Frederik Nielsen was the top ranked player from Denmark in the ATP doubles world rankings.
21 Facts About Frederik Nielsen
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Frederik Nielsen's parents were both tennis players and he picked up the sport at the age of three.
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Frederik Nielsen continued to play in ITF and ATP Challenger tournaments, garnering considerable success on the doubles circuit where he won multiple titles during the period.
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Frederik Nielsen made a transition on to the main ATP Tour beginning 2012.
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Frederik Nielsen represented Denmark at the Hopman Cup that year, playing a few keenly contested matches against top-ranked opponents including Tomas Berdych and Mardy Fish, while winning in doubles with Caroline Wozniacki.
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Frederik Nielsen entered the 2012 Wimbledon Championships with Jonathan Marray as wildcard entrant, but the duo went on to win the tournament upstaging such higher-ranked opponents as the Bryan brothers en route to the title.
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Frederik Nielsen became only the second Danish player to ever win a Grand Slam title and the first wildcard entrant to win Wimbledon men's doubles title.
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Frederik Nielsen continued to play on the Challenger tour in singles, while enjoying success in doubles on the main ATP circuit, winning again at the 2019 BMW Open.
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Frederik Nielsen is currently coached by former Danish Davis Cup player Patrik Langvardt.
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Frederik Nielsen won the singles title at the Futures event in Vietnam.
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Frederik Nielsen won 1 doubles Futures title and 2 titles in 4 Futures singles finals in 2005.
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In 2007, Frederik Nielsen won doubles titles at 3 Challengers and Futures.
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In 2008, Frederik Nielsen won 2 doubles Challengers and 1 Futures, all three with different partners.
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In 2010, Frederik Nielsen won 2 Challengers and 3 Futures in Men's doubles.
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Frederik Nielsen represented Denmark at the 2012 Hopman Cup alongside Caroline Wozniacki, but the pair could not get past the Group Stages.
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Frederik Nielsen played much higher ranked opponents in Tomas Berdych, Grigor Dimitrov and Mardy Fish.
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Frederik Nielsen had been friends with Jonny Marray since their early days on the senior tour, but had only played together twice before in 2006 and 2008.
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Marray was first British doubles champion at Wimbledon since 1936 and Frederik Nielsen was first Dane to win the doubles crown.
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Frederik 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.
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Frederik Nielsen earned a career-high $334,901 in 2012 courtesy of his win at Wimbledon.
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Frederik Nielsen 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.