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Maria Ekstrand

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Maria Ekstrand
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1970-03-02) 2 March 1970 (age 54)
Prize money$69,254
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 149 (15 July 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1991)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 142 (9 July 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1989, 1990, 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.[1]

ITF finals

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

Singles: 5 (3–2)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 1 February 1988 Tapiola, Finland Hard West Germany Martina Pawlik 4–6, 4–6
Win 1. 28 November 1988 Okpe, Nigeria Hard Netherlands Titia Wilmink 7–5, 7–6
Win 2. 5 December 1988 Benin City, Nigeria Hard Netherlands Titia Wilmink 6–1, 6–4
Win 3. 1 October 1990 York, United States Hard United States Stacey Schefflin 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2. 18 January 1993 Helsinki, Finland Carpet Italy Elena Savoldi 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 8 (1–7)

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

References

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