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Swedish tennis player
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 [ edit ]
$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Singles: 5 (3–2) [ edit ]
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
1 February 1988
Tapiola , Finland
Hard
Martina Pawlik
4–6, 4–6
Winner
1.
28 November 1988
Okpe , Nigeria
Hard
Titia Wilmink
7–5, 7–6
Winner
2.
5 December 1988
Benin City , Nigeria
Hard
Titia Wilmink
6–1, 6–4
Winner
3.
1 October 1990
York , United States
Hard
Stacey Schefflin
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up
2.
18 January 1993
Helsinki , Finland
Carpet
Elena Savoldi
2–6, 0–6
Doubles: 8 (1–7) [ edit ]
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
2 February 1987
Hørsholm , Denmark
Carpet
Lone Vandborg
Maria Strandlund Jonna Jonerup
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up
2.
21 September 1987
Llorca , Spain
Clay
Monica Lundqvist
Amy Jönsson Raaholt Paulette Moreno
6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Runner-up
3.
25 April 1988
Sutton , United Kingdom
Clay
Monica Lundqvist
Amanda Grunfeld Jo Louis
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up
4.
28 November 1988
Okpe , Nigeria
Hard
Jana Koran
Titia Wilmink Corine Bousmans
6–7(0) , 1–6
Winner
1.
5 December 1988
Benin City , Nigeria
Hard
Titia Wilmink
Corine Bousmans Hemel Meghani
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up
5.
17 July 1989
Darmstadt , West Germany
Clay
Michèle Strebel
Petra Holubová Nora Bajčíková
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up
6.
21 October 1991
Ōita , Japan
Hard
Sabine Lohmann
Lupita Novelo Kristine Kunce
1–6, 5–7
Runner-up
7.
18 January 1993
Helsinki , Finland
Carpet
Vanessa Matthys
Susanna Attili Elena Savoldi
7–5, 3–6, 3–6
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