Peter Nyborg

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Peter Nyborg
Country (sports)Sweden Sweden
ResidenceTrollhättan, Sweden
Born (1969-12-12) 12 December 1969 (age 54)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1988
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$898,987
Singles
Career record3–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 166 (24 April 1989)
Doubles
Career record148–208
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 38 (12 Aug 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2000)
French Open3R (1998)
Wimbledon2R (1991, 1992, 2000)
US Open3R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)
French Open2R (1999)
Wimbledon2R (1996, 1997)

Peter Nyborg (born 12 December 1969), is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 38 in 1996. He currently works for racket sport platform MATCHi.

Career finals[edit]

Doubles (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)[edit]

Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1993 Seoul, South Korea Hard Sweden Jan Apell United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Gary Muller
5–7, 7–6, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jun 1994 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Italy Diego Nargiso Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
Netherlands Fernon Wibier
3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Win 2–1 Mar 1995 Copenhagen, Denmark Carpet United States Mark Keil France Guillaume Raoux
Canada Greg Rusedski
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Sep 1995 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) United States Mark Keil Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Feb 1996 Marseille, France Hard South Africa Marius Barnard France Jean-Philippe Fleurian
France Guillaume Raoux
3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Mar 1996 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Sweden Nicklas Kulti Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Jul 1996 Båstad, Sweden Clay Australia Joshua Eagle Sweden David Ekerot
United States Jeff Tarango
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 3–5 Feb 1997 Milan, Italy Carpet Argentina Pablo Albano South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 7–6
Loss 3–6 Nov 1998 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) South Africa Chris Haggard Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Sweden Mikael Tillström
5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win 4–6 Jul 1999 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay South Africa Chris Haggard Spain Álex Calatrava
Serbia Dušan Vemić
6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win 5–6 Sep 2002 Bucharest, Romania Clay Germany Jens Knippschild Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
6–3, 6–3

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