2-6.
2014: ATP 250 doubles title
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Nielsen partnered Johan Brunstrom and they entered the 2014 Aircel Chennai Open in January, the pair did not lose a single set on their route to the finals and went on to win the title defeating Marin Draganja and Mate Pavic 6-2, 4-6, 10-7. This was Nielsen's first title other than Wimbledon.
In January at Copenhagen during the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II First Round Cyprus tie, he won both his singles and doubles matches partnering Thomas Kromann.
He then partnered Igor Sijsling for the 2014 Heineken Open and reached the quarters to only go down to the top seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares 5-7, 5-7. He played at the Australian Open alongside Brunstrom and reached the second round before going down to Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in a tight three-setter 6-0, 5-7, 3-6.
Next he played at the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Luxembourg tie in April, winning both his singles and the doubles alongside Thomas Kromann, leading Denmark to a 5-0 victory, and to the Final Round in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
Partnering Brunstrom, he reached the semis at the 2014 Düsseldorf Open losing out to Martin Emmrich and Christopher Kas 0-6, 5-7. At the 2014 French Open the pair lost in the first round to Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 5-7, 2-6. They next participated in the Wimbledon Championships falling in the second round.
In September, he played the Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Denmark vs. Moldova tie, winning the first singles rubber and the doubles match but losing the reverse singles, thereby helping promote Denmark to the 2015 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
He also won 3 ITF $15000 doubles titles at Switzerland, Dublin, Great Britain in March, July and October respectively with different and 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger in 2014.
Major finals
Grand Slam: 1 (1–0)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 2012 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Jonathan Marray
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 Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău
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4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 4 (2–2)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 7 July 2012 | Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom | Grass | Jonathan Marray
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Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău
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4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 23 September 2012 | Moselle Open, Metz, France | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström
|
 Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 January 2013 | Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Johan Brunström
|
Colin Fleming  Bruno Soares
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6–7(1–7), 6–7(2–7) |
| Winner | 2. | 5 January 2014 | Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India | Hard | Johan Brunström
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 Marin Draganja Mate Pavić
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6–2, 4–6, [10–7] |
Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (0–3)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–3) |
| Outcome | No. | Date (Final) | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 6 July 2008 |
Dublin, Ireland | Carpet (i) |  Robert Smeets
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6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 14 November 2010 |
Loughborough, United Kingdom | Hard (i) |  Matthias Bachinger
|
3–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 15 November 2014 |
Champaign, United States | Hard (i) | Adrian Mannarino
|
2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 37 (24–13)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (24–13) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 24 January 2005 | Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) |  Tuomas Ketola
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Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray
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3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 17 October 2005 | Kolding, Denmark | Carpet (i) | Rasmus Nørby
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Stephen Huss Johan Landsberg
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6–1, 6–7(4–7), [8–10] |
| Winner | 1. | 30 October 2006 | Rimouski, Canada | Hard (i) | Kristian Pless
|
 Jasper Smit Martijn van Haasteren
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 20 November 2006 | Shrewsbury, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Philipp Marx
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Lars Burgsmuller Mischa Zverev
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 5 February 2007 | Bergamo, Italy | Carpet (i) | Kenneth Carlsen
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Jerome Haehnel Jean-Rene Lisnard
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3–6, 6–2, [4–10] |
| Runner-up | 4. | 24 September 2007 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | Martin Pedersen
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Jasper Smit Martijn van Haasteren
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3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 15 October 2007 | Kolding, Denmark | Hard (i) | Rasmus Nørby
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Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya
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4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Winner | 4. | 22 October 2007 | Barnstaple, United Kingdom | Hard (i) |  Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
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Jasper Smit Martijn van Haasteren
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6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–2] |
| Winner | 5. | 19 November 2007 | Shrewsbury, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Rasmus Nørby
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Edward Allinson Ian Flanagan
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 17 March 2008 | Sarajevo, Bosnia | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström
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Alexander Peya Lovro Zovko
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6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| Runner-up | 5. | 12 May 2008 | Aarhus, Denmark | Clay | Martin Pedersen
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 Dawid Olejniczak Jean-Julien Rojer
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6–7, 6–2, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 30 June 2008 | Dublin, Ireland | Carpet (o) | Jonathan Marray
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 Prakash Amritraj Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
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3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Winner | 7. | 24 November 2008 | Toyota, Japan | Carpet (i) | Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
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 Ti Chen Grzegorz Panfil
