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Maria Ekstrand
Country (sports)	Sweden
Born	2 March 1970 (age 54)
Prize money	$69,254
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 149 (15 July 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1991)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 142 (9 July 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1989, 1990, 1991)

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Maria Ekstrand (born 2 March 1970) is a Swedish former professional tennis player.

Ekstrand, who reached a best singles ranking of 149, claimed two $25,000 ITF titles during her career, in Benin City in 1988 and York, Pennsylvania in 1990. Most notably, Ekstrand won through to the second round of the 1991 Australian Open, where she was eliminated by fourth seed Gabriela Sabatini.^[1]

ITF finals[edit]

$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (3–2)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 February 1988	Tapiola, Finland	Hard	Martina Pawlik	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	28 November 1988	Okpe, Nigeria	Hard	Titia Wilmink	7–5, 7–6
Winner	2.	5 December 1988	Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Titia Wilmink	6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	1 October 1990	York, United States	Hard	Stacey Schefflin	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	18 January 1993	Helsinki, Finland	Carpet	Elena Savoldi	2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 8 (1–7)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 February 1987	Hørsholm, Denmark	Carpet	Lone Vandborg	Maria Strandlund Jonna Jonerup	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	21 September 1987	Llorca, Spain	Clay	Monica Lundqvist	Amy Jönsson Raaholt Paulette Moreno	6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	25 April 1988	Sutton, United Kingdom	Clay	Monica Lundqvist	Amanda Grunfeld Jo Louis	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	28 November 1988	Okpe, Nigeria	Hard	Jana Koran	Titia Wilmink Corine Bousmans	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 1–6
Winner	1.	5 December 1988	Benin City, Nigeria	Hard	Titia Wilmink	Corine Bousmans Hemel Meghani	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	17 July 1989	Darmstadt, West Germany	Clay	Michèle Strebel	Petra Holubová Nora Bajčíková	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	21 October 1991	Ōita, Japan	Hard	Sabine Lohmann	Lupita Novelo Kristine Kunce	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	18 January 1993	Helsinki, Finland	Carpet	Vanessa Matthys	Susanna Attili Elena Savoldi	7–5, 3–6, 3–6

References[edit]

^ "Amid Distraction, Becker Gains". The New York Times. 17 January 1991.

External links[edit]

Maria Ekstrand at the Women's Tennis Association
Maria Ekstrand at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "Amid Distraction, Becker Gains". The New York Times. 17 January 1991.

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+{{short description|Swedish tennis player}}
 {{Infobox tennis biography
 | name = Maria Ekstrand
 | image =
-| fullname =
+| full_name =
 | country_represented = {{SWE}}
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|3|2|df=yes}}
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 | singlestitles =
 | highestsinglesranking = No. 149 (15 July 1991)
-| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1991)
+| AustralianOpenresult = 2R ([[1991 Australian Open – Women's singles|1991]])
 | doublesrecord =
 | doublestitles =
 | highestdoublesranking = No. 142 (9 July 1990)
-| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1989, 1990, 1991)
+| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[1989 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1989]], [[1990 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1990]], [[1991 Australian Open – Women's doubles|1991]])
 }}
 '''Maria Ekstrand''' (born 2 March 1970) is a Swedish former professional [[tennis]] player.
-Ekstrand, who reached a best singles ranking of 149, claimed two $25,000 ITF titles during her career, in Benin City in 1988 and York, Pennsylvania in 1990. Most notably, Ekstrand won through to the second round of the [[1991 Australian Open]], where she was eliminated by fourth seed [[Gabriela Sabatini]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Amid Distraction, Becker Gains |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/17/sports/tennis-amid-distraction-becker-gains.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 January 1991}}</ref>
+Ekstrand, who reached a best singles ranking of 149, claimed two $25,000 ITF titles during her career, in [[Benin City]] in 1988 and [[York, Pennsylvania]] in 1990. Most notably, Ekstrand won through to the second round of the [[1991 Australian Open]], where she was eliminated by fourth seed [[Gabriela Sabatini]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Amid Distraction, Becker Gains |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/17/sports/tennis-amid-distraction-becker-gains.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 January 1991}}</ref>
 ==ITF finals==
+{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:85%; width:15%;"
+|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
+| $75,000 tournaments
+|- style="background:lightblue;"
+| $25,000 tournaments
+|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
+| $10,000 tournaments
+|}
 ===Singles: 5 (3–2)===
 {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
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 | [[Hørsholm]], Denmark
 | Carpet
-| {{flagicon|DEN}} Lone Vandborg
+| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Lone Vandborg]]
 | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Maria Strandlund]] <br/> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonna Jonerup]]
-| 6–1, 6–3
+| 1–6, 3–6
 |-bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
 | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
 | 2.
 | 21 September 1987
-| [[Llorca]], Spain
+| [[Lorca, Spain|Llorca]], Spain
 | Clay
 | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Monica Lundqvist]]
 | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Amy Jönsson Raaholt]] <br/> {{flagicon|HKG|1959}} [[Paulette Moreno]]
-| 7–6, 6–7, 7–5
+| 6–7, 7–6, 5–7
 |-bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
 | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
 | 3.
 | 25 April 1988
-| [[Sutton]], United Kingdom
+| [[Sutton, London|Sutton]], United Kingdom
 | Clay
 | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Monica Lundqvist]]
-| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Amanda Grunfeld]] <br/> {{flagicon|GBR}} Jo Louis
+| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Amanda Grunfeld]] <br/> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jo Louis (tennis)|Jo Louis]]
+| 6–4, 6–7, 4–6
-| 4-6 7-6 6-4
 |-bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
 | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
 | 4.
-| November 28, 1988
+| 28 November 1988
 | [[Okpe]], Nigeria
 | Hard
 | {{flagicon|NED}} Jana Koran
 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Titia Wilmink]] <br> {{flagicon|BEL}} Corine Bousmans
-| 7–6<sup>(0)</sup>, 6–1
+| 6–7<sup>(0)</sup>, 1–6
 |-bgcolor=lightblue
 | bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
 | 1.
-| December 5, 1988
+| 5 December 1988
 | [[Benin City]], Nigeria
 | Hard
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 | [[Darmstadt]], West Germany
 | Clay
-| {{flagicon|SUI}} Michele Strebel
+| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Michèle Strebel]]
-| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petra Holubová]] <br/> {{flagicon|TCH}} Nora Bajchiková
+| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petra Holubová]] <br/> {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Nora Bajčíková]]
-| 6–3, 6–2
+| 3–6, 2–6
 |- style="background:lightblue;"
 | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
@@ Line 157: / Line 168: @@
 | [[Helsinki]], Finland
 | Carpet
-| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Vanessa Matthys]]
+| {{flagicon|BEL}} Vanessa Matthys
 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Susanna Attili]] <br/> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Elena Savoldi]]
+| 7–5, 3–6, 3–6
-| 5-7 6-3 6-3
 |}
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 ==External links==
-* {{WTA|50007}}
+* {{WTA}}
-* {{ITF profile|20001929}}
+* {{ITF}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekstrand, Maria}}
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 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Swedish female tennis players]]
+[[Category:20th-century Swedish women]]
+[[Category:21st-century Swedish women]]