Frederik Nielsen

Playing career

Frederik Løchte Nielsen was born in Lyngby, north of Copenhagen, on 27 August 1983, into a tennis family: both his parents played, and his grandfather Kurt Nielsen was twice a Wimbledon singles finalist in the 1950s. He started playing at three at Lyngby Tennis Club, turned professional in 2001 and in 2003 played his first Davis Cup tie and his first ATP event, in Copenhagen.

For most of his career he played Futures and Challengers, reaching No. 190 in singles in 2011 and qualifying for the Australian Open main draw in 2012. That summer, with Jonathan Marray, he entered the Wimbledon doubles on a wildcard and won it, beating four seeded pairs including Bob and Mike Bryan. The win took the pair to the ATP World Tour Finals in London, where they reached the semi-finals, and lifted Nielsen to a career-high No. 17 in doubles in 2013.

He won two more tour titles, at Chennai in 2014 with Johan Brunström and Munich in 2019 with Tim Pütz, and returned to the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2018 with Joe Salisbury. He played 45 Davis Cup ties for Denmark and became the team's captain. He retired after the 2022 Australian Open and joined the Danish Tennis Federation as national coach.

On grass

Every grass title: 1

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Wimbledon
2012	Men's doubles	with Jonathan Marray

Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions

"It was one big ride of joy from start to finish"