Lena Sandin

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Lena Sandin
Country (sports) Sweden
Born (1961-06-08) 8 June 1961 (age 62)
Retired1989
Prize money$88,544
Singles
Career record15–24
Highest rankingNo. 91 (6 June 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1981)
Wimbledon2R (1983)
US Open1R (1980, 1982, 1983)
Doubles
Career record28–16
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 178 (11 April 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1981)
US Open1R (1982, 1983)

Lena Sandin (born 8 June 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Biography[edit]

Sandin won the girls' singles title at the 1979 French Open, with a win in the final over American Mary-Lou Piatek.

She represented the Sweden Fed Cup team in a total of six ties, the first in 1979. This included the quarter-final loss to Australia in 1980, where she gave Sweden a winning start by beating Dianne Fromholtz in the opening singles rubber.[1]

At the 1980 US Open she took a set off the second seeded Martina Navratilova in a first-round loss.[2]

She won a doubles title at Hamburg in 1982, partnering countrywoman Elisabeth Ekblom.[3]

WTA Tour finals[edit]

Doubles (1-0)[edit]

Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win July, 1982 Hamburg, West Germany Category 1 Clay Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom Brazil Patricia Medrado
Brazil Cláudia Monteiro
7–6, 6–3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sandin Stuns Fromholtz". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 31 October 1980. p. 5C. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. ^ "US Open: Navratilova beats Allen". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 31 August 1980. p. 25. Retrieved 10 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Hittfield - 05 July - 11 July 1982". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

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