Åsa Svensson

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Åsa Svensson Tennis player
Nation: SwedenSweden Sweden
Birthday: June 16, 1975
Size: 178 cm
1st professional season: 1992
Resignation: 2004
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 1,569,134
singles
Career record: 322: 287
Career title: 2 WTA , 3 ITF
Highest ranking: 28 (April 1 1996)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 3R (1997, 2000, 2002)
French Open AF (2000)
Wimbledon 2R (1998)
US Open AF (1996)
Double
Career record: 206: 222
Career title: 7 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking: 28 (October 9, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1999, 2001)
French Open 2R (1995, 1996, 2001, 2002)
Wimbledon 2R (1994-1996, 2000, 2002)
US Open AF (2002)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (2000, 2001)
French Open AF (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon VF (2002)
US Open VF (2000, 2004)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Åsa Svensson (* 16th June 1975 as Åsa Carlsson in Surahammar ) is a former Swedish tennis player .

Career

Svensson, who took her maiden name Carlsson before her marriage to Niclas Svensson in December 2001, won two singles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her professional career .

As a junior she reached the doubles final of the Australian Open in 1993 , which she lost on the side of Cătălina Cristea against Joana Manta / Ludmila Richterová with 3: 6 and 4: 6.

In 1999 she was in the final of the Hopman Cup for Sweden together with Jonas Björkman .

From 1993 to 2002 she played 42 games for the Swedish Fed Cup team , of which she won 23.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. November 14, 1999 MalaysiaMalaysia Kuala Lumpur WTA Tier III Hard court United StatesUnited States Erika de Lone 6: 2, 6: 4
2. May 5, 2002 CroatiaCroatia Bol WTA Tier III sand CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 1

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. November 21, 1999 ThailandThailand Pattaya WTA Tier IVb Hard court FranceFrance Emilie Loit RussiaRussia Evgenia Kulikowskaja Patricia Wartusch
AustriaAustria  		6: 1, 6: 4
2. February 20, 2000 GermanyGermany Hanover WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) BelarusBelarus Natallja Sverava ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Elia Karina Habšudová
SlovakiaSlovakia  		6: 3, 6: 4
3. July 29, 2001 MoroccoMorocco Casablanca WTA Tier V sand BulgariaBulgaria Lyubomira Batschewa SpainSpain María José Martínez Sánchez María Emilia Salerni
ArgentinaArgentina  		6: 3, 6: 7 4 , 6: 1
4th November 1, 2001 ThailandThailand Pattaya WTA Tier V Hard court UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Wynne Prakusya
IndonesiaIndonesia  		4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
5. February 23, 2003 ColombiaColombia Bogotá WTA Tier III sand SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Tetjana Perebyjnis
UkraineUkraine  		6: 2, 6: 1
6th March 2, 2003 MexicoMexico Acapulco WTA Tier III sand FranceFrance Emilie Loit HungaryHungary Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch
AustriaAustria  		6: 3, 6: 1
7th February 22, 2004 United StatesUnited States Memphis WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Miles Tu RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova Vera Svonaryova
RussiaRussia  		6: 4, 7: 6 0

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Balance sheet Career
Australian Open - 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 9:10 3
French Open 1 1 1 1 3 3 AF 2 2 - - 9: 9 AF
Wimbledon 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 - - 1: 9 2
US Open 2 2 AF 1 2 2 1 2 1 - - 8: 9 AF

Double

competition 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Balance sheet Career
Australian Open 2 1 1 1 1 AF 2 AF 2 2 2 9:11 AF
French Open 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 - 1 4:10 2
Wimbledon 2 2 2 1 - 1 2 1 2 - 1 5: 9 2
US Open 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 AF - 2 5:10 AF

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Svensson, Åsa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Surahammar , Sweden