Rikard Bergh

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Rikard Bergh
Country (sports)Sweden Sweden
Born (1966-06-14) 14 June 1966 (age 57)
Örebro, Sweden
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1987
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$488,500
Singles
Career record3–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 158 (10 Jul 1989)
Doubles
Career record121–140
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 37 (2 March 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open4R (1992, 1995)
French Open2R (1993, 1994)
WimbledonSF (1993)
US OpenQF (1991)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1992)
French Open2R (1991, 1997)
WimbledonQF (1996)
US Open2R (1993, 1996)

Rikard Bergh (born 14 June 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won six doubles titles and finished as a runner-up five times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 37 in 1992.

Since retiring, Bergh moved to Dallas, Texas He has worked as a pro in several country clubs.

Career finals[edit]

Doubles: 11 (6 wins, 5 losses)[edit]

Result No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1988 Athens, Greece Clay Sweden Per Henricsson Peru Pablo Arraya
Czech Republic Karel Nováček
6–4, 7–5
Loss 1. 1989 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Sweden Per Henricsson United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
Germany Patrick Baur
1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 2. 1990 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Ronnie Båthman Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Germany Udo Riglewski
6–1, 6–4
Loss 2. 1990 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Sweden Ronnie Båthman Nigeria Nduka Odizor
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 1991 San Francisco, U.S. Carpet Sweden Ronnie Båthman Australia Wally Masur
Australia Jason Stoltenberg
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win 3. 1991 Nice, France Clay Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Czech Republic Vojtěch Flégl
Sweden Nicklas Utgren
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 4. 1991 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Ronnie Båthman Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 6–4
Loss 4. 1991 Birmingham, England Carpet Sweden Ronnie Båthman Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Kenya Paul Wekesa
5–7, 5–7
Win 5. 1993 Charlotte, U.S. Clay United States Trevor Kronemann Argentina Javier Frana
Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
6–1, 6–2
Win 6. 1994 Madrid, Spain Clay Netherlands Menno Oosting France Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
6–3, 6–4
Loss 5. 1996 Amsterdam, Netherlands Clay United States Jack Waite United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
4–6, 6–3, 2–6

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