Åsa Svensson

Åsa Svensson (born Carlsson; 16 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1992. She won two singles and seven doubles titles in her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 1 April 1996, when she became the No. 28 of the world.

Biography Svensson trained at the Royal Lawn Tennis Club in Stockholm. She married Niclas Svensson on 8 December 2001 and travelled with him on the tour. Her maiden name is Carlsson, her father's name is Lennart, mother's name is Signe.

In January 2005, she announced she gave up tennis.

WTA career finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsTier I (0–0)Tier II (0–1)Tier III (2–1)Tier IV & V (0–0)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore Loss 0–1 May 1994 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Amanda Coetzer 1–6, 6–7(14–16) Loss 0–2 Apr 1995 VS Houston, United States Clay Steffi Graf 1–6, 1–6 Win 1–2 Nov 1999 Malaysia Open Hard Erika deLone 6–2, 6–4 Win 2–2 Apr 2002 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Iva Majoli 6–3, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsTier I (0–0)Tier II (1–3)Tier III (3–3)Tier IV & V (3–3)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss 0–1 Feb 1994 Linz Open, Austria Carpet (i) Caroline Schneider Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi 2–6, 2–6 Loss 0–2 Jul 1998 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Seda Noorlander Kveta Peschke Helena Vildová 2–6, 4–6 Loss 0–3 Aug 1998 Istanbul Open, Turkey Hard Florencia Labat Meike Babel Laurence Courtois 0–6, 2–6 Loss 0–4 Jul 1999 Palermo Open, Italy Clay Sonya Jeyaseelan Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 3–6, 0–6 Win 1–4 Nov 1999 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Émilie Loit Evgenia Koulikovskaya Patricia Wartusch 6–1, 6–4 Loss 1–5 Feb 2000 Paris Indoor, France Carpet (i) Émilie Loit Julie Halard-Decugis Sandrine Testud 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 Win 2–5 Feb 2000 Hanover Grand Prix, Germany Hard (i) Natasha Zvereva Silvia Farina Elia Karina Habšudová 6–3, 6–4 Loss 2–6 Jul 2000 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Rita Grande Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 5–7, 1–6 Loss 2–7 Feb 2001 Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates Hard Karina Habšudová Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis 0–6, 6–4, 2–6 Win 3–7 Jul 2001 Morocco Open Clay Lubomira Bacheva 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 Win 4–7 Nov 2001 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Iroda Tulyaganova Liezel Huber Wynne Prakusya 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 Loss 4–8 Dec 2001 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Miriam Oremans Meghann Shaughnessy Justine Henin 1–6, 6–7(6–8) Loss 4–9 Apr 2002 Amelia Island Championships, United States Clay María Emilia Salerni Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Daniela Hantuchová 4–6, 2–6 Win 5–9 Feb 2003 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Katarina Srebotnik Tina Križan Tatiana Perebiynis 6–2, 6–1 Win 6–9 Mar 2003 Mexican Open Clay Émilie Loit Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch 6–3, 6–1 Win 7–9 Feb 2004 National Indoor, United States Carpet Meilen Tu Maria Sharapova Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 7–6(7–0)

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Singles: 8 (3–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 4 November 1991 ITF Ljusdal, Sweden Carpet (i) Michaela Seibold 6–3, 6–2Win 2. 13 January 1992 ITF Helsinki, Finland Carpet (i) Sofie Albinus 6–3, 6–3Loss 3. 29 June 1992 ITF Ronneby, Sweden Clay Marion Maruska 6–4, 1–6, 2–6Loss 4. 31 August 1992 ITF Klagenfurt, Austria Clay Ruxandra Dragomir 4–6, 3–6Win 5. 30 October 1995 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Anna-Karin Svensson 6–1, 6–2Loss 6. 23 September 1996 ITF Limoges, France Hard (i) Dominique Monami 6–2, 6–7(4), 1–6Loss 7. 8 April 2001 ITF Boynton Beach, United States Clay Henrieta Nagyová 6–3, 3–6, 1–6Loss 8. 11 July 2004 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Magda Mihalache 1–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 8 (6–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 22 October 1990 ITF Neumünster, Germany Clay Marie Linusson Anke Marchl Christina Singer-Bath 2–6, 5–7Win 2. 13 January 1992 ITF Helsinki, Finland Carpet (i) Marielle Wallin Anne Aallonen Marja-Liisa Kuurne 0–6, 7–5, 6–2Loss 3. 28 June 1993 ITF Ronneby, Sweden Clay Marielle Wallin Catarina Bernstein Shannon Peters 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–7(5)Win 4. 7 March 1999 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Laurence Courtois Laura Golarsa Irina Selyutina 6–3, 5–7, 6–0Win 5. 19 September 1999 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Émilie Loit Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero 6–2, 7–6(1)Win 6. 11 October 1999 ITF Bordeaux, France Hard (i) Émilie Loit Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande 6–2, 7–6(5)Win 7. 28 October 2003 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard (i) Helena Ejeson Yvonne Doyle Karen Nugent 6–3, 7–6(11)Win 8. 15 February 2004 ITF Midland, United States Hard (i) Sofia Arvidsson Allison Baker Tara Snyder 7–6(5), 6–2

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