Eva Dyrberg

Eva Dyrberg (born 17 February 1980) is a Danish former tennis player. As a junior player, she won 1998 Wimbledon Championships with Jelena Kostanić and 1998 US Open with Kim Clijsters. In 1998, Dyrberg was also ranked World No. 1 in junior doubles and was named ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion. During her professional career, she won four singles and five doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, defeating players such as Magdalena Maleeva, Tathiana Garbin, Maria Elena Camerin, Nicole Pratt, and reaching one doubles final at WTA Tour, at Sanex Trophy in 2000. She retired from professional tennis after the 2003 Australian Open.

Personal life Dyrberg was born to Christian and Gunhild Dyrberg, and has a sister Anne. She began playing tennis aged six, admiring Steffi Graf. Dyrberg earned her high school degree in 1999. She was coached by Ola Kristiansson and former WTA Tour player Tine Scheuer-Larsen. Eva forms couple with the Investment Banker, Per Harald Dyrberg Mortensen.

Award 1998 – ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion

WTA finals

Doubles (1–0) Legend Grand Slam (0/0) WTA Tour Championship (0/0) Tier I (0/0) Tier II (0/0) Tier III (0/0) Tier IV (0/1) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1. 23 July 2000 Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay Catherine Barclay Giulia Casoni Iroda Tulyaganova 6–2, 4–6, 4–6

ITF finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ResultWinner 1. 2 November 1998 Rungsted, Denmark Hard (i) Maret Ani 6–3, 6–4Winner 2. 15 March 1999 Ashkelon, İsrael Hard Tatiana Perebiynis 6–4, 6–4Winner 3. 13 March 2000 Lisbon, Portugal Clay Marina Samoilenko 6–3, 6–0Winner 4. 5 February 2001 Redbridge, Great Britain Hard (i) Claudine Schaul 6–2, 6–2 Runner-up 1. 2 April 2001 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Clay Nathalie Viérin 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 Runner-up 2. 9 October 2001 Cardiff, Great Britain Carpet (i) Julie Pullin 1–6, 7–6(7–1), 2–6 Runner-up 3. 15 October 2001 Southampton, Great Britain Hard (i) Irina Selyutina 6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 8 (5–3) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Result Runner-up 1. 20 October 1997 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Maiken Pape Milena Nekvapilová Hana Šromová 7–5, 3–6, 4–6Winner 1. 28 September 1998 Glasgow, Great Britain Carpet (i) Lydia Steinbach Helen Crook Victoria Davies 6–4, 5–7, 6–3Winner 2. 5 July 1999 Civitanova Marche, Italy Clay Daniela Hantuchová Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4Winner 3. 29 November 1999 Cergy Pontoise, France Hard (i) Jasmin Wöhr Anca Barna Adriana Barna 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 Runner-up 2. 6 March 2000 Urtijëi, Italy Hard (i) Angelika Bachmann Giulia Casoni Antonella Serra Zanetti 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 Runner-up 3. 2 October 2000 Batumi, Georgia Carpet (i) Mariana Díaz Oliva Tatiana Perebiynis Tatiana Poutchek 4–1, 2–4, 1–4, 2–4Winner 4. 5 March 2001 Urtijëi, Italy Hard (i) Angelika Bachmann Ekaterina Kozhokina Kelly Liggan 3–6, 6–4, 6–2Winner 5. 23 July 2001 Ettenheim, Germany Clay Maja Matevžič Katalin Marosi Irina Selyutina W/O

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals: 2 (2–0) Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ResultWin 1998 Wimbledon Grass Jelena Kostanić Petra Rampre Iroda Tulyaganova 6–2, 7–6Win 1998 US Open Hard Kim Clijsters Jelena Dokić Evie Dominikovic 7–6, 6–4