Åsa Svensson Explained

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.^[1]

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=#f3e6d7	Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (2–1)
Tier IV & V (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	May 1994	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Amanda Coetzer	1–6, 6–7(14–16)
Loss	2.	Apr 1995	VS Houston, United States	Clay	Steffi Graf	1–6, 1–6
Win	1.	Nov 1999	Malaysia Open	Hard	Erika deLone	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	Apr 2002	Bol Open, Croatia	Clay	Iva Majoli	6–3, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=#f3e6d7	Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (1–3)
Tier III (3–3)
Tier IV & V (3–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 1994	Linz Open, Austria	Carpet (i)	Caroline Schneider	Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	Jul 1998	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Seda Noorlander	Kveta Peschke Helena Vildová	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	Aug 1998	Istanbul Open, Turkey	Hard	Florencia Labat	Meike Babel Laurence Courtois	0–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	Jul 1999	Palermo Open, Italy	Clay	Sonya Jeyaseelan	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Win	5.	Nov 1999	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Émilie Loit	Evgenia Koulikovskaya Patricia Wartusch	6–1, 6–4
Loss	6.	Feb 2000	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Émilie Loit	Julie Halard-Decugis Sandrine Testud	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	7.	Feb 2000	Hanover Grand Prix, Germany	Hard (i)	Natasha Zvereva	Silvia Farina Elia Karina Habšudová	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8.	Jul 2000	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Rita Grande	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	5–7, 1–6
Loss	9.	Feb 2001	Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Karina Habšudová	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	0–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	10.	Jul 2001	Morocco Open	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva		6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Win	11.	Nov 2001	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Iroda Tulyaganova	Liezel Huber Wynne Prakusya	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	12.	Dec 2001	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Miriam Oremans	Meghann Shaughnessy Justine Henin	1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	13.	Apr 2002	Amelia Island Championships, United States	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Daniela Hantuchová	4–6, 2–6
Win	14.	Feb 2003	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Tina Križan Tatiana Perebiynis	6–2, 6–1
Win	15.	Mar 2003	Mexican Open	Clay	Émilie Loit	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	6–3, 6–1
Win	16.	Feb 2004	National Indoor, United States	Carpet	Meilen Tu	Maria Sharapova Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 7–6(7–0)

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	4 November 1991	ITF Ljusdal, Sweden	Carpet (i)		6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	13 January 1992	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Carpet (i)		6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	29 June 1992	ITF Ronneby, Sweden	Clay	Marion Maruska	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	31 August 1992	ITF Klagenfurt, Austria	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	30 October 1995	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)		6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	23 September 1996	ITF Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Dominique Monami	6–2, 6–7(4), 1–6
Runner-up	7.	8 April 2001	ITF Boynton Beach, United States	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	11 July 2004	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Magda Mihalache	1–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 October 1990	ITF Neumünster, Germany	Clay	Marie Linusson	Anke Marchl Christina Singer-Bath	2–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	13 January 1992	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Carpet (i)	Marielle Wallin	Anne Aallonen Marja-Liisa Kuurne	0–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	28 June 1993	ITF Ronneby, Sweden	Clay	Marielle Wallin	Catarina Bernstein Shannon Peters	6–2, 6–7(5), 6–7(5)
Winner	4.	7 March 1999	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Laurence Courtois	Laura Golarsa Irina Selyutina	6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Winner	5.	19 September 1999	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	Émilie Loit	Lubomira Bacheva Cristina Torrens Valero	6–2, 7–6(1)
Winner	6.	11 October 1999	ITF Bordeaux, France	Hard (i)	Émilie Loit	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande	6–2, 7–6(5)
Winner	7.	28 October 2003	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Helena Ejeson	Yvonne Doyle Karen Nugent	6–3, 7–6(11)
Winner	8.	15 February 2004	ITF Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	Allison Baker Tara Snyder	7–6(5), 6–2

Best Grand Slam results details

	Australian Open
1997 Australian Open
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=200	Score
1R	Petra Langrová	6–3, 6–2
2R	Patricia Hy-Boulais	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
3R	Conchita Martínez (3)	0–6, 1–6
2000 Australian Open
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=200	Score
1R	Alexandra Stevenson	7–6(8–6), 6–3
2R	Kristie Boogert	7–5, 6–3
3R	Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
2002 Australian Open
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=200	Score
1R	Evie Dominikovic	6–3, 6–2
2R	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–1
3R	Martina Suchá	0–6, 4–6

	French Open
2000 French Open
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=200	Score
1R	Amy Frazier	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
2R	Iva Majoli (WC)	7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–1
3R	Sandrine Testud (10)	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
4R	Mary Pierce (6)	2–6, 1–6

	Wimbledon Championships
1998 Wimbledon
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=200	Score
1R	Adriana Gerši	6–1, 6–1
2R	Miriam Oremans	2–6, 3–6

	US Open
1996 US Open
Round	width=225	Opponent	width=210	Score
1R	Gloria Pizzichini	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
2R		6–2, 3–1 ret.
3R	Gabriela Sabatini (15)	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
4R	Conchita Martínez (4)	2–6, 1–6

Notes and References

1. News: Tenniskarriären över för Åsa Svensson. Expressen. Swedish. 10 January 2005. 4 February 2021.