Maria Ekstrand

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.

ITF finals $75,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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

Doubles: 8 (1–7) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1. 2 February 1987 Hørsholm, Denmark Carpet Lone Vandborg Maria Strandlund Jonna Jonerup 1–6, 3–6Loss 2. 21 September 1987 Llorca, Spain Clay Monica Lundqvist Amy Jönsson Raaholt Paulette Moreno 6–7, 7–6, 5–7Loss 3. 25 April 1988 Sutton, United Kingdom Clay Monica Lundqvist Amanda Grunfeld Jo Louis 6–4, 6–7, 4–6Loss 4. 28 November 1988 Okpe, Nigeria Hard Jana Koran Titia Wilmink Corine Bousmans 6–7(0), 1–6Win 1. 5 December 1988 Benin City, Nigeria Hard Titia Wilmink Corine Bousmans Hemel Meghani 6–2, 6–3Loss 5. 17 July 1989 Darmstadt, West Germany Clay Michèle Strebel Petra Holubová Nora Bajčíková 3–6, 2–6Loss 6. 21 October 1991 Ōita, Japan Hard Sabine Lohmann Lupita Novelo Kristine Kunce 1–6, 5–7Loss 7. 18 January 1993 Helsinki, Finland Carpet Vanessa Matthys Susanna Attili Elena Savoldi 7–5, 3–6, 3–6