Linda Jansson

Linda Jansson (born 10 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional tennis player.

Biography Jansson comes from Åland, a Swedish speaking autonomous region of Finland.

As a professional player she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 233 and six ITF titles. She played the doubles rubber in ten Fed Cup ties for Finland, including a World Group quarterfinal against Australia in 1993, which was the team's best ever run in the competition. Outside of tennis, she also competed in the sport of racketlon and was the world champion in 2006, by which stage she was competing for Sweden.

Since retiring she has remained involved in tennis, as an administrator and coach in Sweden. She has served on the board of the Swedish Tennis Federation and was a tournament director for the WTA Tour event Nordic Light Open.

ITF finals Singles (0–2) Result No. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScoreLoss 1. 19 March 1995 Gaborone, Botswana Hard Cara Black 4–6, 2–6Loss 2. 15 October 1995 La Paz, Bolivia Clay Carmiña Giraldo 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (6–7) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 17 January 1994 Turku, Finland Carpet (i) Katrina Saarinen Radka Suraková Helena Vildová 5–7, 3–6Loss 2. 10 July 1994 Lohja, Finland Clay Katrina Saarinen Camilla Persson Anna-Karin Svensson 4–6, 3–6Loss 3. 29 August 1994 London, United Kingdom Grass Anna-Karin Svensson Sabine Gerke Kristine Kurth 4–6, 4–6Loss 4. 31 October 1994 Jūrmala, Latvia Hard (i) Anna-Karin Svensson Natalia Noreiko Marina Stets 1–6, 5–7Loss 5. 16 January 1995 Turku, Finland Hard (i) Anna-Karin Svensson Nanne Dahlman Petra Thorén 3–6, 4–6Loss 6. 23 January 1995 Båstad, Sweden Hard (i) Anna-Karin Svensson Sandra Kleinová Jana Lubasová 4–6, 6–7Win 1. 30 January 1995 Rungsted, Denmark Carpet (i) Anna-Karin Svensson Anja Kostecki Karin Ptaszek 6–3, 6–1Win 2. 8 October 1995 Lima, Peru Hard Maria-Farnes Capistrano Bárbara Castro María-Alejandra Quezada 6–2, 2–6, 6–3Win 3. 15 October 1995 La Paz, Bolivia Clay Maria-Farnes Capistrano Laura Bernal Paula Racedo 7–5, 6–2Win 4. 9 September 1996 Bangkok, India Hard Khoo Chin-bee Kim Hye-jeong Chotika Wannachinda 6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win 5. 2 February 1997 Rungsted, Denmark Carpet (i) Annica Lindstedt Kristina Pojatina Dragana Zarić 4–6, 7–5, 6–4Win 6. 9 February 1997 Reykjavík, Iceland Carpet (i) Annica Lindstedt Adrienn Hegedűs Nóra Köves 4–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss 7. 29 June 1997 Bastad, Sweden Clay Sofia Finér Annica Lindstedt Anna-Karin Svensson w/o