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Thomas Kihlström

Sweden · Men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's singles · 1971 to 1986

Born 11 December 1948 · Right-handed

50
matches
58%
won
2
senior titles
9
finals
World ranking

Not on a world ranking list we hold: the full lists are kept from September 2026 and the weekly top lists from 2013, so a player outside them has none.

Our ratingHow it works
1,575Men's singles
last rated 1982

Highest 1,575. Men's doubles: 1,512. Mixed doubles: 1,569.

Form
4/10won of the last
10 matches
  1. W
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. L
  6. W
  7. L
  8. L
  9. W
  10. W

Latest: beat Steen Fladberg / Jesper Helledie, Thomas Cup 1986, group a. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

  • Played
  • Won
  • A title that year
'71
'73
'75
'77
'79
'81
1
1 '83
'85
'86
Show the numbers
YearPlayedWonTitles
1986620
1985850
1984520
1983871
1982331
1981200
1980320
1978530
1977110
1976210
1975100
1974320
1973110
1972100
1971100
Titles

2 senior titles.

Every final won, newest first. Each opens that edition's draw.

  1. 1983 World Championships Mixed doubles, with Nora Perry beat Steen Fladberg / Pia Nielsen 15–1 15–11
  2. 1982 European Championships Men's doubles, with Stefan Karlsson beat Martin Dew / Mike Tredgett 15–9 15–3
Recent matches

The last 20 matches.

Scores read from Thomas Kihlström's side.

Thomas Cup 1986Men's doubles, with Stefan Karlsson Group A Steen Fladberg / Jesper Helledie 15–6 15–12 Won
Group A Bobby Ertanto / Liem Swie King 5–15 8–15 Lost
Group A Lee Sang-bok / Park Sung-bae 17–18 8–15 Lost
European Championships 1986Men's doubles, with Stefan Karlsson Final Jesper Helledie / Steen Fladberg 12–15 17–18 Lost
European Championships 1986Mixed doubles, with Christine Magnusson Semi-final Martin Dew / Gillian Gilks 8–15 8–15 Lost
European Championships 1986Men's doubles, with Stefan Karlsson Semi-final Mark Christiansen / Michael Kjeldsen 15–8 15–6 Won
World Championships 1985Mixed doubles, with Christine Magnusson Round of 32 Nigel Tier / Gillian Gowers 15–3 15–18 10–10 Lost
World Championships 1985Men's doubles, with Stefan Karlsson Round of 32 Hariamanto Kartono / Liem Swie King 16–18 8–15 Lost
World Championships 1985Mixed doubles, with Christine Magnusson Round of 64 Jiang Guoliang / Lin Ying 5–15 18–15 15–7 Won
World Championships 1985Men's doubles, with Stefan Karlsson Round of 64 Shinji Matsuura / Shuji Matsuno 15–7 15–4 Won
World Championships 1985Mixed doubles, with Christine Magnusson Round of 128 Ulf Johansson / Gillian Martin 15–3 15–5 Won
World Championships 1985Men's doubles, with Stefan Karlsson Round of 128 Alfredo Salazar / Gustavo Salazar 15–1 15–2 Won
All England Open 1985Mixed doubles, with Gillian Clark Final Billy Gilliland / Nora Perry 10–15 12–15 Lost
Semi-final Martin Dew / Gillian Gilks 3–15 17–14 15–10 Won
Thomas Cup 1984Men's doubles, with Stefan Karlsson Group B He Shangquan / Jiang Guoliang 15–11 9–15 10–15 Lost
Group B Kim Moon-soo / Park Joo-bong 8–15 7–15 Lost
Group B Morten Frost / Jens Peter Nierhoff 15–8 10–15 15–11 Won
European Championships 1984Mixed doubles, with Maria Bengtsson Final Martin Dew / Gillian Gilks 5–15 15–17 Lost
Semi-final Mike Tredgett / Karen Chapman 15–8 15–12 Won
World Championships 1983Mixed doubles, with Nora Perry Final Steen Fladberg / Pia Nielsen 15–1 15–11 Won
Partners and rivals

Who with, and who against.

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.

Partners

Rivals