Mikael Pernfors
| Country (sports) |
 Sweden
|
|---|---|
| Residence | Höllviken, Sweden |
| Born |
16 July 1963 Malmö, Sweden |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 1985 |
| Retired | 1996 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,363,793 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 140–114 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (22 September 1986) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1990) |
| French Open | F (1986) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1986, 1987) |
| US Open | 4R (1989) |
| Other tournaments | |
| WCT Finals | SF (1989) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 41–47 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 32 (11 July 1988) |
| Last updated on: 16 April 2012. | |
Mikael Pernfors (born 16 July 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1986, and won the 1993 Canada Masters in Montreal.
Pernfors was born in Malmö.
Pernfors played a topspin-heavy baseline game with a double-handed backhand, like his countrymen Björn Borg and Mats Wilander, but he lacked their consistency and relied on a crowd-pleasing game full of variety, liberally employing the drop shot and the topspin lob.
Before turning professional, Pernfors played tennis for the University of Georgia in the United States and became the first player since Dennis Ralston two decades earlier to win back-to-back NCAA singles titles in 1984 and 1985.
In 1986 Pernfors reached his first (and only) Grand Slam singles final at the French Open. He defeated Olivier Delaître, Stefan Edberg, Robert Seguso, Martín Jaite, Boris Becker in the quarter-finals and Henri Leconte in the semi-finals. In the final he lost in straight sets to then World No.1 Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–2, 6–4.
Pernfors played for Sweden in the final of the Davis Cup in 1986. He won one singles rubber against Paul McNamee in straight sets and lost the other to Pat Cash in five sets – after winning the first two – as Australia beat Sweden 3–2. The following year at Wimbledon he again lost a two-set lead, falling to Jimmy Connors 1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2 after having led 6–1, 6–1, 4–1, and afterwards 3–0 in the fourth set. [1]
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