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7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 8. | 25 May 2009 | Carson, California (2), United States | Hard (o) | Harsh Mankad
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Carsten Ball Travis Rettenmaier
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 9. | 20 July 2009 | Recanati, Italy | Hard (o) | Joseph Sirianni
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 Adriano Biasalla Andrey Golubev
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6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Winner | 10. | 9 November 2009 | Jersey, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | Joseph Sirianni
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Henri Kontinen Jarkko Nieminen
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7–5, 3–6, [10–2] |
| Runner-up | 7. | 5 April 2010 | Monza, Italy | Clay | Martin Fischer
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Daniele Bracciali David Marrero
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 11. | 26 July 2010 | Granby, Canada | Hard (o) | Joseph Sirianni
|
 Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
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4–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Runner-up | 8. | 20 September 2010 | Bangkok (2), Thailand | Hard (o) |  Yuichi Sugita
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Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
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3–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 12. | 8 November 2010 | Loughborough, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | Henri Kontinen
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Jordan Kerr Ken Skupski
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 13. | 3 January 2011 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard (o) | Dominik Meffert
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Flavio Cipolla Simone Vagnozzi
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7–6(5–7), 5–7, [10–5] |
| Winner | 14. | 7 February 2011 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski
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 Mikhail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev
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Walkover |
| Runner-up | 9. | 21 February 2011 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Dominik Meffert
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Matthias Bachinger Simon Stadler
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6–3, 6–7(3–7), [7–10] |
| Winner | 15. | 4 April 2011 | Monza, Italy | Clay | Johan Brunström
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Jamie Delgado Jonathan Marray
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5–7, 6–2, [10–7] |
| Winner | 16. | 25 July 2011 | Recanati, Italy | Hard (o) | Ken Skupski
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Federico Gaio Purav Raja
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6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 17. | 1 August 2011 | Segovia, Spain | Hard (o) | Johan Brunström
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Nicolas Mahut Lovro Zovko
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6–2, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Runner-up | 10. | 8 August 2011 | Binghamton, New York, United States | Hard (o) |  Treat Conrad Huey
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 Juan Sebastian Cabal Robert Farah
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 7 November 2011 | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States | Hard (i) | Adam Hubble
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Steve Johnson Austin Krajicek
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6–3, 4–6, [11–13] |
| Winner | 18. | 23 January 2012 | Heilbronn, Germany | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström
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Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot
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6–3, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Runner-up | 12. | 23 April 2012 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Hard (o) |  Daniel King-Turner
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John Paul Fruttero Raven Klaasen
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7–6(8–6), 5–7, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 13. | 10 June 2012 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Grass | Jonathan Marray
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Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot
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4–6, 7–6(11–9), [8–10] |
| Winner | 19. | 2 November 2014 | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States | Hard (i) | Treat Conrad Huey
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Lewis Burton Marcus Willis
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3–6, 6–3, [10–2] |
| Winner | 20. | 23 August 2015 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Hard (o) | Treat Conrad Huey
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Yuki Bhambri Michael Venus
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7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [10–5] |
| Winner | 21. | 4 October 2015 | Tiburon, California, United States | Hard (o) | Johan Brunström
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Carsten Ball Matt Reid
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7–6(7–2), 6–1 |
| Winner | 22. | 18 October 2015 | Fairfield, California, United States | Hard (o) | Johan Brunström
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Dustin Brown Carsten Ball
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6–3, 5–7, [10–5] |
| Winner | 23. | 15 November 2015 | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström
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Sekou Bangoura Matt Seeberger
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6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 24. | 24 January 2016 | Manilla, Philippines | Hard (o) | Johan Brunström
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Francis Casey Alcantara  Christopher Rungkat
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6–2, 6–2 |
Doubles performance timeline
This table is current through the 2016 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1–3 |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1–2 | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | W | 2R | 2R | 3R | 10–3 | |
| US Open | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2–2 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 14–10 |
| Year-end Championship | |||||||
| World Tour Finals | A | SF | A | A | A | 2–2 | |
| Career statistics | |||||||
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 4 |
| Year-end ranking | 99 | 21 | 60 | 94 | 108 | ||
References
- ^ "Wimbledon champions Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen secure ATP world tour finals' berth". The Daily Telegraph. London. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ Wimbledon 2013: Champion Jonathan Marray ready for defence
- ^ "My Wimbledon: Jonathan Marray". 30 June 2014.
External links
- Frederik Nielsen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Frederik Nielsen at the Davis Cup